Shyam Venkatesan, Western University

Research

mutual fund contracting outsourcing risk-shifting

Latest funding

Bodywork: health, beauty, and transformation in Africa
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$28,014
ARE BOND FUND FLOWS (REALLY) CONCAVE? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$52,275
Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,300

Bodywork: health, beauty, and transformation in Africa

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Archambault, Julie Soleil

Keywords: epidemiological transition; obesity; non communicable diseases; health-conscious subjectivities; neoliberal personhood; self-improvement; beauty; bodywork; sub-Saharan Africa

$28,014

ARE BOND FUND FLOWS (REALLY) CONCAVE? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Patel, Saurin

Keywords: Market Fragility; Bond Mutual Funds; Liquidity; Strategic Complementarity; Flow-performance relation

$52,275

Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Venkatesan, Shyam

Keywords: mutual fund; contracting; outsourcing; risk-shifting

$25,300

Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Venkatesan, Shyam

Keywords: mutual fund; contracting; outsourcing; risk-shifting

$73,388

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: mutual fund Dear Professor Venkatesan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on mutual fund connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Outsourced Funds and Risk-shifting: A tale of two contracts" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]