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Veronika Krepely Pool is a Professor of Finance at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management. She previously served as an Associate Professor and Summerville Chair of Finance at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business before joining Owen in 2019. Her research focuses on conflict of interest dynamics in delegated portfolios like hedge funds, mutual funds, and 401(k) plans. Pool holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Vanderbilt (2006), an M.S. in Economics from Murray State University (2000), and a B.S. in Economics from the same institution (1998).
As an academic director of the Financial Management Association, Pool bridges research and practice. Her work examines agency costs in financial services, fee transparency, and behavioral aspects of investor decision-making. Notable awards include associate editor roles at Review of Financial Studies (2018–) and Management Science (2018).
Her teaching spans Vanderbilt’s MS Finance program and the Hoogland Undergraduate Business Program. Pool’s research has analyzed topics such as cross-trading in corporate bonds, 401(k) plan design flaws, and fraud detection mechanisms in hedge funds. She explores how social interactions among fund managers influence investment strategies and how personal wealth shocks affect risk-taking in managed portfolios.
Grants and advising details are not explicitly listed, but her academic leadership roles and prolific publication record reflect sustained engagement with financial markets’ structural challenges. Pool’s work contributes to regulatory frameworks addressing conflicts of interest in delegated investment vehicles.
