Professor Alex Stojanovic MSc, MBA, PhD, SFHEA

Head of School Accounting, Finance & Economics ; Director of Centre for Governance, Risk and Accountability; Co-Director of Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability

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Prof Alex Stojanovic

Professor Alex Stojanovic

Head of School Accounting, Finance & Economics ; Director of Centre for Governance, Risk and Accountability; Co-Director of Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability


Professor Alex Stojanovic is Head of School for Accounting, Finance & Economics. He was formerly a founding member and Director of Research at Bradley Financial, a City of London-based equity research/financial consulting agency.

Prof Stojanovic graduated with a BA Economics with honours from Belgrade University, and an MBA Finance and a PhD Finance from Bayes Business School, London. In addition to his extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience, Prof Stojanovic has won praise as an executive education professional, most notably as a visiting Lecturer in Finance at the Bayes Business School's Executive MBA programme.

Prof Stojanovic started his career in commercial banking with Komercijalna Banka Belgrade, and has considerable project management and consulting experience through his involvement in international banking projects, including work on International Payment Systems in association with the Bank of England and work on the Impact of the Euro on the UK Banking Industry in association with the Corporation of London.

Prof Stojanovic is also the Director of the Centre for Governance, Risk and Accountability which is active in the areas of corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, risk management, behavioural finance and banking regulation. He is Co-Director of the Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability - PEGFA - which analyses economic political, social and corporate practices and issues from the political, governance and risk perspectives.

Responsibilities within the university

  • Head of School for Accounting, Finance and Economics
  • Member of the Business Faculty Executive
  • Co-Director of Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability - PEGFA
  • Director of Centre for Governance, Risk and Accountability
  • Board Member (Director), Greenwich University Enterprise Ltd.
  • Teaching on various Banking, Finance and Risk Management courses

Recognition

Prof Stojanovic has conducted consulting work on International Payment Systems in association with the Bank of England  and work on the Impact of the Euro on the UK Banking Industry in association with the Corporation of London. Previously an Advisor to the Bankers Association on the Payment System Reform in Serbia, he is a Visiting Professor on the Cass Executive MBA and International Masters in Quantitative Finance (IMQF) at South European Centre for Contemporary Finance (SECCF).

Research / Scholarly interests

Current research

  • Sovereign Debt Rescheduling
  • Financial Risk Management
  • Risk Attitudes and Investments
  • Corporate Governance
  • London as a Financial Centre

Recent publications

Article

Sodhi, Adhiraj and , Stojanovic, Aleksandar (2023), Heterogeneity in corporate payouts. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Heliyon, 10: e23270 (1) . pp. 1-16 2405-8440 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23270).

Sodhi, Adhiraj , Mateus, Cesario, Mateus, Irina, Stojanovic, Aleksandar (2023), The market reaction to repurchase announcements. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16 (443) . pp. 1-27 ISSN: 1911-8066 (Print), 1911-8074 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16100443).

Sodhi, Adhiraj and , Stojanovic, Aleksandar (2023), The determinants of implementing and completing share repurchases. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16 (441) . pp. 1-25 ISSN: 1911-8066 (Print), 1911-8074 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16100441).

Sodhi, Adhiraj , Mateus, Cesario, Mateus, Irina, Stojanovic, Aleksandar (2023), The business cycle’s influence on share repurchases of the UK. Anger Press. In: , , , . Anger Press, Journal of Economic Analysis, 3 (3) . pp. 38-68 ISSN: 2811-0943 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.58567/jea03030003).

Sodhi, Adhiraj , Mateus, Cesario, Mateus, Irina, Stojanovic, Aleksandar (2023), Determinants of repurchase size: evidence from the UK. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16: 403 (9) . pp. 1-29 ISSN: 1911-8066 (Print), 1911-8074 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16090403).

Benbouzid, Nadia , Kumar, Abhishek, Mallick, Sushanta K., Sousa, Ricardo M. , Stojanovic, Aleksandar (2022), Bank credit risk and macro-prudential policies: role of counter-cyclical capital buffer. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Financial Stability, 63: 101084 . pp. 1-19 ISSN: 1572-3089 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101084) NB Item availability restricted.

Working paper

Stojanovic, Aleksandar and , Song, Guoxiang (2017), The pro-cyclical effects of accounting rules on Basel III liquidity regulation. SSRN. In: , , , . SSRN, (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2175689) NB Item availability restricted.