Megumi Suto Author

Megumi Suto was a professor of Graduate School of Business and Finance of Waseda University for April 2016–March 2018, a professor of the Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law of Waseda University for April 2004­–March 2016, and a professor of Faculty of Economics of Chuo University for April 1993–March 2004. She had positions of visiting professor of Hitotsubashi University and Osaka University, and visiting researcher of Oxford University and Starling University. She received her Ph.D. in economics at Keio University. She was a board member of Japan Society for Economic Studies of Securities for 2001–2009, a board member of Japan and Economic Association for 1997–2009, and an editorial member of Japan Securities Analyst Journal for 1997–2015. Her main interest is in corporate governance and functions of financial system, and she has conducted research on corporate social responsibility and corporate governance in the context of Japanese financial system.

Professor Hitoshi Takehara received his Ph.D. in management science and engineering from the University of Tsukuba. After working at the MTB Investment Technology Institute (current Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Investment Technology Institute) as a researcher, he started his academic career as an assistant professor at the Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba. Since 2006, he has been a professor at Waseda University Graduate School of Business and Finance. Professor Takehara’s main research interest is in asset pricing models and portfolio management. He had been a President of Nippon Finance Association from 2010 to 2013.