Professor Ben Marshall holds the MSA Charitable Trust Chair in Finance at Massey University, New Zealand. Among other topics, his research interests include: return predictability including the rigorous testing of trading strategies, mechanisms for minimising transaction costs in order placement, ETFs, hedging commodity risk, and liquidity issues. Ben has consulted to a range of organisations, ranging from large multinationals and hedge funds to SMEs, and not for profit organisations.His research has been discussed in numerous newspapers and investment blogs and he is a member of the Australian New Zealand Shadow Finance Regulatory Committee.