Oğuzhan Karakaş
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Oğuzhan Karakaş
@okarakas.bsky.social
University Associate Professor in Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), University of Cambridge | Co-Director of CEAM | Director of MPhil in Finance
Honoured to receive an Honorable Mention for the Moskowitz Prize 2025 for our paper "Coordinated Engagements" (w/ Elroy Dimson & Xi Li). 🏆

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December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Great to host Thomas Lambert at CJBS for our Finance Seminar Series!

Thomas presented "(In)dependent Central Banks," discussing how political motives in central bank appointments affect independence & economic outcomes.

👉 More details: lnkd.in/duhx7_6M
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December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Pleased to host Sebastian Gryglewicz at our Finance Seminar Series @jbs.cam.ac.uk. He presented "Investor Activism and the Green Transition", exploring how activist investors drive firms’ green transitions and tackle free-rider challenges.

More details: 👉 www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/owner...
Investor Activism and the Green Transition - Cambridge Judge Business School
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November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Hosted Yasmine van der Straten at @jbs.cam.ac.uk Finance Seminar. Her talk on pricing climate transition risk in corporate bonds showed how green innovation cuts capital costs. Details: 👉 www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/fundi... #ClimateFinance #SustainableInvesting
Funding the Fittest? Pricing Climate Transition Risk in the Corporate Bond Market - Cambridge Judge Business School
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October 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
July 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm delighted to participate in the 7th Erasmus Corporate Governance Conference in Rotterdam on June 13th. Looking forward to insightful discussions!

Details: 👉 www.eur.nl/en/ese/event...
ECGC
A one-day workshop bringing together scholars of Executive Compensation and other fields of Corporate Governance to discuss the latest developments in the field
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June 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎭 Our paper “Phantom of the Opera: ETF Shorting and Shareholder Voting” (w/ Evans, Moussawi & Young) is now out in Management Science.

ETF shorting leaves behind phantom shares—quietly affecting control by sidelining votes.

Read: lnkd.in/dgzpaG4h

#ETF | #PhantomShares
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May 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Delighted to participate in the GW4 Sustainable Finance Conference in Bath and present my paper “Coordinated Engagements” (with Dimson & Li) today.

Thanks to the organizers, my discussant, and an engaged audience.

Details below: 👇
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GW4 Sustainable Finance Conference
Advancing research and collaboration in sustainable finance.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📢 New version released: "Coordinated Engagements" (w/ Dimson & Li) - 🔗 ssrn.com/abstract=320...

Our research shows leadership is key in ESG investor collaboration. A two-tier strategy leads to success, improved firm performance & increased investor fund flows.

#Leadership
Coordinated Engagements
We study coordinated engagements by a prominent international network of long-term shareholders cooperating to influence firms on environmental and social issue
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March 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Our paper titled "Earnings and the Value of Voting Rights" (with Umit Gurun) is now an ECGI working paper: 👇
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March 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Delighted to host Stefano Rossi at our Finance Seminar Series at Cambridge Judge Business School today! Stefano presents his insightful paper, "Corporate Debt Structure Around the World.” For further details: 👇 www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/semin...
Corporate Debt Structure Around the World - Cambridge Judge Business School
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March 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Pleased to share the revised version of my paper, 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 (w/ Umit Gurun). We find a significant negative relationship between the voting premium and earnings surprises. Full paper is here: ssrn.com/abstract=279...
Earnings and the Value of Voting Rights
Corporate control is integral to capital markets, yet its link to financial reporting remains elusive, partly due to challenges in valuing voting rights. Using
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February 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
FMA International - CEAM Cambridge 2025 Consortium on Asset Management is LIVE in Christ’s College Cambridge!

🔗 Check out the event details here: fma.org/cam2025

#FMA2025 | #Finance | #Cambridge | #CEAM | #LiveEvent
2025 Consortium on Asset Management
The theme for this year’s workshop will be Asset Management. We particularly encourage papers within this theme that focus on: corporate governance and voting, financial market history, traditional and alternative asset classes, mutual funds, hedge funds, and responsible investing.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Excited to visit Audencia Business School on Dec 12 to present my paper "Coordinated Engagements" (w/ Elroy Dimson & Xi Li): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thanks to Carine Girard-Guerraud for the kind invitation. Looking forward to engaging with faculty & students!

#ESG | #SustainableFinance
Coordinated Engagements
We study coordinated engagements by a prominent international network of long-term shareholders cooperating to influence firms on environmental and social issue
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November 29, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Great to discuss the role of finance in stewarding biodiversity & natural resources at #NatureTech2024 in London today, with fellow panelists Chris Dodwell, Gemma Corrigan, Therese Niklasson, and moderator Siobhan Archer. Further details: 👇 events.naturealpha.ai

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November 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Heading to London for NatureTech Finance 2024, organized by NatureAlpha! Excited to join a panel to discuss stewardship and biodiversity—key areas for a sustainable future. Details below: 👇 events.naturealpha.ai

#Biodiversity | #Stewardship |#Sustainability
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November 13, 2024 at 6:26 AM