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Robert Kemp, CPA

Robert Kemp, CPA, Professor, University of Virginia - CCProfessor
University of Virginia - CC
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Robert Kemp, DBA, CPA, is the Ramon W. Breeden, Senior Research Professor at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. His expertise is accounting and finance, with interest in pensions, corporate strategy, and financial institutions. Professor Kemp’ has knowledge regarding pension accounting, pension funding, and the impact of pensions on corporate value.

Dr. Kemp has worked with organizations such as Citibank, J. P. Morgan/Chase, Bank of America, the FDIC, Navigant-Tucker Alan, the AICPA, the Barents Group, KPMG, Ernst & Young, the Russian Bankers Association, the Central Asian American Enterprise Fund, and the Consumer Bankers Association.

His scholarly and practitioner works include over 70 completed projects, including monographs, articles, cases, research presentations, and working papers. His work is published in, among other places, The Financial Review; The Journal of Financial Research; Advances in Accounting, A Research Journal; Benefits Quarterly; The Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business and Industry; The Journal of Accountancy; The Journal of Commercial Bank Lending; The Journal of Bank Accounting and Auditing; and The Journal of Business Economics. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1980 - present Professor
University of Virginia - CC

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Valuation - The Trick Is In The Fundamentals | 08-25-2008
Author: Robert Kemp, CPA, Professor, University of Virginia - CC

To accept or reject an offer to sell all or part of a company is a challenge.  There are two issues.  First is the maximization of shareholder value.  The second is understanding the basis of conflicting valuations. 

Value Creation in Banking: The Key Is Information | 04-01-2008
Author: Robert Kemp, CPA, Professor, University of Virginia - CC

1.   Banks create value for shareholders by creating value for customers.  Much of that value to customers is embedded in information systems. 2.   The business of banking evolves quickly, forcing banks to evolve their competitive strategy and resulting advantage.  Information...

Derivatives - More Disclosure Is Always Better for Financial Analysts | 03-27-2008
Author: Robert Kemp, CPA, Professor, University of Virginia - CC

1.  Value is defined by risk.  Risk deals with uncertainty of the future.  How a firm manages risk is a major determinant of its value. 2.  Accounting standards are dedicated to reporting the past.  Given it is the past, there is little risk or uncertainty regarding such events. ...

Understanding the Pros and Cons of Pension Fund Investing - the Issue Applied to Asian Investments | 02-26-2008
Analysis of: Canada Pension Funds Turn to Asia | online.wsj.com
Author: Robert Kemp, CPA, Professor, University of Virginia - CC

1.    Investing in Asia has three benefits.  First, there are the returns from investing in environments that show greater growth potential than in the West. Second, there are the returns from investing in opportunities denominated in currencies that are forecasted...

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