Valentin Haddad

Valentin Haddad is an Associate Professor of Finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Asset Pricing Program. Previously affiliated with Princeton University, his research bridges asset pricing, macroeconomics, and financial institutions, focusing on how financial frictions and institutional behavior shape market prices and economic dynamics.

• Education: Ph.D. in Economics and Finance (2012) and MBA (2012) from the University of Chicago; B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Economics (2008) from École Polytechnique, France.
• Research Interests: Asset pricing mechanisms, financial intermediation, macroeconomic policy impacts on markets, and empirical analysis of risk management practices in institutions.

Scientific Awards:

• Best paper on financial institutions (Elsevier sponsored; WFA 2022).
• 2021 Q-Group Jack Treynor Prize.
• Peter Carr Memorial Grant Best Paper Award (CDI Derivatives Conference 2022).
• 2022 Journal of Finance DFA Prize, First Prize.

Grant and Collaboration Highlights: Co-editor of the Journal of Finance: Insights and Perspectives, recipient of grants from Norges Bank Investment Management, and active participant in NBER and academic conferences. His work spans themes like quantitative easing, factor timing, and institutional risk sharing, with implications for bond markets, passive investing, and macroeconomic stability.