Distinguished Professor of Finance
(Former Associate Dean, Professional Graduate Programs)
Email: wwang@queensu.ca
Tel: 1-613-533-3248
MEDIA FEATURING
- Oxford Business Law Blog ("Do hedge funds exploit material nonpublic information from bankrupt companies?" June 7, 2024)
- Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable ("Do hedge funds exploit material nonpublic information: Evidence from corporate bankruptcies," May 28, 2024)
- Smith Business Insight ("Hedge funds find a sweet spot in distressed firms," Feb 6, 2024)
- Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog ("Do hedge funds exploit material nonpublic information from bankrupt companies?" December 20, 2023)
- Reorg Research Podtcast, Global Zombie Companies, October 23, 2023,
- Financial Post ("Lightspeed slows down as CEO Chauvet cuts jobs, writes down value of acquisitions" February 3, 2023)
- The FinReg Blog ("Polluted IPOs" October 13, 2022)
- Smith Business Insights ("Smog Gives Traders and Regulators Foggy Heads" May 6, 2022)
- The Oxford Business Law Blog ("Do Lenders Extract Rents When Financing Bankrupt Firms?" November 23, 2021)
- The FinReg Blog ("Has Post-reorg Equity Outperformed in the Last Three Decades?" by September 17, 2021)
- Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable ("Lawyer Networks and Corporate Bankruptcies," January 5, 2021)
- The Wall Street Journal ("Law Firms Gear Up for Expected Jump in Bankruptcies Triggered by Coronavirus," by Katy Stech Ferek, May 6, 2020)
- Toronto Star ("Stark OpenTable Data Shows Moment when Covid-19 Drove Diners Away," March 17, 2020)
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Global News ("Coronavirus: Financial experts in Kingston Discuss the Economic Impact of COVID-19," March 10, 2020)
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Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable ("Rent Extraction by Super-Priority Lenders," October 1, 2019)
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The Wall Street Journal ("Lawmakers Propose Bill On Bankruptcy Case Location," by Katy Stech Ferek, September 20, 2019)
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Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable ("Practice Makes Perfect: Judge Experience and Bankruptcy Outcomes," April 10, 2018)
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Oxford Business Law Blog ("Practice Makes Perfect: Judge Experience and Bankruptcy Outcomes," December 22, 2017)
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Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable ("Selling Innovation in Bankruptcy," December 19, 2017)
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Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance ("Executive Gatekeepers: Useful and Divertible Governance?," September 30, 2014)
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Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance ("How Costly Is Corporate Bankruptcy for Top Executives?," January 30, 2013)
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The Wall Street Journal ("Study Finds Bankruptcy Bonuses Work," by Patrick Fitzgerald, August 9, 2012)
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The National Post ("Perform or get out; CP is just latest example of a firm changed by hedge funds," May 18, 2012)
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The Toronto Star ("CP Rail shakeup a warning for cozy Canadian boardrooms," by Niamh Scallan, May 18, 2012)
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The Toronto Star ("CP Rail vote Thursday could change the face of historic railroad," by Venessa Lu, May 17, 2012)
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The National Post ("Hedge funds help not hinder bankruptcy proceedings: Study," by David Pett, May 9, 2012)
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The Globe and Mail ("Activist investors more mediators than predators: study," by Jaqueline Nelson, May 9, 2012)
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The Vancouver Sun ("Hedge fund involvement good for bankrupt U.S. companies, Sauder researcher finds," by Scott Simpson, May 7, 2012)
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The Toronto Star ("Battle for control of CP Rail centers on proxy fight," by Venessa Lu, January 10, 2012)
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The Montreal Gazette ("Extravagant CEO salaries - necessary evil or economic burden," By Derek Abma, January 3, 2012)
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Kingston Whig Standard ("Rich getting richer, faster, report finds," by Peter Hendar, January 3, 2012)
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The Wall Street Journal ("What's in a name: If it is 'China,' a Pick-Me-Up," by Jason Zweig, March 20, 2010, in The Intelligent Investor)
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The National Post ("Companies that want to have hot stocks should just add 'China' to their names," by Ian McGugan, March 23, 2010).
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Le Temps ("Les hedge funds assurent une sorties plus rapide de la faillite," by Emmanuel Garessus, February 5, 2010).
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The Globe and Mail (“This hedge fund is more like a stork than a vulture,” in Streetwise, by Andrew Willis, November 9, 2009).
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Dow Jones Newswires (“Study finds hedge funds spur bankruptcy transformation,” by Patrick Fitzgerald, October 28, 2009).
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Allaboutalpha.com (“More evidence that distressed debt funds are a phoenix, not a vulture,” by Alpha Male, November 3, 2009).
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Business Week ("Are hedge funds good for bankrupt companies," by Sara Behunek, November 5, 2009).
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The South China Morning Post (“The investment equivalent of judging a book by its cover”, by Tom Holland, June 2, 2009, FB Business).
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The Wall Street Journal (“Bankruptcy venue change linked to recovery rates”, by Patrick Fitzgerald, January 24, 2007, p. B9B).
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Bankruptcy Law 360 (“Delaware, New York bad news for creditors: study,” by Jesse Greenspan, January 17, 2007)
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Distressed Debt Investors (“Venues and Recoveries”, Volume 3, No.2, January 25, 2007)