Reg No

Name

200833313 ALI SHAJAD

200811311 ALLISON RUSSELL L
200843342 ARAMOUN HOSSEIN
200848300 BACHRYNOWSKI MICHAL
200811214 BEENY MARTIN
BRADLEY CHRISTOPHER
200839076 WILLIAM

AG405 Finance Dissertation Submission

Wednesday 28th March 2012
Supervisor
Title
David Hillier
How risk management is operated within Islamic financial
institutions?
Patrick McColgan/Andrew Whats the deal? UK Study into the Determinants of CEO
Marshall
Severance Pay
Leilei Tang
To what extent does the bubble in the US subprime mortgages
explain the recent volatility in stock markets and the global
housing markets?
Andrew Marshall
Abnormal Volatility Around Political Elections: comparison of
Developed and Emerging Countries.
David Hillier
International Stock Market Relationships: Investigation into
International Equity Market Relationships & Linkages
Jonathan Fletcher
International Diversification and the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis:
An Empirical Investigation from a U.K. Perspective
Andrew Marshall

201025272 CAI ZHONGHUI

Krishna Paudyal
200833915 CLARK ROBERT
Jonathan Fletcher
200833478 COCHRANE STUART
COVACHEV SVETOSLAV
200826405 VALERIEV

Krishna Paudyal
Andrew Marshall

200800946 CURSITER FRASER

Jonathan Fletcher
200823855 DAULAT RAMANI MITUL
201024828 FANG RUI

Andrew Marshall

An Analysis of Incentives for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

and Its Effects on Economic Growth: Evidence from different
regions in China.
An Analysis of the Short-run Performance of Acquiring Firms in
the UK
Can a UK Investor Benefit from International Diversification? An
Empirical Analysis using Tests of Mean Variance Spanning.
The Profitability of Contrarian Trading on the UK Stock Market.
The Impact of Credit Ratings on Capital Structure in the UK and
the USA
Benefits of International Diversification for UK Emerging Market
Investment Trusts
An Empirical Research on the Law of One Price: Evidence from
Shanghai Futures Exchange and London Metal Exchange Copper

201024789 FENG YUSHI

200904676 FRASER ANTHONY
GARDINER RICHARD JOHN
200821049 LAWRENCE
200831688 GROGAN KATIE
201024844 GUO KENI
200833494 HOUNAT ASMAA
200803774 HUBBARD REBECCA HELEN
200809673 JAMES STEPHANIE
200841049 KARIMOV ELDOS
201024771 KUAI XUEBING
201025002 LI FANZHUO
201025311 LIU YING
201024941 LIU YUHONG
200802891 LOCH SUZANNE
201025052 LOU SHANSHAN
200609861 LUNEY JAMES HENRY
200804160 MACIVER MORRIS WILLIAM

Dick Davies
Jonathan Fletcher
Leilei Tang

Futures
Share Purchase and Short Term Market Reaction in the UK
The Investment Trust Discount and Managerial Performance
Persistence
Predicting Returns Stemming from Natural Disasters

Patrick McColgan/Lei Lei Employee Layoff Announcement and Executive Compensation

Tang
Krishna Paudyal
An Investigation of the relationship between Dividend Decision
and Investment Policy.
Juliane Thamm
An Empirical Investigation into the market reaction to rights
offering announcement.
Juliane Thamm
CEO Departures: An Empirical Analysis of Shareholder Wealth
Effects.
Krishna Paudyal
Corporate Cash Holdings: An Empirical Investigation of US
Firms.
Leilei Tang
Do Teams of Managers Outperform Individual Managers? A
Study of UK Investment Trusts.
Dick Davies
An Empirical Analysis of Fund Performance Using Monthly
Returns: A Study of UK Unit Trusts from 2000-2010
Krishna Paudyal
The Determinations of Dividend Policy in UK
David Hillier
Determinants of IPO Underpricing: Evidence from UK
Companies.
David Hillier
The Corporate Governance and Changes in Stock Exchange
Patrick McColgan/Dick
Effects of Foreign Competition and Deregulation on Capital
Davies
Structure Decisions: Evidence from UK Industries
Leilei Tang
The Impact of Gold Future on Shanghai Gold Market: The
Volatility of Gold Market
Jonathan Fletcher
Tournaments in UK Mutual Funds
Dick Davies
The Determinants of the Market Reaction to Seasoned Equity
Offering Announcements by UK Firms

