Ben Marshall is a Professor of Finance and holds the MSA Charitable Trust Chair in Finance in the Massey University Business School. He is also the Research Director of the School of Economics and Finance, Massey University. He is focused on research that can make a difference to industry practice. His research interests includes the impact of climate on financial markets, factors influencing stock returns, the cost of capital, quantitative approaches to portfolio management, transaction cost and liquidity measurement, and Exchange Traded Funds. Ben's research has been published in internationally respected academic journals, such as the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance, and journals with a practitioner focus. Ben has also had his work accepted by each of the top three finance conferences: American Finance Association (AFA), Western Finance Association (WFA), and European Finance Association (EFA). His research has generated widespread interest. He is currently ranked in the top 0.1% of authors on the international working paper website SSRN (based on downloads of his papers) and his work has been discussed in numerous newspapers and investment blogs. Ben is a two-time winner of the Boyle, Lally, and Rose Prize for the Best Overall Paper at the New Zealand Finance Colloquium and has won numerous other prizes and awards. Ben also serves on the editorial board of a number of journals. He has also consulted to public and private companies in a range of different areas.