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Dr. Lazaros Symeonidis is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Essex Business School (University of Essex), specializing in financial econometrics, asset pricing, and commodities. He holds a PhD in Finance from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, and has taught at the University of East Anglia and the University of Stirling. His research focuses on volatility modeling, commodity risk premia, and the economic drivers of market uncertainty.
Education qualifications include a PhD in Finance (University of Reading), MSc in Mathematics for Finance (Athens University of Economics and Business), and BSc in Management Science and Technology (Athens University of Economics and Business).
Research interests span financial econometrics, forecasting, empirical asset pricing, and commodities, with a focus on volatility dynamics, jumps, and market microstructure. His work has been published in journals like Journal of Financial Markets and Journal of Banking and Finance.
Recent articles analyze convenience yield risk, factor models, and commodity market volatility, reflecting his expertise in energy and financial markets. He has secured grants from the British Academy and ESCP for research on commodity storage premiums.
Academic supervision includes doctoral student Shengqiu Ma. Lazaros serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Commodity Markets and contributes to the Commodity Insights Digest.
