prof.dr. D.G.J. (Dion) Bongaerts

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Finance & Accounting
Affiliated since 2010

Dion Bongaerts is an Professor of Financial Technology and Data Analytics at RSM Erasmus University and Academic Director Fintech at the Erasmus Center for Data Analytics. He specializes in the behavior of credit rating agencies, the pricing of credit risky instruments, the origins and effects of market illiquidity, and FinTech (with a focus on Blockchain and AI). His work has been presented at major conferences around the world, including the AFA, WFA, EFA, and NBER meetings and published in top tier academic journals including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science. He has received several grants, including a Veni and a Blockchain Research grant from the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO) and a Lamfalussy Fellowship from the ECB. Prof. Bongaerts holds a PhD degree in Finance from the University of Amsterdam, an MSc in Econometrics from Maastricht University, and has been a visiting scholar at Yale School of Management, University of Pittsburgh, and the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. Moreover, he has several years of professional experience as a risk management quant at ABN-AMRO bank.

Publications

  • External (1)
    • Bongaerts, D. (2010). Overrated Credit Risk. [Doctoral Thesis, University of Amsterdam]. Uva.

To Own, To Finance, and To Insure; Residential Real Estate Revealed
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Ruben Cox
  • Time frame: 2009 - 2013
Market Efficiency and Liquidity
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Dominik Rösch
  • Time frame: 2010 - 2015
Essays in Banking and Corporate Finance
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Teng Wang
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2015
Price Discovery, Liquidity Provision, and Low-Latency Trading
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Darya Yuferova
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2016
Essays on Financial Coordination
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Lingtian Kong
  • Time frame: 2012 - 2019
Externalities in economics and finance: Essays on spillover effects and economic decisions
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Francesco Mazzola
  • Time frame: 2018 - 2023
Raising capital: On pricing, liquidity, and incentives
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Rogier Hanselaar
  • Time frame: 2013 - 2018
PhD in Finance
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Jean-Paul Guyon van Brakel
  • Time frame: 2020 -
PhD in Finance
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Francesca Caucci
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Portfolio Allocation Under Parameter Uncertainty and Climate Change Objectives - A Proposed Framework
Portfolio Allocation Under Parameter Uncertainty and Climate Change Objectives - A Proposed Framework
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Prasenjeet Bhattacharya
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Essays in Asset Allocation and Factor Investing
Essays in Asset Allocation and Factor Investing
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Xiaowei Kang
  • Time frame: 2017 -
PhD in Finance
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Wenjing Xu
  • Time frame: 2024 -
2015
March
25
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2014
October
29
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2014
August
25
Conference
As: Coordinator, Contact
2013
March
27
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2012
July
05
Conference
As: Coordinator
2011
September
07
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2011
June
30
Conference
As: Co-organizer
2011
March
16
2010
July
07
Conference
As: Coordinator
2010
May
12
2009
March
30
Research Seminar
As: Speaker

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T08-39
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands