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Research

• Assessing the Performance of Environmental ETFs:<br>This research will consist of identifying ways to meaningfully integrate environmental risks in the field of investment management. To do so the newly generated database of environmental ETFs will be subjected to a rigorous four-pronged mathematical quantification of risk. Each prong is expected to give a comprehensive but clear view on how the inclusion of environmental concerns in investments portfolios may (or may not) impact their performance. Together, these risks can be categorized into two broad groups of risk: <i>reward-to-variability risk</i> and <i>reward-to-market risk.</i>
• Develop Database of “E” ETFs:<br>This step consists of creating a new database of environmental or “E” exchange-traded funds by carefully inspecting their wider database and identifying those whose sole emphasis is on the environment. Their identification will require a careful reading of their prospectuses and their 10-K forms (annual reports that a fund is mandated to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its manager to receive permission to sell the fund through a general public distribution). If not particularly complicated, this task will be nonetheless tedious and time-consuming, albeit essential for the construction of the database. <i>This new database is the first novelty of this research separating it from other finance studies focusing on the environment and climate risk.</i>
• The Next Generation of Smart Beta ETFs:<br>My next study will explore the newer generation of smart beta ETFs to evaluate whether they can more capably respond to today’s highly volatile market environment, enabling market participants to react capably and swiftly to economic events just as the first generation of smart beta product responded to the post 2008 financial crisis.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Prof of Finance, Montclair State University (1985 - 1988)
• Officer, Algeria Army (1988 - 1990)
• Assistant Prof of Finance, Montclair State University (1990 - 1991)
• Full Professor, Montclair State University (1999 - Present)
• Independent Trustee, Chair of Audit Committee , GraniteShares ETF Trust (2015 - 2022)
• Chair of the Department of Economics and Finance, Montclair State University (2010 - 2013)
• Senior Investment Analyst, TIAA-CREF (1997 - 1999)
• Associate Director, Standard & Poor's (1991 - 1997)

Consulting

• Training/Education, XP3RT. (June 2020 - June 2020). Developed two eLearning courses for financial professionals: "Advanced Application of ETFs" and "Smart Beta Factor Models"
• Technical/Professional Work, Dow Jones. (June 2009 - December 2009). Conducted a practical analysis of Dow Jones' emerging market indexes within a "core-satellite" asset allocation strategy.
• Other, Magna Cum Colloquium (MCC). (September 2018 - Present). MCC is a leading producer of indexing events bringing together academics and practitioners from both the asset owner and service provider communities.
• Technical/Professional Work, Dow Jones. (January 2009 - June 2009). Commissioned by Dow Jones to assess and write a white paper on asset allocation using Dow Jones micro-cap indices
• Other, ETF Global, LLC. (September 2012 - Present). Provide guidance, insights, and constant input to optimize the efficacy of the construction and operation of the company’s proprietary models and quality of its research offerings.

Honors & Awards

• Certificate Award for Best Author, Academy of Business (September 2001)
• Invited to Chair Conference: "Risk Management of and with ETFs/Indices", Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) (April 2013)
• Acknowledged for my work on ETFs, "17 ETF Friendly Professors" by Yahoo Finance (February 2013)
• Faculty Recognition Award, School of Business at Montclair State University (March 2011)
• Invited to Chair Conference: "The Art of Indexing Summit", Structured Products/Incisive Media (October 2010)
• Invited to Chair Conference: "World Series of Indexing & ETFs", Information Management Network (IMN) (March 2010)
• Invited to Deliver Keynote Address: "Art of Indexing Summit", Structured Products/Incisive Media (October 2009)
• Best Paper Award/Finance Track, World Business Institute and Imperial College of London (July 2009)
• Granted Sabbatical Leave, Montclair State University (January 2009)
• Invited to Deliver Keynote Address: "Art of Indexing", Structured Product/Incisive Media (September 2008)
• Best Paper Award, The Clute Institute (March 2003)
• Granted Sabbatical Leave, Montclair State University (September 2015)
• Invited to Deliver Keynote Address: “Future Insights and Landscapes of Business Management", BSCM 2022 (November 2022)
• Invited to Deliver Keynote Address: "Winning Research Papers-Some Useful Insights", Tenth European Academic Research Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences (EAR18 France Conference) (July 2018)

