edimson@london.edu

BA (Newcastle) MCom (Birmingham) PhD (London)
Professor of Finance; Faculty Governor

Publications Include
Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns (Princeton University Press, 2002) and Global Investment Returns Yearbook (ABN AMRO, 2002) both with P Marsh and M Staunton; The Closed-End Fund Discount (Blackwell/AIMR, 2002) with C Minio-Paluello; The Hoare Govett Smaller Companies Index (ABN AMRO, 2002), Risk Measurement Service (London Business School, 2002) and UK Financial Market Returns 1955-2000 (Journal of Business, 2001) with P Marsh; High Frequency Performance Monitoring (Journal of Portfolio Management, 2001) with A Jackson; Review of Financial Markets and Corporate Finance (Review of Financial Studies, 2001); earlier publications listed on personal homepage.

Research Interests
Asset allocation, cost of capital, investment management, asset pricing, stock market anomalies, risk management, pension funds, foundations and endowments.

Other Activities
Executive Committee of European Finance Association, Member of Financial Economists Roundtable, Co-editor London Business School Risk Measurement Service, Editorial board member for Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Investing, European Financial Management and several other journals.

Background Information
Formerly
Chair of Accounting; Director of Institute of Finance and Accounting; President of European Finance Association; Visiting Professor at Chicago, California (Berkeley), Hawaii and European Institute (Brussels); Houblon Norman Fellow at Bank of England; previously with Unilever and Tube Investments.