Riaz Ali
riaz.ali@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7809-5359 |
Financial Economics, Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Portfolio Management
I am a Post Doctoral Researcher in Finance at the
Department of Accounting and Finance at Turku School of Economics. I did my Doctoral studies at the Åbo Akademi
University and defended my thesis in 2021. My dissertation topic was related to Asset Pricing, Portfolio Management, and Behavioral Finance. I did MA in
Economics from Central Michigan University, USA, and an MBA major in Finance
from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Before joining Turku School of Economics, I worked in different
academic positions at North South University, Central Michigan University, and
Dhaka City College.
My current research focuses on a range of topics related to Financial Economics, Equity Market, Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, etc. I published articles in few well-recognized international journals like the International Review of Financia Analysis, the International Review of Economics and Finance, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics. I am also a reviewer of a few renowned journals like The European Journal of Finance, Finance Research letters, International Review of Economics and Finance, Financial Innovation, Global Business Review.
Derivative Markets and Instruments, (master's level course, 6 cr.)
Master’s thesis Supervision, Department of Accounting and Finance,
Ph.D. student Supervision
- Geopolitical threats, equity returns, and optimal hedging (2023)
- International Review of Financial Analysis
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Quantile dependencies and connectedness between the gold and cryptocurrency markets: Effects of the COVID-19 crisis (2023)
- Research in International Business and Finance
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Herding in different states and terms: evidence from the cryptocurrency market (2022)
- Journal of Asset Management
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Multiscale dependence, spillovers, and connectedness between precious metals and currency markets: A hedge and safe-haven analysis (2022)
- Resources Policy
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The impacts of COVID-19 crisis on spillovers between the oil and stock markets: Evidence from the largest oil importers and exporters (2022)
- Economic analysis and policy
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Are idiosyncratic risk and extreme positive return priced in the
Indian equity market? (2020)- International Review of Economics and Finance
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Do Momentum and Reversal Matter in the Singapore Stock Market? (2020)
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Positive IVOL-MAX effect: A study on the Singapore Stock Market (2020)
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Extreme returns and the investor’s expectation for future volatility:
Evidence from the Finnish stock market (2019)- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Predictability of Extreme Returns in the Turkish Stock Market (2019)
- Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))