Professor Andrew Urquhart

The Department of Finance
Professor of Finance and Financial Technology
Head of the Department of Finance

Contact details

Email: a.urquhart@bham.ac.uk

Address: University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Professor Andrew Urquhart is Professor of Finance and Financial Technology and Head of the Department of Finance at Birmingham Business School (BBS), University of Birmingham.

Qualifications

PGCAP, University of Southampton 2014
PhD Finance, Newcastle University 2013
MSc Finance (distinction), Newcastle University 2009
BA(Hons) Politics and Economics, Newcastle University 2008

Biography

Andrew joined BBS in 2024 and was previously Professor and Head of the ICMA Centre at Henley Business School. Prior to that, Andrew was at the University of Southampton where was Associate Professor of Finance and previously Lecturer in Finance. Andrew holds a PhD from Newcastle University where he also received his MSc Finance (Distinction) and BA(Hons) in Economics and Politics.

Andrew’s main research interests are fintech, cryptocurrencies, corporate governance and high-frequency trading. He has published over 70 papers in over 20 leading international journals such as the Nature, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, European Economic Review, Journal of Financial Stability, European Financial Management, Financial Review, Quantitative Finance, British Accounting Review, amongst others. His research has received considerable attention with over 7,000 citations and he regularly presents his work at leading international conferences as well as writing media pieces.

He has also received over £500,000 in research income and he is also an associate editor at British Accounting Review, Economics Letters, European Journal of Finance, Global Finance Journal, International Review of Financial Analysis, and Research in International Business and Finance. Andrew has received a number of best paper awards at international conferences is also co-organiser of the Cryptocurrency Research Conference. He has supervised 8 PhD students to completion with another 6 currently under his supervision. He has, and continues to, provide executive courses to professionals at all levels on Digital Assets, Blockchain and Fintech in general. Previously, he has taught Fintech and Cryptocurrencies and Quantitative Methods for Finance at the ICMA Centre, as well as Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets at undergraduate level and the masters module Quantitative Research Methods in Finance, both at the University of Southampton. He has/is an external examiner of programmes at Durham University, Queen's University Belfast, the University of Edinburgh, SOAS, Birkbeck College

Postgraduate supervision

Andrew has supervised many students to completion on topics such as Fintech, Blockchain, Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing and Football Finance, who are now working in academia (such as at the University of Bristol, Nottingham Trent University, University of Sussex) and in industry (such as KPMG, Sky and Lloyds Banking Group).

Research

Research Interests

Fintech
Blockchain
Cryptocurrencies
Corporate Finance
Asset Pricing
Sports Finance

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Dionysopoulos, L & Urquhart, A 2024, '10 years of stablecoins: Their impact, what we know, and future research directions', Economics Letters, vol. 244, 111939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111939

Rzayev, K, Sakkas, A & Urquhart, A 2024, 'An adoption model of cryptocurrencies', European Journal of Operational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.11.024

Sakkas, A & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Blockchain factors', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 94, 102012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102012

Dionysopoulos, L, Marra, M & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Central bank digital currencies: A critical review', International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 91, 103031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.103031

Duan, K, Zhang, L, Urquhart, A, Yao, K & Peng, L 2024, 'Do clean and dirty cryptocurrencies connect financial assets differently? The perspective of market inefficiency', Research in International Business and Finance, vol. 70, 102351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102351

Huang, Z-C, Sangiorgi, I & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Forecasting Bitcoin volatility using machine learning techniques', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 97, 102064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102064

Schopohl, L, Urquhart, A & Zhang, H 2024, 'Labor investment inefficiency and LGBTQ+-friendliness', International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 95, 103469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103469

Zhang, Y, Kappou, K & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Macroeconomic momentum and cross-sectional equity market indices', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 92, 101974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.101974

Chu, G, Li, X, Shen, D & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Price divergence in bitcoin market', Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-024-01371-4

Singleton, C, Bell, A, Chung, A, Reade, J & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions', Economics Letters, vol. 244, 111957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111957

Ren, X, Xiao, Y, Duan, K & Urquhart, A 2024, 'Spillover effects between fossil energy and green markets: Evidence from informational inefficiency', Energy Economics, vol. 131, 107317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107317

Alabi, M & Urquhart, A 2024, 'The financial impact of financial fair play regulation: Evidence from the English premier league', International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 92, 103088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103088

Hu, Y, Shen, D & Urquhart, A 2023, 'Attention allocation and cryptocurrency return co-movement: Evidence from the stock market', International Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 88, pp. 1173-1185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.07.068

Jahanshahloo, H, Irresberger, F & Urquhart, A 2023, 'Bitcoin under the microscope', The British Accounting Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2023.101237

Li, Y, Lucey, B & Urquhart, A 2023, 'Can altcoins act as hedges or safe-havens for Bitcoin?', Finance Research Letters, vol. 52, 103360. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FRL.2022.103360

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Expertise

Fintech; blockchain; cryptocurrencies; bitcoin; Central Bank digital currencies; Finance; University finances

Media experience

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Expertise

Fintech; Blockchain; Cryptocurrencies; Bitcoin; Central Bank Digital Currencies; Finance; University Finances