Each year, GIWM provides financial support for academic research project with expected impact in the field of wealth management. GIWM has the pleasure to announce the four finalists of the GIWM call for projects 2018-2019 selected for funding by the GIWM Scientific Committee:

• Sialm, Clemens and Zhang, Hanjiang, Tax-Efficient Asset Management: Evidence from Equity Mutual Funds (August 31, 2019). Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2368625 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2368625
• Dahlquist, Magnus and Sokolovski, Valeri and Sverdrup, Erik, Hedge Funds and Financial Intermediaries (May 26, 2021). Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 19-8, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396632 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3396632
• Ravina, Enrichetta, Viceira, Luis, and Walter, Ingo, The Portfolios and Financial Decisions of High Net-Worth U.S. Households (under revision)
• Trojani, Fabio, and Scheidegger, Simon, A General Machine Learning Approach for High-Dimensional Asset Pricing with Frictions (work in progress)

GIWM congratulates the finalists for their accomplishement. Their research projects are expected to be presented at the yearly GIWM research workshop to be held in January 2020.