Bio

I am a Professor of Finance at the Toulouse Capitole University (Toulouse School of Management and Toulouse School of Economics). I received my PhD from HEC Paris School of Management in 2005. I am a member of TSM-R (UMR 5303 CNRS), of TSE-Partnerships, and CEPR Research Fellow since 2016. Since 2018, I am the  Scientific Director of the TSE Sustainable Finance Center.  

For my research, I received the PhD Thesis Award from the French Finance Association and Euronext in 2006, the De La Vega Prize 2013 from the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (joint with Laurence Lescourret), the “Best paper award in Finance” by the Institut Europlace Finance (joint with Sébastien Pouget, for the article “The Bubble Game”) in 2014, the “Award for Best Young Researcher in finance” by the Institut Europlace Finance in 2015, and the Award for the “Best paper on a hot topic” by the Institut Europlace Finance – “Les Echos” in 2016 (joint with Bruno Biais and Thierry Foucault, for the article “Equilibrium Fast Trading”). 

I obtained research grants from Europlace Institute of Finance in 2009 and 2010, a Junior research grant by the ANR (French National Research Agency) for the project ANR-09-JCJC-0139-01 on “Algorithmic Trading” in 2009-2014 as Principal Investigator, and a Junior research grant by the ANR  for the project on Price Formation in Financial Markets (PiMs) in 2016-2021 as Principal Investigator. 

My work focuses on market microstructure (fragmentation, high frequency trading, and liquidity, on experimental and behavioral finance (bubbles and asset pricing), on green finance, and electricity markets.

Disclosure statement

For her research, Sophie Moinas has received grants from the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche – ANR), data from the EQUIPEX Eurofidai-Bedofih and from the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF), and awards from the Paris Europlace Institute / Institut Louis Bachelier. Some projects were included in the ERC grant of Bruno Biais (Toulouse School of Economics) on Trading and Post-trading. 

Two of her research projects have been conducted within the FBF-IDEI research chair on "Investment banking and financial markets value chain" (namely "Equilibrium Fast Trading" and "Who supplies liquidity, how and why?"). One of her research projects was conducted with the support of the HKIMR (namely, "Green certification").

She is the Scientific Director of the TSE Sustainable Finance Center, which is or has been sponsored by: ACPR, Bailie Gifford, Banque Centrale du Luxembourg, Banque de France, BBVA, Chaire Finance Durable et Investissement Responsable, Getlink, Meridiam, and SCOR. For more information on the objectives of the TSE, Sustainable Finance Center, click here.