GRASFI’s 9th Annual conference, hosted at HEC Liege in Belgium, concluded on 26th August 2026. This year’s BNP Paribas Asset Management Best Paper Prize was awarded to “Investor Democracy” by Rob Bauer (Maastricht University), Emmeline Cooper (Cranfield University), Bram van der Kroft (MIT), and Paul Smeets (University of Amsterdam).
The 2026 Best PhD paper was awarded to Syrine Ayachi’s “Administrative and Market Frictions in the Choice Between Green and Conventional Bonds“.
Thanks to all the reviewers and the 2026 GRASFI Prize committee, Anna Creti, Chendi Zhang, and Hao Liang.