Prof Samuel Agyei-Ampomah

Department

Economics & Applied Mathematics

Samuel Agyei-Ampomah is a senior academic with over twenty-five years’ local and international experience in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of finance, financial analysis and modelling, risk management and corporate governance. He is a Professor of Finance, and currently the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, GIMPA. Prior to joining GIMPA, he was a Reader in Finance at the Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK and has also held full-time faculty positions at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.  He has also taught finance and accounting-related courses as a Visiting Academic at other institutions including ESC Toulouse Business School, France and the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China.

Professor Agyei-Ampomah is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and holds a PhD in Finance and an MSc in Finance from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and a BA in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon.

  • Financial markets and asset price dynamics;
  • Performance of managed funds;
  • Empirical corporate finance;
  • Financial literacy and financial inclusion
  • Financial markets and asset price dynamics;
  • Performance of managed funds;
  • Empirical corporate finance;
  • Financial literacy and financial inclusion

Doctoral Level

  • Special Topics in Accounting and Finance, Corporate Finance Theory and Research, Investment Theory and Research, Seminars in International Finance

Masters Level (MSc, MBA, Exec MBA)

  • International Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management, Investment Risk Management, Corporate Financial Strategy, Investment Theory and Practice, Quantitative Methods, Research Methods and Econometrics

Undergraduate Level 

  • Financial Management, Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, Corporate Finance, and Computer Applications in Finance
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2018), Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth and Debt Sustainability Nexus in Ghana. Technical Report commissioned by GEPARI & African Capacity Building Foundation.
  • Mason, A., Agyei-Ampomah, S., Skinner, F. (2016). Realism, skill, and incentives: Current and future trends in investment management and investment performance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 43, 31-40.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Clare, A., Mason, A., and Thomas, S. (2015). On luck versus skill when performance benchmarks are style-consistent. Journal of Banking & Finance, 59, 127–145
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Gounopoulos, D and Mazouz, K (2014). Does gold offer a better protection against losses in sovereign debt bonds than other metals? Journal of Banking and Finance, 40, 507-521.
  • Mazouz, K, Agyei-Ampomah, S., Brahim, S & Yin, S (2013). Stabilization and the aftermarket IPO prices. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41, 417-439.
  • Gonzalez Perez, M., Skinner, F., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2013). Term structure information and bond strategies. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41, 53-74.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Mazouz, K., & Yin, S. (2013). The foreign exchange exposure of UK non-financial firms: A comparison of market-based methodologies. International Review of Financial Analysis, 29, 251-260.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. & Mazouz, K (2011). The comovement of option listed stocks. Journal of Banking & Finance, 35(8), 2056-2069.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2011). Stock market integration in Africa. Managerial Finance, 37(3), 242-256.
  • Collier, P. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2010) Performance Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-85617-795-5).
  • Collier, P. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2009) Management Accounting – Risk and Control Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-0-7506-8497-2).
  • 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.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2007). The post-cost profitability of momentum trading strategies: Further evidence from the UK. European Financial Management, 13(4), 776-802.
  • 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. (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). Excess volatility and UK investment trusts. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 32(5-6), 1033-1062.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2004). International linkages and information transmission among Eurocurrency interest rates. Derivatives Use, Trading and Regulation, 9, 331-350.

Prof Samuel Agyei-Ampomah

Department

Economics & Applied Mathematics

Samuel Agyei-Ampomah is a senior academic with over twenty-five years’ local and international experience in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of finance, financial analysis and modelling, risk management and corporate governance. He is a Professor of Finance, and currently the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, GIMPA. Prior to joining GIMPA, he was a Reader in Finance at the Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK and has also held full-time faculty positions at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.  He has also taught finance and accounting-related courses as a Visiting Academic at other institutions including ESC Toulouse Business School, France and the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China.

Professor Agyei-Ampomah is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and holds a PhD in Finance and an MSc in Finance from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and a BA in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon.

  • Financial markets and asset price dynamics;
  • Performance of managed funds;
  • Empirical corporate finance;
  • Financial literacy and financial inclusion
  • Financial markets and asset price dynamics;
  • Performance of managed funds;
  • Empirical corporate finance;
  • Financial literacy and financial inclusion

Doctoral Level

  • Special Topics in Accounting and Finance, Corporate Finance Theory and Research, Investment Theory and Research, Seminars in International Finance

Masters Level (MSc, MBA, Exec MBA)

  • International Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management, Investment Risk Management, Corporate Financial Strategy, Investment Theory and Practice, Quantitative Methods, Research Methods and Econometrics

