Sevinc Cukurova is writing her PhD Dissertation under the supervision of IMDEA Research Professor José Marín and Professor Juan Santaló of IE Business School. She holds a BA in Economics from Bogazici University in Turkey, an MS in the same subject from Istanbul Bilgi University, and a Master of Research from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She is currently a PhD Candidate at IE Business School. Her main areas of research are portfolio management, corporate finance, asset pricing and applied game theory. Her current work focuses on Hedge Funds characteristics and Corporate Diversification.