Dr Suzanne Fifield

Teaching Specialism

• Business Environment (1BE)
• Intermediate Financial Management (2FM)
• Advanced Financial Management (3FM)
• International Accounting and Finance (3IB)
• Global Financial Markets (5IB)

Book Chapters

'An Analysis of Country, Industry and Company Influences on Returns of Equities from Emerging Stock Markets'(with A.A.Lonie, D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (2001), Global Financial Markets at the Turn of the Century, I. Meric & G. Meric (eds.), Elsevier Science, pp. 197-212.

Journal Papers

'An Analysis of Trading Rules in Eleven European Stock Markets', (with D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (2005), European Journal of Finance, Vol. 11, No. 6, December, Pp. 531-548

'Treasury Island', (with A.Dhanani, C.V.Helliar and L.A.Stevenson), (2004), Financial Management, December, Pp. 34-35.

'Macroeconomic Factors and Share Returns: An Analysis Using Emerging Country Data', (with D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (2002), International Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1, January, pp. 51-62.

'Emerging Stock Markets: A More Realistic Assessment of the Gains from Diversification', (with D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (2002), Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 213-229.

'The Origins of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis', (with D.M.Power), (2002), Eclectic, Institute of Financial Services, 9, Summer, Pp. 21-26.

'A Study of Whether Macroeconomic Factors Influence Emerging Market Share Returns', (with D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (2000), Global Economy Quarterly, Vol.1, No. 4, pp. 315-335.

'An Analysis of Recent Developments in the Regulation of UK Oil and Gas Companies', (with A.Russell), (2000), Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring, pp. 1-17.

'Investing in Emerging Markets: An Analysis at Country, Industry and Company Levels', (with A.A.Lonie, D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (1999), Global Business and Finance Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring, pp. 1-12.

'Emerging Markets: A Disaggregated Perspective on the Gains from Investing Internationally', (with A.A.Lonie, D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), (1999), Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, Vol. 2, No. 1, March, pp. 99-124.

'A Review of Research into Emerging Stock Markets', with A.A.Lonie and D.M.Power), (1998), Economic Issues, Vol. 3, Part 1, March, pp. 1-35.

Research Reports

An Investigation into the Management of Interest Rate Risk in Large UK Companies, (with A.Dhanani, C.V.Helliar and L.A.Stevenson), (2005), CIMA Publishing, Elsevier Science: Oxford, 124 pages.

Under Review

'The Role of Economic and Fundamental Factors in Emerging Market Share Returns: A Comparison of Asian and Non-Asian Countries', (with D.M.Power) , Journal of Accounting and Finance.

'The Role of Economic and Fundamental Factors in Emerging Market Share Returns', (with D.M.Power), Journal of Emerging Market Finance.

'Could the 1997 Asian Crisis Have Been Anticipated? Evidence from Macroeconomic Data', (with R.Lonie, D.M.Power and C.D.Sinclair), Journal of Accounting and Finance.

Fifield, S. G. M. Fifield, D. M. Power & D. G. S. Knipe: 'The Performance of Moving Average Rules in Emerging Stock Markets', (with D.M.Power and D.G.S.Knipe), Applied Financial Economics.

'An Investigation of the Benefits of Portfolio Investment in Central and Eastern European Stock Markets',(with C.A.J.Middleton and D.M.Power), International Journal of Emerging Markets.

'Examining the Nature of the Gains from Investment in the Emerging Stock Markets of the Central and Eastern European Region', (with C.A.J.Middleton and D.M.Power), Finance Letters.

'Practitioner Perspectives on Investment in the Central and Eastern European Region', (with C.A.J.Middleton and D.M.Power), Financial World .

'The Performance of Filter Rules in Emerging Stock Markets', Paper presented at the 15th International Trade and Finance Association conference, Istanbul, May 2005.

The Performance of Moving Average Rules in Emerging Stock Markets', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, University of Paisley, September 2004.

'The Performance of Technical Trading Rules in Emerging Stock Markets', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, September 2003.

'The Role of Economic and Fundamental Factors in Share Returns: Evidence from Asian Emerging Markets', Paper presented at the 12th International Trade and Finance Association conference, Bangkok, May 2002.

'The Role of Economic and Fundamental Factors in Emerging Market Share Returns', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, University of Stirling, September 2002.

'An Analysis of Trading Rules in Eleven European Stock Markets', Paper presented at the 11th International Trade and Finance Association conference, Washington, June 2001.

'Predicting the Asian Crisis', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, University of Stirling, September 2001.

'The Effect of the 1997-98 Asian Crisis on UK Portfolio Investment in Asian Emerging Stock Markets', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, University of Stirling, September 2000.

'Macroeconomic Factors and Share Returns: An Analysis Using Emerging Country Data', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, University of Stirling, September 1999.

'Emerging Stock Markets: A Disaggregated Perspective on the Gains from Investing Internationally', Paper presented at the BAA Scottish Conference, University of Edinburgh, September 1997.

Research Interests

• Emerging Stock Markets
• International Portfolio Diversification
• Market Efficiency
• Trading Rules
• Financial Crises
• International Financial Reporting Standards

Research Grants

T.M.Dunne, S.G.M.Fifield, A.M.Fox, G.M.Hannah, C.V.Helliar and D.M.Power (with M.Veneziani, University of Brescia, Italy): "The Introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards: An Analysis of their Impact on the Usage and Content of Company Financial Statements", ICAS, £16,750, (11/05), 2 years.

S.G.M.Fifield, C.V.Helliar and L.A.Stevenson (with A.Dhanani): "Interest Rate Risk Management", CIMA, £8,500, (3/02), 18 months.

Internal Responsibilities

• 1st year course co-ordinator
• Advisor to BAcc and BFin students
• Member of External Relations Committee
• Member of Departmental and Faculty Board
• Module Organiser - Intermediate Financial Management (2FM)
• Module Organiser - Advanced Financial Management (3FM)
• Module Organiser - International Accounting and Finance (3IB)
• Convenor of BFin Degree

External Responsibilities

Ad hoc reviewer for Economic Systems and European Journal of Finance

Postgraduate Supervision

Supervisor of three Doctoral Students:

• Mr Calum Middleton
• Mr Bashir Tijjani
• Miss Dongshi Xu

First and Second Supervisor for MAcc students

Professional Membership

International Trade and Finance Association