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Tray Spilker is an Associate Professor of Finance and Shidler Faculty Fellow at the Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His research explores institutional investor networks, alternative investment performance, and passive investing dynamics within active fund families. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in investments, portfolio optimization, and financial derivatives.
- Ph.D. in Finance, Boston College
- M.B.A. in Finance, University of Maryland
- Graduate Diploma in Management, Harvard University
- B.S. in Finance, Virginia Tech
Dr. Spilker's research has been published in top-tier journals like the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Banking and Finance, focusing on network effects in asset management and evolving investment paradigms. His work has been highlighted by Bloomberg and Institutional Investor Magazine.
Recent publications analyze:
- Alumni networks and informed trading
- Hedge fund collaboration mechanisms
- Active-passive fund interdependencies
- Time-series approaches to private equity evaluation
He has received multiple Professor of the Semester awards across undergraduate and MSF programs (2019-2024). As a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), he contributes industry expertise to academic-practice integration through board service at CFA Society Hawai‘i.
