About
Dr. Kevin Evans is a Reader in Finance at Cardiff Business School, specializing in financial markets' information processing, high-frequency financial econometrics, and empirical asset pricing. He currently supervises 5 PhD students and has advised 9 previously, with research themes spanning ESG investing, corporate innovation, and macroeconomic news impacts.
- Current Supervision: Ebtehal Ramadan (ESG Investing), Doreen Dai (Cryptocurrencies), Xingpu Fan (Intraday Momentum), Jianchen Shi (Corporate Innovation), Yueyang Wang (Biodiversity Risk), Jaenam Ha (ESG).
- Past Supervision: Konstantinos Theodorou (Empirical Asset Pricing), Shihao Pei (Macro News), Kefu Liao (Financial Econometrics), Sahar Alabdullah (Corporate Culture), Junqiu Li (Investment Management), Mujeeb-U-Rehman Bhayo (Empirical Asset Pricing), Matthew Barwick-Barrett (Socially Responsible Investment), Woon Sau Leung (Contagion), Fangzhou Huang (Empirical Asset Pricing).
Research Interests: Dr. Evans's work focuses on how financial markets react to macroeconomic news, volatility dynamics, and the intersection of ESG/sustainability with corporate innovation. Recent projects explore machine learning in asset pricing and drift burst analysis.
Publications: His work appears in top journals like the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Journal of Empirical Finance, with recent trends in volatility forecasting, R&D anomalies, and corporate governance.
Scientific Awards:
- 2025: Shortlisted for Cardiff University Most Impactful Use of Assessment, Nominated for Student Voice and Partnership, Doctoral Supervisor of Year.
- 2024: Nominated for Cardiff Business School leadership and innovation awards.
- 2022: Winner of Cardiff Business School Outstanding Contribution and Teaching Awards.
Education: PhD in Financial Economics from Swansea University (2008), MSc in Economics and Finance (Distinction, 1999) from Warwick, and BSc (First Class, 1998) from Swansea.
Additional Roles: Deputy Head of Section for Research, Impact, and Innovation (2024–), Director of Empirical Finance Research Group (2019–2022), and external examiner for Hong Kong University and University of London.
