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Hugh Colaco, PhD, CFA

Hugh Colaco

Lecturer

Finance and Accounting Group
• Phone:+44(0)121 204 3193
• Email: h.colaco@aston.ac.uk
• Room: ABS417

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Qualifications & Education 

CFA® charterholder, CFA Institute, Charlottesville, VA, USA, November 2010

Ph.D. in Finance, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA, December 2006

M.B.A. in Finance, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, USA, May 1998

B.Com., Financial Accounting & Auditing, University of Bombay, India, April 1986


Employment

Lecturer in Finance, Aston Business School, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2011 to present

Assistant Professor of Finance, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, USA, 2010-2011

Assistant Professor of Finance, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA, 2006-2010

Instructor in Finance, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA, 2001-2006


Teaching activity 

I have taught finance classes at the undergraduate and MBA levels for the past eleven years in the United States. Classes taught include Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Investments, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Risk Management & Insurance, Life Insurance & Retirement Security, and Personal Finance.

For the academic year 2011-12, I will be teaching the following MSc modules:-
• BFM102 Valuation of Investments
• CFA® Track workshop by Aston University


Research interests 

Corporate Finance (especially Initial Public Offerings)


Selected publications

Hugh Colaco, Paul Myers, and Mindell Nitkin, “Pathways to Leadership: Board Independence, Diversity, and the Emerging Pipeline in the U.S. for Women Directors,” International Journal of Disclosure & Governance, May 2011, pp. 122-147. [Recipient of 2012 KPMG Outstanding Published Manuscript Award from the Gender Issues & Work-Life Balance Section of the American Accounting Association]

Hugh Colaco, Chinmoy Ghosh, John Knopf, and John Teall, “IPOs, clustering, indirect learning and filing independently,” Journal of Banking and Finance, November 2009, pp. 2070-2079.


Working Papers

Hugh Colaco and Shantaram P. Hegde, “IPO Duration and the Role of Underwriters”

Hugh Colaco, Chinmoy Ghosh, John Knopf, and John Teall, “IPO Amendments and Offer Price Reactions”


Membership of Professional Bodies

CFA Institute
Financial Management Association (FMA)