Reza Bradrania is a Senior Lecturer of Finance, Program Diretor of Finance, Economics and Property programs, and member of The Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI) at the University of South Australia Business School.
Reza’s research is in the area of empirical asset pricing and investment. His current interests include utilising machine learning in investment, and implications of gambling in the stock market. His articles have appeared in premier international peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and featured in the media. Reza is the recipient of several research grants from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMIA) in UK, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)... Read more
About me
Reza Bradrania is a Senior Lecturer of Finance, Program Diretor of Finance, Economics and Property programs, and member of The Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI) at the University of South Australia Business School.
Reza’s research is in the area of empirical asset pricing and investment. His current interests include utilising machine learning in investment, and implications of gambling in the stock market. His articles have appeared in premier international peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and featured in the media. Reza is the recipient of several research grants from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMIA) in UK, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and Centre for International Finance and Regulations (CIFR).
Reza's primary teaching areas are in Investments and Portfolio Management, and Applied Research in Finance. In his classes, students are engaged in industry driven issues, and apply theories to real world applications. He has been recognised and continuously awarded for excellence in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels every semester since inception.
He is the co-founder of the trading lab at UniSA Business School, and served in various committees at UniSA such as the Business School Research Committee and Resource Committee of the Centre of Applied Finance and Economics.
Prior to joining UniSA, Reza was a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sydney. He also worked for several years as an Associate Director, Director and Senior Consultant in Investment Banking, Private Equity and Management Consulting. Earlier in his career, he co-founded, led and managed a start-up business sold off three years after the inception.
Reza brings more than fifteen years of academic and industry experience to the UniSA Business School, and holds PhD in Finance from the University of Sydney and an MSc in Finance and Investment from the University of Durham in the UK.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 22/04/2022 |
The New daily: "Musk’s bid to take over Twitter likely to succeed, but analysts say a few hurdles remain", https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2022/04/22/twitter-elon-musk-sale/ |
| 02/04/2020 |
Real Estate Business: "Eviction freeze only fixes one side of rental equation", https://www.realestatebusiness.com.au/property-management/19719-eviction-freeze-only-fixes-one-side-of-rental-equation |
| 01/04/2020 |
Start at 60: "The forgotten victims: Older landlords worried as rental income disappears", https://startsat60.com/media/money/property/rental-relief-covid-10-landlord-income |
| 31/03/2020 |
The Urban Developer: "Older Australians Hit by Coronavirus Impact on Property Market", https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/older-australians-coronavirus-property-market |
| 31/03/2020 |
News.com.au: "Coronavirus eviction ban: Industry calls for details on moratorium", https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/melbourne-vic/coronavirus-eviction-ban-industry-calls-for-details-on-moratorium/news-story/ffcbd67d0c7cfa0e5e726f246cd819c3?btr=581f11935e72b008fdec704af70f0a8b |
| 31/03/2020 |
MyBusiness: "Calls for rental subsidies for tenants, rent pause criticised", https://www.mybusiness.com.au/finance/6794-calls-for-rental-subsidies-for-tenants-rent-pause-criticised |
| 30/03/2020 |
The National Tribune: "Property under fire: tenants, property owners and older Australians bear brunt of Covid-19", https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/property-under-fire-tenants-property-owners-and-older-australians-bear-brunt-of-covid-19/ |
| 30/03/2020 |
Mirage News: "Property under fire: tenants, property owners and older Australians bear brunt of Covid-19", https://www.miragenews.com/property-under-fire-tenants-property-owners-and-older-australians-bear-brunt-of-covid-19/ |
| 28/02/2020 |
Channel 9: "The economic impact of coronavirus", interviewed by Edward Godfrey at Channel 9, Nine Afternoon News, https://twitter.com/9newsadel/status/1233292190245363712?lang=en |
| 16/12/2017 |
The Advertiser: "Bitcoin Fever No Small Change For Business", http://infoweb.newsbank.com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/resources/doc/nb/news/168D00B636DDCAA8?p=AWNB |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sydney
Master of Science Durham University
Master of Business Administration Sharif University of Technology
Bachelor of Science Sharif University of Technology
Program Director (Finance, Economics and Property), UniSA Business (2020-2022)
Senior Lecturer in Finance, School of Commerce (2017-present)
Lecturer in Finance, School of Commerce (2015-2017)
Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney Business School (2014-2015)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Business School (2014-2015)
Associate Director, Emerge Capital (2014)
Senior Consultant, Tandem Investment Partners (2013)
Empirical Asset Pricing, Machine Learning, Investments, Liquidity and Capital Markets, Gambling in Financial Markets
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Blockchain and AI in the Italian and Australian wine industry, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, 01/02/2020 - 30/06/2021
AFAANZ - Asymmetric Risk and Expected Corporate Bond Returns, Accounting And Finance Association of Australia And New Zealand Limited, 01/06/2017 - 30/03/2019
Term Structure of Credit Default Swap (CDS) Spreads, Systematic Risk and Expected Stock Returns, Accounting And Finance Association of Australia And New Zealand Limited, 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
1
1
2
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2018 |
Open access
7
5
|
| 2017 |
Open access
9
7
|
| 2014 |
1
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
1
1
2
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2018 |
Open access
7
5
|
| 2017 |
Open access
9
7
|
| 2016 |
5
3
|
| 2015 |
9
10
|
| 2014 |
1
1
|
| 2013 |
4
2
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
Other Conferences
Industry/Practitioner Reports
Working Papers
Research
Empirical Asset Pricing, Machine Learning, Investments, Liquidity and Capital Markets, Gambling in Financial Markets
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Koc University | TURKEY |
| University of Brescia | ITALY |
| University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Tehran | IRAN |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Best Paper AwardFIRN Asset Management Conference |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberGlobal Finance Journal |
2022 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2017 |
MemberQ Group (institute of Quantitative Research in Finance) |
2017 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2016 |
MemberFinancial Management Association |
2016 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2016 |
MemberQ Group (institute of Quantitative Research in Finance) |
2016 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2015 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2015 |
MemberQ Group (institute of Quantitative Research in Finance) |
2015 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2014 |
MemberQ Group (institute of Quantitative Research in Finance) |
2014 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2013 |
MemberQ Group (institute of Quantitative Research in Finance) |
2013 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2012 |
MemberQ Group (institute of Quantitative Research in Finance) |
2012 |
MemberFinancial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Three essays on the mood sensitivity and stock returns | Current |
| Algorithmic trading and high frequency trading | Completed |
| Bid-ask price models under a Markovian regime-switching environment | Completed |
| Exchange traded funds: US market effects, price discovery and regulatory implications on the fixed income sector | Completed |
| Lottery demand and the stock market | Completed |
| Three essays on lottery demand in the stock market | Completed |
| Three essays on the beta anomaly | Completed |