Jonathan Fletcher

Can Mean Variance Timing Strategies Outperform 1/N in

200831418 MALLON MICHAEL
International Stock Returns?
Dick Davies
An Empirical Study of the Impact of Financial Status and Method
200733092 MCDONALD MARK
of Payment on the Performance of UK Acquiring Firms
Patrick McColgan/Juliane The Effects of CEO Overconfidence on Frim Value: A UK Study
200818355 MCGINN PAUL
Thamm
Patrick McColgan/Dick
Does Executive Remuneration Exert Influence on the Choice
200712876 MCGREGOR MICHAEL
Davies
Between Debt and Equity?
Patrick
Share Price Reaction to Corporate Layoff Announcements within
McColgan/Jonathan
the UK.
200710141 MCPAKE GILLIAN LOUISE
Fletcher
Krishna Paudyal
An Empirical Analysis of the Performance of Domestic Mergers
200832341 MOK SEBASTIAN
Compared to the Performance of Cross-Border Mergers
Juliane Thamm
The Effects of nDay Highs and Lows on Trading Volume with a
201025361 QI XIAORAN
Behavioural and Technical Analysis
Juliane Thamm
The Capital Structure of Microfinance Institutions: An Empirical
200833240 QURESHI HASHIM
Study.
Krishna Paudyal
Market Reaction of UK Spin-Off Announcements.
200931967 REZA RAMIZ
Krishna Paudyal
Gains from Mergers & Acquisitions around the around the
200831476 RICE LAWRENCE
Financial Crisis
ROBERTSON ANDREW
Dick Davies
An Investigation into the Benefits of UK Based Global Emerging
200833949 WILLIAM JAMES
Markets Funds Relative to UK Domestic Funds
Juliane Thamm
A womans work? An Analysis into the market reaction and
subsequent firm performance following the announcement of a
200627453 SANDISON SCOTT
new female director in the UK
Patrick McColgan/Krishna Corporate Governance and Capital Structure of Small Companies
201024747 SHAO MEIJIAO
Paudyal
David Hillier
Incentive Compensation and Executive Investment Decisions
200820653 SKANCKE PRESTHUS AKSEL
David Hillier
In the Spotlight: Turnover, Investors and the Media
200815917 STEWART ALISTAIR
Dick Davies
Examining the Impact the Method of Payment has on Post
200837993 STEWART DAVID MACDONALD
Takeover Performance in the UK.

Patrick McColgan/Andrew CEO Pay: Is there Method in the Madness?

200710989 STUTTARD HANNAH MARIELA Marshall
Juliane Thamm
An Empirical Study of the Profitability of Insider Trading in the
201025256 TAN QIUNING
UK Stock Market
Dick
Davies
How To Pay: Evidence from UK Mergers and Acquisitions
200834246 THOMSON MARTIN
Leilei Tang
An Empirical Analysis on the Risk Structure of Chinese Sock
201024886 WANG JIAXIN
Market Based on Capital Asset Pricing Model
Jonathan Fletcher
Comparing the Performance of the Local and Global Models in
201025426 WANG LINLU
UK Stock Returns
Andrew Marshall
The Efficiency of Commodity Futures Pricing: Evidence from
201025337 WANG XIAOLEI
Chinese Market
Jonathan Fletcher
A Study of International Diversification: A test o Comparison
between Industry Factor ad Country factor Impacting on the
201025515 WANG XIN
International Portfolio Diversification
Jonathan Fletcher
Empirical Investigate on Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
201024983 WANG ZHONGYANG
and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) in UK Market
Jonathan Fletcher
Which is More Efficient in Hong Kong Stock Market: The Nave
201025468 WENG XUJING
1/N Strategy or Optimal Strategy?
Andrew Marshall
Short-Term Empirical Analysis into the Market Reaction to UK
International Joint Ventures: Evidence from Developed and
200811858 WILSON JULIE ALEXANDRA
Emerging Host Countries
Leilei Tang
An Empirical Analysis of Credit Scoring. Evidence from a UK
201025345 WU SHUANG
Commercial Bank.
Leilei
Tang
A Logit Model of Bank Loans Secured Methods
201025400 XU JIALI
David Hillier
The Financial Crisis and Market Reaction to SEO
201025549 YANG SHIMENG
Announcements
Andrew Marshall
Determinants of Corporate Hedging. Evidence from Corporations
in UK and China
201024909 YAO YAO
Dick Davies
The Determinants of Capital Structure: Evidence from Non201024860 YAO YUAN
Financial UK Firms

201025298 ZHANG JING

201025028 ZHANG XINYUE
201025094 ZHANG YANING

Juliane Thamm
Patrick McColgan/David
Hillier
David Hillier
Leilei Tang

201024802 ZHANG YUTING

Leilei Tang
201024959 ZHENG MENGQIAO
Andrew Marshall
201024925 ZHOU HAN
Krishna Paudyal
201025442 ZHU TING

The Profit of Insider Trading in UK Stock Market

The Determinants of CEO Compensation in UK Listed Small
Companies.
Family Firm Performance During the 2008 Financial Crisis.
Are Hedge Funds Worth Investing? A Multi-Period Performance
Approach
An Empirical Investigation into Market Efficiency. Evidence
from Chinas Commodity Futures Market.
Determinants of Foreign Currency Hedging-Evidence from UK
Non-financial Firms.
An Analysis about Long Run Abnormal Performance Following
Seasoned Equity Issues

Reg No

Name

200716812 BOYLE DAVID

200839351 FAROOQ AJAZ AHMED
200836450 IMLAH JAN
200727520 MCKAY SARAH ANNE
200830747 MCRAVEY STEVEN
200816264 PEARSON DAVID JAMES
200839212 RALPH DAVID ANDREW
200813151 WATSON DAVID

40490 MSF Project in Finance Submission

Wednesday 28th March 2012
Supervisor
Title
Dick Davies
Fund Performance during Recession, a Justification for Investing in
Mutual Funds?
Andrew Marshall Profit Warnings Influence on Stock Returns, UK Market
Juliane Thamm
Information costs for UK SEO Announcements: A Comparison
across Method Choice and Economic Climate.
Juliane Thamm
Stock Market Reaction to Product Recalls 2006 - 2011
Krishna Paudyal
Corporate Acquisitions: The Effects of Prior Returns, Firm Size and
Miss-Valuation on Long Term Returns to Bidders and their Choice
of Financing
David Hillier
The Evolution of Value-at-Risk Disclosure in UK and G10 Banks in
the 21st Century
David Hillier
Capital Structure in time of Crisis in the Banking Sector: Anaysis
between Europe and the United States
Juliane Thamm
The Globalisation of Financial Markets: A Study into the Comovement of Global Stock Indices Over 1970 - 2009