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Alexander Proimos


Formal Name: Alexander Erik Proimos

Personal Title: Mr

Position: Lecturer in Finance

Organisational Unit: Department of Accounting and Finance

Qualifications: BAppFin (Hons), M.B.L. (Syd), CFA

Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-9179

Fax: (+61-2) 9850-8497

Email: alex.proimos@mq.edu.au

Location: E4A 512

Community Outreach

  • Member of the CFA Society of Sydney

Current PhD Student

  • Thesis Topic: Fat Tails, Multivariate-t and the Non-Normality of Asset Returns

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Financial Management (ACCG253)
  • Security Pricing and Hedging (ACCG329)
  • Financial Statement Analysis (ACCG350)

Postgraduate

  • Business Valuation (ACCG838)
  • Portfolio Management (ACCG839)

Awards

  • Nominated for an Outstanding Teaching Award 2007

Publications

  • The Underperformance of Equity-Financed Bidders (w/Lau, B.), 2009, International Journal of Managerial Finance, forthcoming
  • Accounting Measures of Operating Performance Outcomes for Australian Mergers (w/Lau, B. and Wright, S.), 2008, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Vol. 9, No.3 pp. 168-180
  • Resilience: The Resumption of Shareholder Primacy, 2008, Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, Vol. 5, No.2 pp. 146-151
  • Preserving Market Integrity, 2006, Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 5. No. 2. pp. 8-17
  • Entrepreneuring into Venture Capital (w/Murray, W.), 2006, Journal of Private Equity. Vol. 9. No. 3. pp. 23-34
  • Strengthening Corporate Governance, 2006, Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 6 No. 4. pp.75-84
  • Trust an Analyst? An Investigation of Conflicts of Interest in an Australian Investment Bank, 2006, Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 6 No. 3. pp. 59-70
  • A Pilot Study of Venture Capital Investment Appraisal in Australia (w/Wright, S.), 2005, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Vol. 9 No. 3. pp. 272-286