The Major Differences Between Accounting and Finance

I am the Division Lead for the Accountancy and Finance Division of the Economics and Finance Department at Brunel University.

The A&F Division has 31 members of staff.

 

Accounting Degrees (Undergraduate) | Heriot-Watt University


 

Professors (4):

Finance:

Philip Davis (see BMRG webpage)

Yannis Karavias (see BMRG webpage)

Alper Kara (Personal webpage)

Professor Alper Kara | Introduction | Brunel University London

Accounting:

Nathan Joseph (Brunel webpage)

Senior Lecturers (10):

[Research]

Finance:

Tomoe Moore (see BMRG webpage):

Starting in 2025: Honorary

Ka Kei Chan (see BMRG webpage)

Marco Realdon (see BMRG webpage)

Aris Kartsaklas (see BMRG webpage)

Dilruba Karim (see BMRG webpage)

Kyriacos Kyriacou (Brunel webpage)

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Bryan Mase (Brunel webpage)

Accounting:

Siming Liu (Brunel webpage)

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Qiwei Chen (Brunel webpage)

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[EDUCATION]

Mark Davison (Brunel webpage)

(As of 2025, Honorary)

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1 Reader:

Srivatsan  Lakshminarayan (Education; Brunel webpage)

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Lecturers (Research; 10):

Finance:

Wenke Zhang (see BMRG webpage)

Woo-Young Kang (see BMRG webpage)

Annamaria Sova (see BMRG webpage)

Xiangdong Wang (Brunel webpage)

Ruirui Liu (see BMRG webpage)

Jessica Wang (see BMRG webpage)

Russ Moro (see BMRG webpage)

Accounting:

Sheehan Rahman (Brunel webpage)

Charles Owusu

Alexandros Parginos (Brunel webpage)

Accountability, Transparency, Sustainability: Meet the Members: Giovanna  Michelon & Alexandros Parginos

 

Lecturers (Education; 6):

Finance:

Prashant Gupta (Brunel webpage)

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Samira Al-Moustafa (Brunel webpage)

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Accounting:

 

Maninder Panaser

Hugh Colaco (Brunel webpage)

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Ekrami Sherif (Brunel webpage)

Housam Mohamad (Brunel webpage)

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Publications (2021-present):

Nathan Joseph:

(1) “Institutional mechanisms, ownership and bank risk-taking during crises”, The British Accounting Review (3-rated AJG Classification), 2024, BAR

(2) “Trust matters: A global perspective on the influence of trust on bank market risk”, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (3), 2024, JIFMIM

(3) Pricing of foreign exchange rate and interest rate risks using short to long horizon returns”,  European Journal of Finance (3), 2021, EJF.

Alper Kara:

(1) “Does being a responsible bank pay off? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic”, Journal of Financial Stability (3-rated AJG Classification), 2024,

(2) “Deposit insurance and bank liquidity creation: Evidence from a natural experiment in China”,  Journal of Financial Services Research (3), 2024, JFRS

(3) “CEO risk-culture, bank stability and the case of the Silicon valley bank”, Economics Letters (3), 2023, EL

(4) “Consumer bankruptcy: Decision, choice and access to credit afterwards”, International Journal of Finance and Economics (3), 2024, IJFE

(5) “Board gender diversity and responsible banking during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Journal of Corporate Finance (4), 2022, JCF

(6) “Dividend payout strategies and bank survival likelihood: A cross-country analysis”, International Review of Financial Analysis (3), 2022, IRFA

(7)  “Pension de-risking choice and firm risk: Traditional versus innovative strategies”, International Review of Financial Analysis (3), 2022, IRFA

(8) “The impact of legal advisor-issuer cooperation on securitization pricing”, Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments  (3), 2021, FMII

(9) “Achieving the United Nations’ sustainable development goals through financial inclusion: A systematic literature review of access to finance across the globe”, International Review of Financial Analysis (3), 2021, IRFA

(10) “Do investors value frequent issuers in securitization?”, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (3), 2021, RQFA

For more publications see the BMRG page:

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Publications (2021-present):

Bryan Mase:

“Corruption and insider trading”, Journal of Corporate Finance (4-rated AJG Classification), 2024 (with K. Kyriacou and S. Liu)

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For more publications see the BMRG page:

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Publications (2021-present) :

Xiangdong Wang:

“Google search queries, foreclosures, and house prices”, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (3-rated AJG Classification), 2021, REFE

For more publications see the BMRG page:

BMRG