Dr Sam Agyei-Ampomah

Biography

Sam was educated in Ghana and Scotland. He received his PhD in 2001 from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He joined the University of Surrey in January 2008 from Aston University in Birmingham where he lectured in various Finance modules for six years. He has also held visiting appointments at the ESC Toulouse Business School, Barcelona Campus and was a tutor in Finance at the University of Strathclyde for four years. Before moving into academia, Sam worked as a Statistician/Computer Programmer for a research company overseas.

Sam is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and co-author of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Study System on Risk and Control Strategy – The official study text for CIMA’s Strategic Level Paper 3, published by Elservier/CIMA Publishing.

Research Interests

Sam's main research interests are in areas of Market Efficiency; Anomalies, Trading Strategies and Transaction costs; Equity Market Integration; Fund Performance and Volatility; Derivatives and Risk Management. His research in these areas have been presented at international conferences and have appeared in such journals as Journal of Banking & Finance; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting; European Financial Management, Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting and International Review of Financial Analysis.

Publications

Published Journal Articles:

Mazouz, K., Agyei-Ampomah, S., Saadouni, B & Yin, S. (2012). Stabilization and the aftermarket prices of initial public offerings.  Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. doi:10.1007/s11156-012-0315-y

Gonzalez Perez, M., Skinner, F., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2012). Term Structure Information and Bond Strategies. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. doi:10.1007/s11156-012-0300-5

Agyei-Ampomah, S., Mazouz, K., & Yin, S. (2012). The foreign exchange exposure of UK non-financial firms: A comparison of market-based methodologies. International Review of Financial Analysis. doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2012.05.006

Agyei-Ampomah, S., & Mazouz, K(2011). The comovement of option listed stocks. Journal of Banking & Finance, 35(8), 2056-2069. doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.01.016

Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2011). Stock market integration in Africa. Managerial Finance, 37(3), 242-256. doi:10.1108/03074351111113306

Hickman, K. A., Cooper, S. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2008). Estimating the value of victory: English football. Applied Financial Economics Letters, 4(4), 299-302. doi:10.1080/17446540701720576

Alorbi, K. C., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2007). The growing importance of United States affiliates of transnational corporations based in the United Kingdom. Transnational Corporations, 16(3), 61-79.

Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2007). The post-cost profitability of momentum trading strategies: Further evidence from the UK. European Financial Management, 13(4), 776-802. doi:10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00383.x

Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2006). On the profitability of volume-augmented momentum trading strategies: evidence from the UK. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 3, 91-106.

Agyei-Ampomah, S., & Davies, J. R. (2005, June). Excess volatility and UK investment trusts. J BUS FINAN ACCOUNT, 32(5-6), 1033-1062. doi:10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00621.x

Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2004). International linkages and information transmission among Eurocurrency interest rates. Derivatives Use, Trading and Regulation, 9, 331-350.

Books:

Collier, P M and S Agyei-Ampomah (2010) Performance Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-85617-795-5) Official study system for CIMA Strategic Level Paper 3.

Collier, P M and S Agyei-Ampomah (2009) Management Accounting – Risk and Control Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-0-7506-8497-2) Official study system for CIMA Strategic Level Paper 3 published annually since 2004)
 

Teaching

Currently, Sam is teaching on the following modules:

• Financial Strategy - MBA
• Financial Management - MBA
• International Finance - MSc
• Financial Management – UG Level 3

Over the years, he has taught on a variety of finance modules including Corporate Finance, Derivatives and Risk management, International Financial Management, Portfolio Theory and Investments and Empirical Methods in Finance

Departmental Duties

Sam is the Programme Leader for the BSc Financial Services Management programme and represent the University on the ifs School of Finance Teaching and Learning Committee.

Affiliations

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member American Finance Association

Member European Financial Management Association

Member Multinational Finance Society