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Finance

Kuntara Pukthuanthong

Professor of Finance, Robert J. Trulaske, Jr. Professor of Finance
Office
360 Cornell Hall
Address

700 Tiger Avenue
Columbia, MO 65211

Kuntara Pukthuanthong is a Professor of Finance and the Robert J. Trulaske, Jr. Professor of Finance at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri. Her main research interests are international finance and asset pricing. She received a BA in economics from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; an MBA in finance from Washington University, and PhD in finance from University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Pukthuanthong's research has been published in the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Critical Review of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Review, Economic Note, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Applied Financial Economics, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Investment Management, Journal of Portfolio Management, Global Finance Journal, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, and Venture Capital Journal.

Dr. Pukthuanthong serves as the associate editor for the International Review of Financial Analysis Journal.

Dr. Pukthuanthong's additional experience includes:

  • June 2018 – January 2019, Consultant, AXA Rosenberg Investment Management, Los Angeles, CA
  • January 2013 – July 2015, Board of Director, Centricity Financial, LLC
  • January 2010 – December 2012, Consultant, Flint Rock Global Investors, LLC
  • August 2011 – February 2012, Consultant at Research Affiliates, Newport Beach, CA
  • 1998-2003, Research Assistant, International Portfolio Management, research with Dr. Lee Thomas III, Managing Director at PIMCO.

Education

PhD, Finance, University of California; MBA, Finance, Washington University; BA, Economics, Chulalongkorn University

Awards

3rd prize Winner, Crowell Prize PanAgora Asset Management (2021) for Machine Learning Classification Methods and Portfolio Allocation: An Examination of Market Efficiency; Winemiller Excellence Award (2020) and Hillcrest Behavioral Finance Research Award (2019) for A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Market Sentiment from PhotosCrowell prize, PanAgora Asset Management, Jack Treynor Prize Winner, Q Group,  Inquire Europe, Inquire UK, Dauphine-Amundi Chair In Asset Management and ICPM University of Toronto for A Protocol for Factor IdentificationFinalist, Crowell Prize PanAgora Asset

Publications

Family Firm IPO Performance and IPO Signals with Hung-bin Ding, Journal of Enterprising Culture, 2009, 17(1), 55-77.

Crash of ‘08.  Co-authored with Dr. Lee R. Thomas III, published in the Capco Institute Bulletin and the Global Association of Risk Professionals, December 2008.

Weak Form Efficiency in Currencies: and Update and an Explanation, co-authored with Lee Thomas, Financial Analyst Journal, May-June 2008, 64(3), 31-52.

Leverage, Pre-IPO Insider Ownership, and Underpricing: high-tech versus low-tech IPOs with Thomas Walker and Jaemin Kim, Management Decision, 46(1), March 2008.

Asset Allocation Barbells co-authored with Lee Thomas, Frank J. Fabozzi’s Handbook of Finance: Investment Management and Financial Management, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN-10: 0470078154