Upper row: Lu Liu and Daniel Buncic. Lower row: Jarkko Peltomäki and Ai Jun Hou.

The following grants were awarded funding:

• Long-term and short-term financial risk, risk spillover, and interest rate co-movements. SEK 1.80 million. Project leader: Ai Jun Hou
• Modelling volatility dynamics over space and time using recently developed methods in computational statistics. SEK 1.74 million. Project leader: Daniel Buncic
• What drives corporate climate actions? The role of global supply chains, social networks, and gender equality. SEK 1.50 million. Project leader: Lu Liu
• Investor attention and market activity. SEK 1.50 million. Project leader: Jarkko Peltomäki

In addition, the Finance section received a Browaldh grant (worth SEK 1.825 million) to recruit an assistant professor in Finance in international competition. The position will be advertised in the autumn 2020.