9I�� Desautels Faculty of Management - Ruslan Goyenko’s Recent Media Coverage

9I�� Desautels professors and lecturers recognized at Faculty Awards

9I�� — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:08:41 +0000

The 9I�� Desautels Faculty of Management acknowledges the vital contributions of research, teaching, service, and public engagement in inspiring future leaders. Through our annual Faculty Awards, we celebrate the exceptional achievements of our faculty members across various programs and disciplines. This year, we are proud to honour the following distinguished individuals:

Research

Desautels Faculty Scholar Award: Ruslan Goyenko

Chinese tech firm DeepSeek shows smaller firms can compete with tech giants in AI

9I�� — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:49:19 +0000

When OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, the hype around AI began building to a fever pitch. Big money poured in to big tech, sending the stock of companies like Microsoft and Nvidia soaring. But a December 2024 AI chatbot release from a much smaller Chinese tech firm is showing that generative AI can be built a much more modest budget. “Deepseek shows that smaller companies with more limited resources can compete with tech giants,” Prof. Ruslan Goyenko told Benefits Canada.

For hedge funds, trade volumes have a substantial effect on investment returns

9I�� — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:52:15 +0000

The timing of stock trades can be as important as the choice of equities to buy or sell. When trading volume is low, large purchases can drive up a stock’s price, raising costs for the trader. A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research by Associate Professor of Finance Ruslan Goyenko finds that returns associated with trade timing are substantial—they can impact returns as much as stock selection itself.

AI can be a powerful tool for asset managers

9I�� — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:35:56 +0000

Artificial intelligence isn’t a crystal ball, but it can analyze exponentially more data than any human can, and that has the potential to transform the financial services industry. “It’s the most powerful tool I’ve ever seen applicable to investments,” says Professor Ruslan Goyenko in an interview with Benefits Canada. Asset managers can use it to improve active management, and to weather challenging market conditions. “It makes the current investment book obsolete.

FIRM Labs seeks to make AI tools more accessible to individual investors

9I�� — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:12:54 +0000

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way the way that equities are managed – but it has mostly been used by institutions. Prof. Ruslan Goyenko wants to change that. Goyenko is the Scientific Director of Finance Innovation and Risk Management (FIRM) Labs, which brings together financial economists and computer scientists to develop AI-driven portfolio management models that it will distribute to the public.

2019 SSHRC Grants awarded

9I�� — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:21:35 +0000

Congratulations to the Desautels professors who received 2019 SSHRC Grants.

SSHRC Insight Development Grants

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