Here is information on the discontinued Barclays Global Investors Canada Research Award, sponsored by Barclays Global Investors. The aim of the reward was to reward excellence in Canadian capital markets research. Each year, $10,000 was granted to the author of the best paper, as determined by a panel of judges, on an area of Canadian capital markets, including:

-Institutional investing;
-Pension fund governance;
-Pension fund portfolio management;
-Global investment;
-Alternative asset classes;
-Investor behaviour; and
-Any other area pertaining to Canadian capital markets

Past winners:
2007: Najah Attig, "Class Struggle" > Click here to download
2006: Vijay Jog, PengCheng Zhu and Shantanu Dutta, "One Share-One Vote" > Click here to download
2005: Nahja Attig, "Balance of Power" > Click here to download
2004: Peter Klein, Daniel Shapiro and Jeffrey Young, CFA, Norshield Financial Group, "Getting a Grip on Governance" > Click here to download
2003: Scott Anderson and Yisong Tian, "Labour Sponsored Investment Funds" > Click here to download
2002: Kai Li, "What Explains the Growth of Global Equity Markets?" > Click here to download
2001: Lawrence Kryzanowski and Jocelyne Menard, "Mitigation Behaviour of Long-Term Bond Ratings of Canadian Corporate Issuers" > Click here to download