Refereed Published Articles

• A. Meziani, F. Rezvani (1990). Using the AHP to Select a Financing Instrument for a Foreign Investment. Journal of Mathematical Modeling
• A. Meziani (2001). Diversifying Via Sectors: New Sector Indexes Offer Some Advantages. The Journal of Index Issues
• A. Meziani (2000). Assessing the New Multinational Indices: Can They Solve the 'Home Bias' Problem?" . FOW/Risk & Reward
• A. Meziani (2001). The Impact of New Economic Information on Bond Price Forecasting. The Journal of American Academy of Business
• A. Meziani, J. Yang (2001). Fresh Alternative to Mutual Funds Offers Tax Benefit. Practical Tax Strategies
• A. Meziani (2001). Along Came a SPDR: How Tax Efficient are Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts?. A Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds (a joint special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Investing), Institutional Investor
• A. Meziani (2002). Index-linked Products Stay Above Par. FOW's— Derivatives Intelligence for the Risk Professional
• A. Meziani (2002). Modeling Prepayment Behavior In Financial Transactions Backed By Automobile Loans. The Journal of Applied Business Research
• A. Meziani (2002). The Integration of JIT and TQM into B2B e-Commerce – A Comprehensive Value Creation Approach. Journal of Business and Information Technology
• A. Meziani (2003). Modeling Country-Specific Risks in Foreign Direct Investment. Journal of International Business and Economy
• A. Meziani (2003). Reevaluating Portfolio Diversification Benefits with New Multinational Indices. International Business & Economics Research Journal
• A. Meziani (2003). Russell 2000 Versus S&P SmallCap 600: Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder. A Guide to Small-Cap Investing, (a joint special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Investing), Institutional Investor
• A. Meziani (2004). Fixed-Income ETFs Market: Adding to the Investor's Toolbox?. An Investor's Guide to ETFs and Tradable Index (a joint special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Investing), Institutional Investor
• A. Meziani (2003). Assessing the Effects of Investment Barriers on International Capital Flows Using an Expert-Driven System. Multinational Business Review
• A. Meziani (2003). Europe's ETF Market: Emerging Trend or Imminent Shakeout?. ETF II – New Approaches and Global Outreach (a joint special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Investing), Institutional Investor
• A. Meziani, J. Yang (2005). Use Exchange Traded Fund to Harvest Tax Loss. Practical Tax Strategies
• A. Meziani (2005). The Advent of ETFs in an Imperfect Market: The Case of Mainland China. The 2005 Investor's Guide to ETFs and Indexing Innovations (a joint special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Investing), Institutional Investor
• A. Meziani (2005). Application of the Wash-Sale Rules to Exchange-Traded Funds. Practical Tax Strategies
• A. Meziani (2011). Assessing the Benefits of U.S. Micro-Cap Holdings and International Small-Cap Stocks within a Core-Satellite Investment Strategy. Journal of International Business Management & Research – JIBMR
• , A. Meziani, L. San Vicente Portes (2010). Micro-Cap Stocks: On the Quest for Lower Risk and Higher Returns. International Review of Business Research
• A. Meziani (2008). Evaluating the International Diversification Benefits of China’s New Inde. International Business & Economics Research Journal
• A. Meziani (2007). Long-short investment strategies using ETFs. The 2007 Investor's Guide to ETFs and Indexing Innovations (a joint special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Investing), Institutional Investor
• A. Meziani, J. Yang (2011). Assessing the Value of Loss Harvesting Using ETFs: Is It Always a Beneficial Tax Strategy?. International Journal of Applied Accounting and Finance
• J. Yang, A. Meziani (2012). Break-even Point Between Short-term and Long-term Capital Gain (Loss) Investment Strategies. Journal of Investing
• A. Meziani, J. Yang (2012). Assessing the Value of Tax Efficient Rebalancing Using ETFs: Is it Always Better than a Tax Deferred Strategy?. International Research Journal of Applied Finance
• D. Ozenbas, A. Meziani, L. San Vicente Portes (2014). Liquidity Effects of Firm Size and Market Distress on Index Tracking ETFs. Journal of International Financial Studies
• A. Meziani (2014). Investing with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues in Mind: From the Back to the Fore of Style Investing. The Journal of Investing/Institutional Investor Journals
• A. Meziani (2014). Smart Beta ETFs: A Bird’s-Eye View of the Market and Analysis of Its Performance Trend. Institutional Investor Journals
• A. Meziani (2015). Rethinking Exposure to Emerging Markets: Is it Time to Dive Back?. The Journal of Investing/Institutional Investor Journals
• A. Meziani (2015). Managing the Volatility Risk of Investment Portfolios with Minimum-Volatility ETFs: A Long-Term Approach or a Period-Specific Investment Strategy?. The Journal of Index Investing/Institutional Investor Journals
• A. Meziani (2015). Exploring the Complex Universe of Fixed-Income ETFs: Is More Better, or Is Less More?. The Journal of Index Investing
• A. Meziani, L. San Vicente Portes, D. Ozenbas (2015). Liquidity under Extreme Market Volatility: The Case of the SPY, IVV and RSP Funds. Financial Decisions
• J. Yang, A. Meziani, Y. Shen (2016). Understanding Apple Inc.'s Global Tax Strategies in Ireland. International Tax Journal, a CCH publication
• A. Meziani (2017). Active Exchange-Traded Funds: Are We There Yet?. The Journal of Index Investing
• A. Meziani (2020). It Is Still Not Easy Being Green for Exchange-Traded Funds. Journal of Index Investing
• A. Meziani, E. Noma (2018). A New Method of Measuring Financial Risk Aversion Using Hypothetical Investment Preferences: What Does It Say in the Case of Gender Differences?. Journal of Behavioral Finance
• A. Meziani (2020). Frontier Markets: Understanding the Risks. Journal of Index Investing

Published Proceedings

• A. Meziani, L. San Vicente Portes (5s). . Seeking alpha beyond small cap markets: the risk and returns dynamics of micro-cap stocks Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA

Books & Chapters

• J. Yang, A. Meziani (2006). Tax Advantage of Exchange-Traded Funds. Palgrave-MacMillian
• A. Meziani (2006). Exchange-Traded Funds as Investment Option. Palgrave/Macmillan
• A. Meziani (2009). Exchange Traded Funds-Conceptual and Practical Investment Approaches. RiskBooks
• A. Meziani (2014). Understanding the Evidence on Portfolio Exposure to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investments. Wiley
• A. Meziani (2015). Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors in Financial Investments. Wiley
• A. Meziani (2018). The positive effects of diversification in emerging markets. Nova Science Publishers
• A. Meziani (2016). Exchange-Traded Funds-Investment Practices and Tactical Approaches. Palgrave-Macmillan