Dr Lazaros Symeonidis

Biography

Dr Lazaros Symeonidis joined Essex Business School in January 2020 as a Senior Lecturer in Finance. Before joining Essex University, Lazaros held positions as Lecturer in Finance at the University of East Anglia and the University of Stirling. He holds a PhD in Finance from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading and an MSc in Mathematics for Finance and Quantitative Methods from the Athens University of Economics and Business and the University of Athens. Lazaros’ research interests lie in the areas of financial econometrics, asset pricing, and commodities. He is particularly interested in the following topics: volatility and covariance modelling and forecasting, jumps, measurement error in volatility, factor pricing models, momentum and carry trades, announcement/news effects, and commodity risk premia. His work has been published in internationally recognised academic journals, such as the Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Futures Markets and the Energy Journal. He has also acted as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed academic journals. His research has attracted funding from the British Academy and the ESCP. Lazaros is an associate editor in the Journal of Commodity Markets and the Commodity Insights Digest (https://www.bayes-cid.com/).

Qualifications

• PhD Finance ICMA Centre, University of Reading,

• MSc Mathematics for Finance and Quantitative Methods Athens University of Economics and Business and University of Athens,

• BSc Management Science and Technology Athens University of Economics and Business,

Appointments

Other academic

• Lecturer in Finance, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia (1/10/2014 - 31/12/2019)

• Lecturer in Finance, University of Stirling (1/7/2013 - 30/9/2014)

• Sessional Lecturer, ICMA Centre, University of Reading (1/1/2018 - 31/3/2018)