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Dr
EH14 4AS
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
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Finance Microstructure; Climate Resilience;
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I have varied interdisciplinary research interests at the intersection between finance, FinTech, economics, mathematics, accounting and psychology. In particular, I am fascinated by how financial markets work and trading participants act at ultra-high frequencies. My research has been in Portfolio theory; Asset pricing theory; Asset-liability modelling; Microstructure of financial markets; Liquidity and co-liquidity; Market integration; Information transfer; Return predictability; Trading strategies; Carbon emission trading; Climate risk and resilience; FinTech applications; Capital structure; Trade credit; Financial conservatism; Duration modelling; Volatility modelling; Time series econometric analysis; and Machine Learning applications.
Boulis is an experienced finance researcher and educator. He joined Heriot Watt's Accountancy and Finance Department as an Assistant Professor in 1996, and teaches doctoral, postgraduate, and undergraduate courses. He has a BSc. in Actuarial Science from The London School of Economics and Political Schience, an MSc in Finance and a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Strathclyde and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He was a member of the Energy Theme Committee that shaped Heriot Watt University's future plans in Energy and is currently a member of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Centre at Heriot Watt. He held various administrative positions including directorships of degree programmes, mentorship of junior staff, and headship of the Finance Subject Area Group (2017-19) and currently is the Finance Accreditation Officer. Boulis publishes in internationally-renowned journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, and the Journal of Financial Markets; is a reviewer of several (12) finance journals and grant-awarding agencies (British Academy and Govenment of Poland); and has secured grant awards from The Energy Technology Partnership, The British Academy, The Datalab, and industry partners for projects in carbon and energy price forecasting, hybrid Machine Learning applications in portfolio management, and high performance computing applications in FinTech. Boulis has first-supervised 8 and second-supervised 3 PhD students to successful completion, and currently supervises two doctoral students in FinTech and Resilient Investments.
1. Data-driven Carbon and Energy Price Forecasting
Award | £20,000 |
Status | Complete |
Funding body | The Datalab |
Applicants (PI/Co-PI) | PI |
Start date | 11 July 2023 |
End date | 15 Dec 2023 |
2. High-performance Machine Learning for FinTech
Award | £82,526 |
Status | Live |
Funding body | 123 Invest GmBH (industry SME) |
Applicants (PI/Co-PI) | Co-PI |
Start date | 2 Aug 2023 |
End date | 31 Mar 2029 |
3. Automated Hybrid Machine Learning Module for Investment Strategy Development
Award | £9,921.6 |
Status | Live (Final report - 28 Feb 2025) |
Funding body | The British Academy |
Applicants (PI/Co-PI) | PI |
Start date | 1 May 2023 |
End date | 31 Oct 2024 |
4. Carbon Factor Pricing
Award | £19,255 |
Status | Complete |
Funding body | Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) |
Applicants (PI/Co-P) | PI |
Start date | 27 July 2017 |
End date | 31 Oct 2017 |
Key words: Microstructure; Crowdedness; Flash crashes; Extreme events; Ultra-high-frequency trading; Algorithmic trading; Order submission; Trading mechanisms; FinTech; Climate risk; Carbon price; Dynamic pricing; Survival analysis; Mark point processes.
Methodologies: Dynamic asset pricing models; Microstructure pricing and trading models; Asset-liability models; Volatility modelling; Survival analysis; Duration modelling; Time series and panel-data (spatial) econometrics; Hybrid machine learning; Fuzzy systems.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Ibrahim, B. M. (Recipient), Jun 2018
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Ibrahim, B. M. (Referee)
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Ibrahim, B. M. (Editorial board member)
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Ibrahim, B. M. (Referee)
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Ibrahim, B. M. (Referee)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Ibrahim, B. M. (Referee)
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