Financial markets and corporate finance experts
Ramin Baghai
Professor, Department of Finance; Researcher Affiliated with the Swedish House of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Corporate credit markets, asset management, capital structure management, credit rating agencies, and money market funds
- Infrastructure finance and project finance
- Financial regulation and policy, especially related to corporate finance and credit markets
Email: ramin.baghai@hhs.se
Languages: English, German
Bo Becker
Professor, Department of Finance; Director, Swedish House of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Corporate credit markets, bank lending cycles, bond issuance, credit supply, the rise of covenant-light loans in leveraged loan markets
- Financial crisis and policy response, resilience of corporate bond markets during economic downturns and the effectiveness of policy interventions
- Credit ratings and the role of credit rating agencies
- Restructuring and bankruptcy, including Chapter 11 proceedings and corporate restructuring trends
- Regulatory impact on financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies, especially in the context of risk-taking and asset allocation
Email: bo.becker@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Adrien d'Avernas
Associate Professor, Department of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Financial markets and the macroeconomy with an emphasis on financial intermediation and monetary policy
- How liquidity, regulation and market structure shape modern finance
- How policy moves or liquidity strains affect investors and institutions
- Behaviors of banks, non-bank intermediaries, and central banks under stress
- Explanations for Treasury and repo market disruptions
- Asset pricing models for Treasury bonds, equities, options, cryptocurrencies, stablecoins
- Monetary policy and impact on financial markets
Email: Adrien.davernas@hhs.se
Phone: +46 70 284 58 69 (please text first)
Languages: English
Magnus Dahlquist
Professor, Department of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Asset management, investment behaviors and decisions, design and performance of pension plans
- Trading strategies in bond and currency markets, and pricing of currency risks
- Performance and characteristics of mutual funds, sovereign wealth funds, and pension systems
Email: magnus.dahlquist@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Tore Ellingsen
Professor, Department of Economics
Areas of expertise:
- How monetary policy impacts market interest rates and economic stability
- Factors influencing tax compliance
Email: tore.ellingsen@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)70 796 10 49
Languages: English, Swedish, Norwegian
Mariassunta Giannetti
Professor, Department of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Corporate governance and shareholder protection
- Monetary policy, ECB, central banks, policy rates, negative policy rates
- Bank lending and liquidity, syndicated loan markets, bank bailouts, banking crises and contagion in emerging markets
Email: Mariassunta.Giannetti@hhs.se
Languages: English, Italian
Hans Kjellberg
Professor, Department of Marketing and Strategy
Areas of expertise:
- Market-shaping fundamentals, including rules and norms for exchanges
- Impact of public procurement on market demand
- Role of markets in a changing society
- Markets as social and cultural phenomena
- Diversity of markets – from financial markets to local food networks
Email: hans.kjellberg@hhs.se
Phone: +46 708 633 356 (please send SMS first)
Languages: English, Swedish
Kalle Kraus
Professor, Department of Accounting
Areas of expertise:
- Management control systems within public sector organizations, including municipalities and public sector agencies
- The role of rankings and ratings in society
- How emotional factors influence risk assessment and decision-making within organizations, especially during crises
- Complexities of managing control and accountability in inter-organizational settings such as partnerships, joint business ventures, and supply chains
Email: kalle.kraus@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Alexander Ljungqvist
Professor, Department of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate taxation, investment banking, IPOs, entrepreneurial finance, private equity, venture capital, asset pricing, market microstructure, innovation, patents, and labor economics
Email: alexander.ljungqvist@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 96 78
Languages: English, Swedish
Henrik Nilsson
Professor, Department of Accounting
Areas of expertise:
- Financial statement analysis and valuation
- Auditing, including auditor independence and quality, the impact of auditors’ personal investments on audit objectivity, auditors owning stocks in the companies they audit
- Economic crime, insider trading, criminal convictions of executives
- How personal characteristics of executives (CEOs, CFOs, board members) influence financial reporting and risk management
Email: henrik.nilsson@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Marcus Opp
Professor, Department of Finance; Affiliated Researcher, Swedish House of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Impact of ESG regulations and taxonomies on greenwashing and sustainable investment standards
- How financial regulations and credit ratings influence risk-taking in banks and other financial institutions
- The role of deferred compensation and clawback provisions in executive compensation and risk management
- Dynamics of credit markets and the implications for financial stability, including the role of financial intermediaries on credit allocation and pricing
Email: marcus.opp@hhs.se
Languages: English
Per Strömberg
Professor, Department of Finance; Affiliated Researcher, Swedish House of Finance
Areas of expertise:
- Private equity, buyouts, LBOs
- Venture capital and entrepreneurship, angel financing
- Climate policy and firm productivity, carbon pricing, biofuel blending requirements
- Corporate governance, stakeholders, ESG
- Mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and financial distress
Email: Per.Stromberg@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 91 19
Languages: English, Swedish