Undergraduate Level 

  • Financial Management, Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, Corporate Finance, and Computer Applications in Finance
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2018), Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth and Debt Sustainability Nexus in Ghana. Technical Report commissioned by GEPARI & African Capacity Building Foundation.
  • Mason, A., Agyei-Ampomah, S., Skinner, F. (2016). Realism, skill, and incentives: Current and future trends in investment management and investment performance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 43, 31-40.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Clare, A., Mason, A., and Thomas, S. (2015). On luck versus skill when performance benchmarks are style-consistent. Journal of Banking & Finance, 59, 127–145
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Gounopoulos, D and Mazouz, K (2014). Does gold offer a better protection against losses in sovereign debt bonds than other metals? Journal of Banking and Finance, 40, 507-521.
  • Mazouz, K, Agyei-Ampomah, S., Brahim, S & Yin, S (2013). Stabilization and the aftermarket IPO prices. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41, 417-439.
  • Gonzalez Perez, M., Skinner, F., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2013). Term structure information and bond strategies. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41, 53-74.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Mazouz, K., & Yin, S. (2013). The foreign exchange exposure of UK non-financial firms: A comparison of market-based methodologies. International Review of Financial Analysis, 29, 251-260.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. & Mazouz, K (2011). The comovement of option listed stocks. Journal of Banking & Finance, 35(8), 2056-2069.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2011). Stock market integration in Africa. Managerial Finance, 37(3), 242-256.
  • Collier, P. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2010) Performance Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-85617-795-5).
  • Collier, P. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2009) Management Accounting – Risk and Control Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-0-7506-8497-2).
  • 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.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2007). The post-cost profitability of momentum trading strategies: Further evidence from the UK. European Financial Management, 13(4), 776-802.
  • 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. (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). Excess volatility and UK investment trusts. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 32(5-6), 1033-1062.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2004). International linkages and information transmission among Eurocurrency interest rates. Derivatives Use, Trading and Regulation, 9, 331-350.

Prof Samuel Agyei-Ampomah

Department

Economics & Applied Mathematics

Samuel Agyei-Ampomah is a senior academic with over twenty-five years’ local and international experience in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of finance, financial analysis and modelling, risk management and corporate governance. He is a Professor of Finance, and currently the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, GIMPA. Prior to joining GIMPA, he was a Reader in Finance at the Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK and has also held full-time faculty positions at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.  He has also taught finance and accounting-related courses as a Visiting Academic at other institutions including ESC Toulouse Business School, France and the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China.

Professor Agyei-Ampomah is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and holds a PhD in Finance and an MSc in Finance from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and a BA in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon.

  • Financial markets and asset price dynamics;
  • Performance of managed funds;
  • Empirical corporate finance;
  • Financial literacy and financial inclusion
  • Financial markets and asset price dynamics;
  • Performance of managed funds;
  • Empirical corporate finance;
  • Financial literacy and financial inclusion

Doctoral Level

  • Special Topics in Accounting and Finance, Corporate Finance Theory and Research, Investment Theory and Research, Seminars in International Finance

Masters Level (MSc, MBA, Exec MBA)

  • International Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management, Investment Risk Management, Corporate Financial Strategy, Investment Theory and Practice, Quantitative Methods, Research Methods and Econometrics

Undergraduate Level 

  • Financial Management, Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, Corporate Finance, and Computer Applications in Finance
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2018), Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth and Debt Sustainability Nexus in Ghana. Technical Report commissioned by GEPARI & African Capacity Building Foundation.
  • Mason, A., Agyei-Ampomah, S., Skinner, F. (2016). Realism, skill, and incentives: Current and future trends in investment management and investment performance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 43, 31-40.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Clare, A., Mason, A., and Thomas, S. (2015). On luck versus skill when performance benchmarks are style-consistent. Journal of Banking & Finance, 59, 127–145
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Gounopoulos, D and Mazouz, K (2014). Does gold offer a better protection against losses in sovereign debt bonds than other metals? Journal of Banking and Finance, 40, 507-521.
  • Mazouz, K, Agyei-Ampomah, S., Brahim, S & Yin, S (2013). Stabilization and the aftermarket IPO prices. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41, 417-439.
  • Gonzalez Perez, M., Skinner, F., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2013). Term structure information and bond strategies. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41, 53-74.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S., Mazouz, K., & Yin, S. (2013). The foreign exchange exposure of UK non-financial firms: A comparison of market-based methodologies. International Review of Financial Analysis, 29, 251-260.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. & Mazouz, K (2011). The comovement of option listed stocks. Journal of Banking & Finance, 35(8), 2056-2069.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2011). Stock market integration in Africa. Managerial Finance, 37(3), 242-256.
  • Collier, P. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2010) Performance Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-85617-795-5).
  • Collier, P. M., & Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2009) Management Accounting – Risk and Control Strategy, Elservier/CIMA Publishing (ISBN: 978-0-7506-8497-2).
  • 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.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2007). The post-cost profitability of momentum trading strategies: Further evidence from the UK. European Financial Management, 13(4), 776-802.
  • 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. (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). Excess volatility and UK investment trusts. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 32(5-6), 1033-1062.
  • Agyei-Ampomah, S. (2004). International linkages and information transmission among Eurocurrency interest rates. Derivatives Use, Trading and Regulation, 9, 331-350.

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