Dr Alena Audzeyeva

Title: Lecturer
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I hold a PhD and MBA in Finance from the University of Leeds, UK, and degrees in Physics and Economic Cybernetics from Belarusian State University. Prior to joining Keele in 2009, I was a KTP Associate with National Australia Bank Europe and the University of Leeds. I have over 7 years experience of working in financial services in the UK and abroad. My previous roles in banking included being a trader in government bonds, head of the securities market operations, and head of the central securities depository for government securities.

I am a member of the Centre for Economic Research.

My research interests include emerging markets, pricing of sovereign debt, credit risk, term-structure of interest rates on defaultable debt and modelling customer behaviour in financial services.

JEL Codes: F34, G12, G15, G24, C11, C15.

Collaborators: Prof. Ana-Maria Fuertes (Cass Business School), Prof. Klaus R. Schenk-Hoppé (University of Leeds), Dr Barbara Summers (University of Leeds), Prof Robert Hudson (Newcastle University).

  • Won the ESRC and EPSRC sponsored "Award for Best Application of Social Science in a KTP" at the Knowledge Transfer Partnership Awards 2011, http://www.esrc.ac.uk/_images/ESRC_Award_for_Best_Application_KTP_2011_tcm8-18460.pdf
  • Associate of the Knowledge Transfer Project during 2007-2009, KTP Award funded by National Australia Bank Europe, ESRC, EPSRC, DTI. The project received an "outstanding grading" from the KTP Grading Panel and was awarded a KTP Certificate of Excellence. 
  • Awarded British Chevening Scholarship in 2000

Selected Publications

  • Audzeyeva A, Summers B, Schenk-Hoppé KR. 2012. Forecasting customer behaviour in a multi-service financial organisation: A profitability perspective. International Journal of Forecasting, vol. 28, 507-518. link> doi> link>
  • AUDZEYEVA A and Schenk-Hoppé KR. 2010. The role of country,regional and global market risks in the dynamics of Latin American yield spreads. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, vol. 20, 404-422. doi> link>

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Journal Articles

  • Audzeyeva A, Summers B, Schenk-Hoppé KR. 2012. Forecasting customer behaviour in a multi-service financial organisation: A profitability perspective. International Journal of Forecasting, vol. 28, 507-518. link> doi> link>
  • AUDZEYEVA A and Schenk-Hoppé KR. 2010. The role of country,regional and global market risks in the dynamics of Latin American yield spreads. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, vol. 20, 404-422. doi> link>
  • Asset Pricing
  • Portfolio Choice
  • International Finance
  • Options and Futures

Current and future research projects

  • "Forecasting the yield spread and yield spread volatility of emerging market bonds" (with A.M. Fuertes); 
  • "Efficiency in financial services organisations" (with R. Hudson); 
  • "The role of bond liquidity in determining yield spreads on emerging market bonds"; 
  • "The dynamics of the term structure on emerging market debt during a financial crisis".