Professor Andrew Urquhart
Professor of Finance and Financial Technology
Head of the ICMA Centre

Specialisms
- Fintech,
- Cryptocurrencies,
- Algorithmic Trading,
- Asset Allocation,
- Corporate Finance
Professor Andrew Urquhart is the Professor of Finance and Financial Technology and Head of the ICMA Centre at Henley Business School, University of Reading.
Andrew joined the ICMA Centre in September 2018 from the University of Southampton, where he was Associate Professor of Finance and previously Lecturer of Finance. Andrew holds a PhD from Newcastle University where he also received an MSc in 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 50 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 3000 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 Economics Letters (3*), the European Journal of Finance (3*), International Review of Financial Analysis (3*) and Research in International Business and Finance (2*). Andrew received the 2020 best paper published in European Financial Management, the best paper at the 2020 Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, the best paper at the 2018 Cryptocurrency Research Conference and also awarded the Deans award for leadership in research in 2017 as well as the Tom Fetherston award for the best paper published in International Review of Financial Analysis in 2013. Andrew is also co-organiser of the Cryptocurrency Research Conference.
Currently, Andrew teaches the modules Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Applications at masters level, as well as Fintech and Cryptocurrencies at undergraduate level. Previously, he has taught 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 is also an external examiner at Durham University, Queen's University Belfast, the University of Edinburgh and previously at SOAS, Birkbeck College.
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- Fintech
- Cryptocurrencies
- Algorithmic Trading
- Asset Allocation
- Corporate Finance
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