Ron Kaniel, Special-Term Professor of Finance at Fanhai International School of Finance in Fudan Universiy, Jay S. and Jeanne P. Benet Professor of Finance at University of Rochester.

His research interests include Asset Pricing, Capital Markets and Portfolio Delegation. He won numerous awards including the Eurofidai Best Paper Award in 2016, Best Paper Prize of 2016 Utah Winter Finance Conference, TWC Best Paper Award of 2010 China International Conference in Finance, Finalist for 2008 Smith Breeden Prize for Best Paper published by the Journal of Finance and etc.

Professor Kaniel earned his doctor degree in Finance from University of Pennsylvania in 1999, his master and bachelor degree in 1994 and 1992 from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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