I am a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. My research interests are empirical asset pricing, sustainable finance, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and cryptocurrency markets.

My job market paper studies return and risk predictability in ESG mutual funds using machine learning.

I will be on the 2026–2027 academic job market.

Email: guilda.akbari@uottawa.ca

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