CLAUDIA CHAMPAGNE, Ph.D. Professor of finance Finance departement Business faculty, Sherbrooke University, office K1-4104 Researcher, GReFA, CIBC Research Chair in financial integrity 2500 Boul. de l Université, Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada J1K 2R1 Tel. : (819) 821-8000, #62976 E-mail : claudia.champagne@usherbrooke.ca Web page : http://www.usherbrooke.ca/adm/departements/finance/professeurs/claudia-champagne/ EDUCATION Ph.D. in Business Administration - Finance 2001-2007 Concordia University, Montreal (Canada) Thesis title : «Three Essays on International Loan Syndications» Thesis subject : international syndicated loans, relationship banking, mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector Advisor: Prof. Lawrence Kryzanowski Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Finance 1998-2000 École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montréal (Canada) Graduated with honours (best overall average) Thesis on systematic credit risk Supervisor: Prof. Jean Roy Bachelor in business administration (B.B.A.) Finance 1995-1998 École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montréal (Canada) INTERESTS Research: responsible finance, capital markets, syndicated loans, financial institutions management, financial risk management, systemic and contagion risk, financial network analysis. Teaching: financial institutions management, financial risk management, fixed income securities, research methods in finance, mergers and acquisitions.
Claudia Champagne 2 AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Best paper award for «Information Asymmetries in the Syndicated Loan Market : the Cost of the Distribution Method» (with Frank Coggins), International Conference on Financial Management and Economics, Hong Kong, July 2011. Doctoral scholarship from the National Research Program in Financial Services and Public Policy, Schulich School of Business, York University, 2004. Doctoral scholarship from the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), 2000-2003. Doctoral scholarship from Concordia University, 2000. Honor board in the M.Sc. program, École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), 2000. Excellence scholarship from the Risk Management Research Chair, École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), 1999. Excellence scholarship from École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), 1995. RESEARCH GRANTS Individual research Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for «The impact of syndicated loans on systemic and contagion risks in the Canadian and international financial systems», 2013-2018. Individual research grant from the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) for «Syndicated loans: what about borrower loyalty?», 2009-2013. Research grant from the Institut de Finance Mathématique de Montréal (IFM2) for «Interactions between capital markets: the informational content of the secondary loan market», 2008-2011, with Frank Coggins. Young researcher grant from Sherbrooke University for: research program on the international corporate loan market, 2008-2011. PUBLICATIONS Scientific journal articles (peer-reviewed) Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins, 2012. «Common information asymmetry factors in syndicated loan structures», Journal of Banking and Finance, 36 (5), 1437-1451.
Claudia Champagne 3 Champagne, C., Stéphane Chrétien and Frank Coggins, 2012. «The impact of pension fund freezes on firms systematic and specific risk», Global Review of Accounting and Finance, 3(1), 43-52. Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins, 2011. «Information asymmetry in syndicated loans : the cost of the distribution method», International Proceedings of Economic Development and Research, vol. 11, p. 201-206. Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski, 2009. «Do Internationally Cross-Listed non-us Firms Obtain More Favorable Terms for Syndicated Loans», Managerial Finance, 35 (7), 548-578. Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski, 2008. «The Impact of Past Syndicate Alliances on the Consolidation of Financial Institutions», Financial Management, 37 (3), 535-569. Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski, 2007. «Are Current Syndicated Loan Alliances Related to Past Alliances?», Journal of Banking and Finance, vol. 31 (10), 3145-3161. Champagne, C. and Roy, Jean, 2004. «Consultation publique sur les fusions du secteur financier : une synthèse des réponses des participants», Assurances et Gestion des Risques, Vol. 72 (2). Other publications Bellemare, G., Champagne, C., Coggins, F., Desrochers, J., Préfontaine, J. and Trudel, Y. 2012. «Consultation AMF sur l indemnisation de consommateurs de produits et services financiers», Consultation document prepared for l Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). Champagne, C., Frank Coggins and Marc-André Lapointe. 2011. «La gestion des caisses de retraite : des pistes de solution pour contrer les pratiques moralement douteuses ou illégales», La criminalité financière; Prévention, gouvernance et influences culturelles, de boeck editions, p.163-177. Champagne, C., Frank Coggins and Marc-André Lapointe. 2010. «Ensuring the Ongoing Strength of Canada s Retirement Income System through Sound Governance and Risk Management: A Principles- Based Approach», Consultation document prepared for Canada s Department of Finance. Champagne, C. and Roy, Jean, 2002. «The Canadian Financial System : An Overview», Document prepared for HEC s Pan-American partnership. PAPERS PRESENTED / IN PROCEEDINGS * Champagne, C., Stéphane Chrétien et Frank Coggins, «Interactions between capital markets: the informational content of the loan market» - Northern Finance Association (NFA) Conference, Québec, forthcoming September 2013. Champagne, C., F. Coggins, R. Gillet, and A. Sodjahin, «Financial market reactions to variations in corporate social performance», Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Calgary, June 2013.
Claudia Champagne 4 * Champagne, C., «The international syndicated loan market network: an unholy trinity?» Finance and Banking Conference (FIBA), Bucharest, Romania, March 2013. * Champagne, C., «Relationship banking in the syndicated loan market: what about borrower loyalty?» - Advances in Business-Related Scientific Research Conference (ABSRC), Venice, Italy, March 2013. * Champagne, C., «The international syndicated loan market network: an unholy trinity?» - The Macrotheme Conference on International Business and Policy Issues, Paris, France, February 2013. * Champagne, C., Stéphane Chrétien and Frank Coggins, «L effet des gels de caisse de retraite sur la performance et le risque de l entreprise» - Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), St-John s, Newfoundland, June 2012. * Champagne, C., Stéphane Chrétien and Frank Coggins, «Interactions between capital markets: the informational content of the loan market» - IFM2 s Mathematical Finance days, Montreal, May 2012. Champagne, C., Stéphane Chrétien and Frank Coggins, «The impact of pension fund freezes on firms systematic and specific risk» - World Business, Economics and Finance Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, September 2011. * Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins. «Common information asymmetry factors in syndicated loans : evidence from syndicates and privately placed deals» - Annual Conference of the Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2011. * Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins. «Information Asymmetries in the Syndicated Loan Market: the Cost of the Distribution Method» - International Conference on Financial Management and Economics, Hong Kong, July 2011. Best paper. * Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins. «Common information asymmetry factors in syndicated loans» - Annual European conference of the Financial Management Association (FMA), Porto, Portugal, June 2011. * Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins. «Information Asymmetries in the Syndicated Loan Market: the Cost of the Distribution Method» - Northern Finance Association (NFA) Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, September 2010. * Champagne, C. and Frank Coggins. «Information Asymmetries in the Syndicated Loan Market: the Cost of the Distribution Method» - Multinational Finance Association (MFS) Conference, Barcelona, Spain, June 2010. * Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski. «Do Internationally Cross-Listed Non-U.S. Firms Obtain More Favorable Syndicated Loan Terms?» - Northern Finance Association (NFA) Conference, Toronto, September 2007. Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski. «Do Internationally Cross-Listed Non-U.S. Firms Obtain More Favorable Syndicated Loan Terms?» - European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Conference, Barcelona, Spain 2006.
