Vikas Agarwal

Vikas Agarwal is Distinguished University Professor of the University System of Georgia & Bank of America Distinguished Chair and Professor of Finance at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Vikas received his Ph.D. in finance from the London Business School. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Financial Research, University of Cologne, Germany. He also holds a Research Associate position at EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Center, France. He currently serves as a Director on the board of the Southeastern Alternative Fund Association and on the academic advisory council of Decatur Capital Management. His broad areas of research interest include investments, household finance, private equity, and venture capital. His research addresses issues related to institutional investors (exchange-traded funds, hedge funds, and mutual funds), household finance, and private securities. His articles have appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science. His research has been cited and discussed in the financial press and magazines including Bloomberg, Euromoney, Financial Times, Forbes, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

He has also been invited to serve as a visiting scholar/professor at prestigious institutions and universities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, Reserve Bank of India (central bank in India), Indian School of Business, Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta), National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), EDHEC Business School (Singapore), University of Paris (Dauphine), and several schools in Hong Kong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Hong Kong University). His research has been widely presented at many of the premier finance conferences and he has been invited to present his work at a number of prestigious national and international universities. As a recognized expert in the area of investments, he has given several keynote speeches to academic audiences and presentations to industry groups.