S. Viswanathan, F. M. Kirby Professor of Investment Banking, Duke University

S. ``Vish'' Viswanathan is the F.M. Kirby Professor of Investment Banking at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Professor Viswanathan's recent research focuses on financial intermediation and risk management, collateral and the regulation of financial markets and banking system. His research on collateral, risk management and the capital structure decision has been published in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics. His prior research on leverage and liquidity and episodic illiquidity in financial markets has been published in the Journal of Finance. Other relevant recent research includes merger waves and non-cash auctions. Professor Viswanathan's research has been presented at a number of international and national conferences and has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Rand Journal of Economics, the Journal of Finance and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business and the Journal of Business Economics and Statistics.

Professor Viswanathan received his Bachelor's Degree in Science (First Class with Distinction) from the University of Bombay, his Master of Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies at the University of Bombay and his Ph.D. in Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.