Meet the Editors Session
Global Finance Forum - Meet the Editors Session
MEET THE EDITORS
Meet the Editors is one of the flagship sessions of the RBF Global Finance Forum 2026, offering participants a unique opportunity to engage directly with editors from leading international finance journals. This session provides valuable insights into the publication process, emerging research priorities, and editorial expectations across top-tier academic outlets.
Bringing together distinguished editors with extensive experience in finance, econometrics, and international markets, the session aims to foster a deeper understanding of how high-quality research is evaluated, selected, and developed for publication. Participants will benefit from practical guidance, constructive perspectives, and an open dialogue on the evolving landscape of academic finance.
By joining this important conversation in Al-Ahsa, researchers and practitioners can strengthen their academic impact, refine their publication strategies, and connect with key voices shaping the future of finance scholarship worldwide.
THE EDITORS
Emanuele Bajo
Emanuele Bajo is Full Professor of Finance at the University of Bologna and Associate Dean at Bologna Business School (BBS), where he also directs the Master in Finance. He is Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia) and a member of the Consultative Working Group of the Risk Standing Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
His research focuses on IPOs, household and behavioural finance, and corporate risk management. He has published in leading journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Journal of Banking & Finance, and is Executive Editor of the Journal of Economics and Business. He previously held visiting and adjunct positions at Johns Hopkins University, San Diego State University and Boston College, and is the founder of Borse.it, one of Italy’s leading financial websites.
Marcelo Fernandes holds a PhD in Finance from Université Libre de Bruxelles (1999). He is currently Professor of Finance at the Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV, after a long spell as Chair in Econometrics at the School of Economics and Finance of Queen Mary University of London (2004 to 2017). His research on high-frequency financial econometrics, empirical market microstructures, and nonparametric theory has appeared in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Financial Econometrics, Journal of Empirical Finance, and Journal of Banking and Finance, among others. He is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Empirical Finance, among others, and President of the Brazilian Finance Society.
Marcelo Fernandes
Peter Szilagyi
Peter G. Szilagyi joined EDHEC Business School as Professor of Finance in 2021. He previously served at Central European University and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He received his PhD from Tilburg University and held a research fellowship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Peter is Editor of Elsevier’s Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money. He was previously Editor and remains Advisory Editor at the Journal of Multinational Financial Management. He is also Subject Editor at Emerging Markets Review and Associate Editor at Finance Research Letters. He was a program committee member at the European Finance Association in 2013–2016. He has held research grants with the European Corporate Governance Training Network, the SWIFT Institute and Emittenti Titoli, and consulting assignments with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
At CEU he was Head of MS in Finance and Director of Business Master’s Programs, and served on the Board of Advisors at the CEU InnovationsLab startup incubator. At Cambridge, he served as Director of the MPhil in Finance.