OMX and SIFR institutes ”The Olof Stenhammar professorship in financial entrepreneurship”

OMX and Swedish Institute for Financial Research, SIFR, institutes “The Olof
Stenhammar professorship in financial entrepreneurship”. The possessor of the
professorship will conduct research in financial entrepreneurship and promote
research and higher education in financial economics and also promote debate
about the financial sector. 

The professorship is formed in cooperation with a Nordic university or
institute of higher education and the research will be held at SIFR. The
creation of the professorship is a part of a broader long term cooperation
between OMX and SIFR, where the first part runs for five years. 

- We institute “The Olof Stenhammar professorship in financial
entrepreneurship” to strengthen research about the financial sector. SIFR and
OMX share the ambition to enhance the exchange between the academic world and
the industry in order to create new knowledge. Financial entrepreneurship is a
relatively unexplored area academically and we hope that the cooperation
between OMX and SIFR will contribute to strengthening the Nordic financial
market, says Magnus Böcker, president and CEO, OMX. 

- The cooperation gives us the possibility to create a research environment of
first rate in Europe. It is very gratifying that OMX is committed to this
endeavor, says Magnus Dahlquist, Director of SIFR. 

- This agreement is very important in our ambition to build bridges between the
academic world and the financial sector, says Lars Bertmar, Chairman of the
board of SIFR. 


For more information, please contact

Niclas Lilja, Press Relations, OMX 	+46 8 405 63 95
Magnus Dahlquist, Director, SIFR	+46 8 728 51 20



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About SIFR | SIFR is an independent research institute with the aim to conduct
and stimulate high quality research in financial economics. SIFR disseminates
research results through publications, seminars, and conferences. In addition,
SIFR has the ambition to narrow the gap between academic research and the
practice of the financial industry and to establish a natural channel of
communication between the academic world and the financial sector. For more
information, please visit www.sifr.org.