A. Seddik Meziani

Biography

I have extensive academic, corporate and consulting experience in the field of ETFs. As a recognized expert, I am frequently invited to speak on the subject. I was acknowledged on a worldwide list of “Seventeen ETF Friendly Professors” compiled by Yahoo Finance. I have been serving as the Soliciting Editor of The Journal of Index Investing since 2010 and on the advisory boards of several other journals. I am the author of three ETF books published by Palgrave-Macmillan (2016), Risk Books (2009), and Palgrave-Macmillan (2006) and two book chapters (Wiley/2015, and Nova/2018). I gave keynote presentations at professional meetings including one in Paris, France in 2018. I am the Chairman of the Audit Committee at GraniteShares ETF Trust and a member of the Research Advisory Board of ETF Global, LLC an independent ETF advisory firm.

Education

• BS, University of Constantine (Algeria)
• MBA, New York University
• PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic University

Publications

• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2015). Rethinking Exposure to Emerging Markets: Is it Time to Dive Back?. The Journal of Investing/Institutional Investor Journals
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2014). Smart Beta ETFs: A Bird’s-Eye View of the Market and Analysis of Its Performance Trend. Institutional Investor Journals
• Book Chapter: A. Meziani (2014). Understanding the Evidence on Portfolio Exposure to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investments. Wiley
• Journal Article: J. Yang, A. Meziani (2012). Break-even Point Between Short-term and Long-term Capital Gain (Loss) Investment Strategies. Journal of Investing
• Journal Article: 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
• Newspaper Article: A. Meziani (2012). How Facebook's big bang turned into a big fizzle. The Record
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: 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
• Conference Proceedings: A. Meziani, L. San Vicente Portes (). Seeking alpha beyond small cap markets: the risk and returns dynamics of micro-cap stocks. Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2001). Diversifying Via Sectors: New Sector Indexes Offer Some Advantages. The Journal of Index Issues
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2000). Assessing the New Multinational Indices: Can They Solve the 'Home Bias' Problem?" . FOW/Risk & Reward
• Journal Article: A. Meziani, F. Rezvani (1990). Using the AHP to Select a Financing Instrument for a Foreign Investment. Journal of Mathematical Modeling
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2001). The Impact of New Economic Information on Bond Price Forecasting. The Journal of American Academy of Business
• Journal Article: A. Meziani, J. Yang (2001). Fresh Alternative to Mutual Funds Offers Tax Benefit. Practical Tax Strategies
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2002). Modeling Prepayment Behavior In Financial Transactions Backed By Automobile Loans. The Journal of Applied Business Research
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2002). The Integration of JIT and TQM into B2B e-Commerce – A Comprehensive Value Creation Approach. Journal of Business and Information Technology
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2002). Index-linked Products Stay Above Par. FOW's— Derivatives Intelligence for the Risk Professional
• : A. Meziani (2003). Modeling Barriers to International Capital Flows: A Multicountry Framework. Global Business and Economic Development
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2003). Reevaluating Portfolio Diversification Benefits with New Multinational Indices. International Business & Economics Research Journal
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2003). Modeling Country-Specific Risks in Foreign Direct Investment. Journal of International Business and Economy
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2003). Assessing the Effects of Investment Barriers on International Capital Flows Using an Expert-Driven System. Multinational Business Review
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2005). Application of the Wash-Sale Rules to Exchange-Traded Funds. Practical Tax Strategies
• Journal Article: A. Meziani, J. Yang (2005). Use Exchange Traded Fund to Harvest Tax Loss. Practical Tax Strategies
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2008). Evaluating the International Diversification Benefits of China’s New Inde. International Business & Economics Research Journal
• Journal Article: 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
• Book: A. Meziani (2006). Exchange-Traded Funds as Investment Option. Palgrave/Macmillan
• Book Chapter: J. Yang, A. Meziani (2006). Tax Advantage of Exchange-Traded Funds. Palgrave-MacMillian
• Journal Article: , A. Meziani, L. San Vicente Portes (2010). Micro-Cap Stocks: On the Quest for Lower Risk and Higher Returns. International Review of Business Research
• Book: A. Meziani (2009). Exchange Traded Funds-Conceptual and Practical Investment Approaches. RiskBooks
• Journal Article: J. Yang, A. Meziani, Y. Shen (2016). Understanding Apple Inc.'s Global Tax Strategies in Ireland. International Tax Journal, a CCH publication
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2015). Exploring the Complex Universe of Fixed-Income ETFs: Is More Better, or Is Less More?. The Journal of Index Investing
• Book Chapter: A. Meziani (2015). Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors in Financial Investments. Wiley
• Journal Article: 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
• Book: A. Meziani (2016). Exchange-Traded Funds-Investment Practices and Tactical Approaches. Palgrave-Macmillan
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2017). Active Exchange-Traded Funds: Are We There Yet?. The Journal of Index Investing
• Book Chapter: A. Meziani (2018). The positive effects of diversification in emerging markets. Nova Science Publishers
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2020). It Is Still Not Easy Being Green for Exchange-Traded Funds. Journal of Index Investing
• Journal Article: 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
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (). Exploring the Role of ESG Factors in Investment Decisions: A Survey of Students as Future Business Leaders. TBD
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (). Beyond Financial Performance: Evaluating the Contribution of Non-Financial Metrics to Corporate Competitiveness through Principal Component Analysis. tbd
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (). International Review of Economics and Finance. International Review of Economics and Finance/Elsevier Inc.
• Newspaper Article: A. Meziani (2024). War in Ukraine and your 401(k): Don’t take rash action amid short-term events, experts say. Northjersey.com
• Magazine/Trade Publication: A. Meziani (2024). Expert Q&A on ETFs: How to Invest in ETFs for Beginners. The Motley Fool
• Magazine/Trade Publication: A. Meziani (2024). Experts’ Insights on Fixed-Income Investing. Money Geek
• Magazine/Trade Publication: A. Meziani (2024). Experts’ Advice About Choosing the Right Investing App. Money Geek
• Magazine/Trade Publication: A. Meziani (2024). Expert Insight on Saving and Investing During a Recession. Money Geek
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (). Do Financial Fundamentals Drive ESG Practices? Sectoral Insights from Panel Data Analysis. Journal of Business Research
• Magazine/Trade Publication: A. Meziani (2024). Expert Insight on CD Laddering. Money Geek
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (2025). Understanding Private Equity Fund Performance and Survivability: Insights from Multimodel Analyses of Structural Drivers. Journal of Investing
• Conference Proceedings: A. Meziani (). Exit Capacity and Holding Periods in Private Equity: A Stock–Flow Perspective. AMSE | Aix-Marseille School of Economics
• Conference Proceedings: A. Meziani (). Financial Management Association (FMA) International Conference. Financial Management Association (FMA) International Conference
• Journal Article: A. Meziani (). “Reassessing the ESG Underperformance Narrative: Evidence from a Bootstrapped Quartile Analysis. Journal of investing published by Portfolio Management Research

Honors & Awards

• Invited to Deliver Keynote Address: "Art of Indexing", Structured Product/Incisive Media (September 2008)
• Best Paper Award, The Clute Institute (March 2003)
• Certificate Award for Best Author, Academy of Business (September 2001)
• Granted Sabbatical Leave, Montclair State University (January 2009)
• 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 (September 2015)
• 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)
• Granted Sabbatical Leave, Montclair State University (January 2023)
• Invited to Deliver Keynote Address: “Future Insights and Landscapes of Business Management", BSCM 2022 (November 2022)
• Best Paper Award, Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research (July 2024)