Geert Rouwenhorst

K. Geert Rouwenhorst is the Robert B. and Candice J. Haas Professor at Yale School of Management and Deputy Director for International Financial Center at Yale. He is also a partner at SummerHaven Investment management.[1] His work has traced the history of mutual funds through 18th century Netherlands.[2][3] The International Financial Center at Yale also holds the oldest non-defaulted bond in the world.

His recent work with Gary B. Gorton[4] has been influential in establishing the idea of commodities as an asset class and has fueled the rise of commodity indices and exchange-traded funds. He has studied the relative performance of futures and the underlying commodities.[5]

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Rochester, 1991
• MS University of Rochester, 1988
• BLaw Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1986
• MS Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1985

References

1. "Our People". Summerhaven.com.
2. Rowenhorst, K.Geert (December 12, 2004). "The Origins of Mutual Funds". Yale ICF Working Paper No. 04-48. SSRN 636146.
3. William Goetzmann; K. Geert Rouwenhorst (2005). The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517571-4.
4. Gorton, Gary; Hayashi, Fumio; Rouwenhorst, K. Geert (February 7, 2012). "The Fundamentals of Commodity Futures Returns". Yale ICF Working Paper No. 07-08. SSRN 996930.
5. Fisher, Daniel (May 22, 2006). "Precious Commodities". Forbes. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

External links

• "K. Geert Rouwenhorst". Yale School of Management - Faculty Profiles. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
• "K. Geert Rouwenhorst". IDEAS at RePEc.
• Salisbury, Ian (2010-08-30). "New Commodity ETF Touts Academic Pedigree". Wall Street Journal.
• Hougan, Matt. "The New Active Commodity ETF: It's About Time".
• Krishnan, Barani (August 22, 2007). "Inventories, not other markets, drive commodities". Reuters. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
• "Geert Rouwenhorst". JSTOR.