Claudia Champagne 5 * Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski. «The Impact of Past Syndicate Alliances on the Consolidation of Financial Institutions» - Financial Management Association (FMA) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2006. Top Ten Percent Session. * Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski «The Impact of Past Syndicate Alliances on the Consolidation of Financial Institutions» - Northern Finance Association (NFA) Conference, Montreal, September 2006. Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski. Are current consolidations of financial institutions and syndicated loan alliances related to past alliances? Portuguese Finance Network International Conference, Porto, Portugal, July 2006. Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski. «Do Internationally Cross-Listed Non-U.S. Firms Obtain More Favorable Syndicated Loan Terms?» - Multinational Finance Society (MFS) Conference, Edinburg, U.K., June 2006. * Champagne, C. and Lawrence Kryzanowski. «Do Internationally Cross-Listed Non-U.S. Firms Obtain More Favorable (Non-)Syndicated Loan Terms?» - MidWest Finance Association (MFA) Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 2006. * Papers presented by Claudia Champagne PROFESIONNAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS Invited seminar leader, «Contagion risk and connections: the use of network theory in finance», 2-day seminar organized by l Institut de Finance Mathématique de Montréal (IFM2), October 2011. Guest speaker and panelist, PRMIA s Global Event Series: Credit Risk Half-Day Event, title of presentation: «Is it Contagious? The importance of contagion in credit and systemic risk measures», October 2010. Guest speaker, SPPUS pension fund committee meeting, title of presentation: «Ensuring the Ongoing Strength of Canada s Retirement Income System through Sound Governance and Risk Management: A Principles-Based Approach», May 2010. OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Main researcher for the procedural thrust on financial institutions management for the CIBC Research Chair in Financial Integrity. Researcher for the Research Group in Applied Finance (GReFA) and responsible for the Financial institutions management research theme. Member of the editorial board for the IEB International Journal of Finance.
Claudia Champagne 6 Referee for academic journals : Journal of Banking and Finance (Elsevier), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (Springer), Applied Economics (Taylor & Francis), Revue Finance, Revue de l Actualité économique, Journal of Financial Economic Policy (Emerald), Revue Internationale PME TEACHING EXPERIENCE Business faculty, Sherbrooke University Courses taught: FEC830 Capital markets (M.Sc. Finance) FEC860 Research methods in finance (M.Sc. Finance) FEC557 Financial institutions management I (B.B.A.) FEC566 Financial institutions management II (B.B.A.) FEC333 Financial decision analysis (B.B.A.) FIM701 Modelling and Matlab programming in finance (quantitative market analysis microprog.) FEC765 Securities and financial markets (MBA) Academic responsibility: Quantitative Market Analysis Program (graduate level): FIM700, FIM701 and FIM702 Post-doctoral supervision: Co-supervisor Amos Sodjahin (Ph.D. Paris Dauphine) Doctoral (DBA) supervision: Co-supervision: Nébiha Zouari, Moussa Fall, Léopold Yodjeu, Leila Hima Master program (M.Sc.) supervision: Master thesis supervision and co-supervision (M.Sc.): Marie Gravel (2013), Line Drapeau (2013), Lamiaa Belkad (2013), David Lamoureux (2012), Maxime Dépôt (2012), Nokan Konan Hagouagn Rin (2012), Stéphanie Buotte (2012), Magali Point (2011), Dany Bernier (2011), Philippe Germain-Gauvin (2011) Essay supervision (M.Sc.) : Jean-Philippe Boivin (2012), Guillaume Labonté (2012), Karine Brisson (2012), Olivier-Derek Lapierre (2011), Philippe-Olivier Gibouleau (2011), Sébastien Bélanger (2010), Badr Barhoumi (2009), Frédéric Tremblay (2009), Mustapha Al Echcheihk Al Alaoui (2009). École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) Courses taught: 3-209-99 Financial Institutions Management (B.B.A.) 2-201-99 Investments (B.B.A.) 53-290-03 Risk management for the non-financial sector (MBA) 53-253-02 Managing and evaluating investments (MBA)
Claudia Champagne 7 Finance Department, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Courses taught: FIN8626 Mergers and acquisitions (MFA) PROFESIONNAL EXPERIENCE Business faculty, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke (Canada) Professor, 2013- Assistant Professor, 2008-2013 Substitute Professor, 2007-2008 Lecturer, 2003-2004 École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montreal (Canada) Lecturer, 2002-2007 Research assistant, 1998-2003 Finance department, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal (Canada) Lecturer, 2000-2005 Other Member of the Board of directors for Caisse Desjardins de l Est, Sherbrooke, 2011- Expert-consulting for Mouvement Desjardins DEIMR (direction exécutive intégration et mesure de risque) on the validation of Basel II risk parameters, 2006-2010. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Fluent in French and English (oral and written). Canadian citizen.