Ryan J. Davies is an assistant professor and the holder of the Lyle Howland Term Chair in Finance at Babson College. Prior to joining Babson College, Dr. Davies taught at the ISMA Centre, University of Reading in England from 2001 to 2004. He has also taught on the International Capital Market Association's International Fixed Income and Derivatives (IFID) program. Dr. Davies has made over 35 invited paper presentations at university research seminars and academic conferences, including those held by the Western Finance Association, the Financial Management Association, the Northern Finance Association, and the Multinational Finance Society. His current research interests include European securities market regulation, Canada-US interlisted stocks, stock price manipulation by mutual fund managers, hedge fund portfolio allocation, and portfolio return cross-autocorrelation patterns. His research has been published in major academic journals, such as the Journal of Financial Markets, the Journal of Futures Markets, and Economics Letters.