The Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance (CASIF), the Accounting and Finance Division’s PhD School has enviable history of producing outstanding doctoral scholars, with many progressing to senior positions in academia and business. Below we list some of our recent successes
| Title | Researcher |
| 2015 | |
| Earnings manipulation, stock market regulations, audit quality and auditor fees in ex-post bankrupt firms | Ayman Aldahray |
| Forthcoming | Gloria Botchway |
| Forthcoming | James Fung |
| Earnings management by acquired companies | Camelia Vasilescu |
| 2014 | |
| Forthcoming | Tongya Wang |
| Forthcoming | Karin Shields |
| Intellectual capital measurement implications for organizational and market performance | Andreea Bordianu |
| Forthcoming | Zhidi Du |
| Forthcoming | Mathias Schott |
| 2013 | |
| Forthcoming | Joe He |
| Narrative disclosures in corporate annual reports: A syntactical complexity perspective | Ekaete Efretuei |
| Auditor switching in failing firms: Evidence from private firms in the UK | Shufaa Al Beity |
| Real and accrual earnings management, regulatory environments, audit quality and IPO failure risk | Mohammad Alhadab |
| The usefulness of direct cash flow statements under IFRS | Alan Duboisée de Ricquebourg |
| 2012 | |
| Natural catastrophes and insurance securitization: performance and risk implications for insurance and reinsurance firms | Bjoern Hagendorff |
| 2011 | |
| The Effect of Geography on Small British IPOs: Activity, Financial Characteristics, Long-term Performance and Survival | Shima Amini |
| Organisational Governance in the National Health Service: The Role and Functions of the Boards of Directors | Gianluca Veronesi |
| Optimal Portfolio Choice Under Partial Information and Transaction Costs | Huamao Wang |
| The Post Earnings Announcement Drift: Risk, Profitability and Underreaction | Qi Zhang |
| 2010 | |
| Corporate Governance of IPO Firms in the UK | Yu-Hsuan (Chloe) Wu |
| 2009 | |
| Corporate Governance of Failed Firms in the UK | Hwa-Hsien (Gary) Hsu |
| Audit Committee, Corporate Governance, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 | Zecong (Helix Lee) Li |
| Behavioural Biases and Asset Pricing | Songyao (Shawn) Yao |
| 2008 | |
| An Empirical Investigation Into Individual and Corporate Insolvencies | Ali Altanlar |
| Determinants of Yield Spreads on Sovereign Eurobonds: an Empirical Study | Alena Leanidauna Audzeyeva |
| A Comprehensive Analysis of Trade Credit Usage in the United Kingdom | Duc Tung Le |
| Fair Value Pension Accounting, Corporate Risk and Investment | Iain Clacher |
| Comparing Bank Mergers in Europe and the USA: Bidding Bank Performance | Jens Hagendorff |
| Essays on Computational Finance | Dan Ladley |
| Performance, Corporate Governance and Firm Size | Yirong (Sandy) Cao |