Dr Iain Clacher

Position:

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Email:I.Clacher@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Telephone:+44 (0) 113 343 6860
Location:2.13
Category:Academic, Accounting and Finance
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Profile

Qualifications

PhD (Finance), Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK

BA (Hons), Finance, University of Strathclyde

Experience

Before joining the Business School Iain attended Strathclyde University where he attained an Honours Degree in Finance. After this Iain worked at the University of Strathclyde as a research and teaching fellow and produced a number of papers which were subsequently presented at both national and international conferences.

Research

Iain’s PhD focuses on the impact of defined benefit pension schemes on UK firms. In particular Iain analyses the impact that the risk of the pension scheme has upon company performance and strategy as well as how to account for defined benefit pension schemes.

Other research interests include corporate governance, financial reporting, fund performance and emerging market finance.

Teaching

Lectures
LUBS5018 Research Methods in Finance on the MSc programme
LUBS3685 Taxation on the Undergraduate programmes

Seminars:
LUBS2210 Financial Accounting
LUBS3880 Corporate Governance

Student Feedback

  • 'Good lecturer'
  • 'Teaching is full of passion'

Publications

Books

  1. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, expected publication date late 2010 (with D. Hillier, S. Ross, R. Westerfield and B. Jordan).

Book Chapters

  1. 'Agency Theory, Incomplete Contracting and Ownership Structure' in Corporate Governance, Edited by Kent Baker and Ronald Anderson, forthcoming 2010 (with D. Hillier and P. McColgan).
  2. 'A Practical Guide to Gold as an Investment Asset' in Handbook of Commodity Investment, Edited by F. J. Fabozzi, R. Fuss and D. G. Kaiser, July 2008 (with C. Cai, R. W. Faff and D. Hillier).

Refereed Articles

  1. 'Style Analysis and Dominant Index Timing: An Application to Multi-Sector Managed Funds', Applied Financial Economics, 2010, 20,4,293-301 (with R. Faff and K. Holmes).
  2. 'National Accounting for Intangible Assets in the Knowledge Economy', Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 18, 2, 106-120.
  3. 'Corporate Insider Trading: A Literature Review', Spanish Journal of Accounting and Finance, 2009,143, July-Sept, 373-399 (with D. Hillier and S. Lhaopadchan).
  4. 'Chinese Investment Goes Global: The China Investment Corporation', Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2008, 17,1,9-15 (with C. Cai).

Invited Presentations

  1. Third Research Workshop in Finance, Universidad de Leon, Leon, March, 2010.
  2. PhD Accounting and Finance Symposium, Monash University, Prato, April, 2009.
  3. Netspar Pension Workshop, Amsterdam, 2009.
  4. Panel Presenter on Alternative Corporate Governance Structures, British Academy of Management, Harrogate, September, 2008.
  5. PhD Accounting and Finance Symposium, Monash University, Prato, April, 2008.
  6. 30th UK Insurance Economists' Conference, CRIS, Nottingham, April, 2008.

Conference & Seminar Acceptance for 2010

  1. British Academy of Management, Sheffield, September, 2010.
  2. WOA, Organizational Studies, Bologna, June, 2010.
  3. Frontiers in Financial Research, Athens, July, 2010.
  4. European Accounting Association, Istanbul, May, 2010.

Conference & Seminar Presentations

  1. Financial Management Association Europe, Turin, June, 2009.
  2. 7th International Conference on Financial Markets, Good Governance and Economic Development, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, December, 2008.
  3. Financial Management Association Europe, Prague, June, 2008.

Research Grants

  1. 2010 - £10,000 - Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, project to analyse the impact of Regional Development Agencies on small firm formation and survival.
  2. 2010 - £27,000 - Rotman ICPM, Toronto, project to analyse pension plan solvency and extreme market movements, (with D. Hillier and M. Freeman).
  3. 2010 - £4,000 - Academic Development Fund, project to develop a module on insurance contingencies.
  4. 2009 - £2,500 - Seedcorn Funded project on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structures in Small to Medium Enterprises, (with G. Veronesi).
  5. 2009 - £5,000 - TQEF for the development of a SAS programming for business research course.
  6. 2008 - £1895 - Seedcorn Funded project on European bank deposit insurance, (with J. Hagendorff).
  7. 2008 - £10,000 - Thai Government Pension Fund (TGPF) project on international diversification for the National Pension Fund, (with D. Hillier and S. Lhaopadchan).

Industry Reports

  1. 2009 - Accounting for Intangibles in the Knowledge Economy, Accounting for Intangibles: Financial Reporting and Value Creation in the Knowledge Economy Report for the Work Foundation.
  2. 2008 - An Analysis of Chinese Sovereign Wealth: The Rise of the China Investment Corporation, Asian Financial Centres Report for the City of London Corporation, (with C. Cai). Cited in the Financial Times, September 2008.

Newspaper Columns

  1. The challenges in store for bank newcomer, Yorkshire post, 29th July 2010.
  2. A golden opportunity to save billions and help the poorest, Yorkshire Post, 22nd July 2010.