Ali Abbasov

PhD, MBA, BAAssistant Professor, Master of Management

Ali Abbasov brings a wealth of experience from both the corporate and educational realms.

Ali’s career includes senior finance roles at public and private companies, where he managed forecasting, valuation, and trading commodities across Europe. Additionally, he has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses for the past 10 years.

Ali is passionate about leveraging finance to not only support institutional operations but to actively enhance the academic experience and decision-making processes.

Ali holds a PhD degree, and he is working to complete his CFA designation. Outside of his professional life, Ali enjoys activities with family and friends, and he is an avid reader.

Courses taught

Finance for Managers

Areas of academic interest

Financial derivatives and risk management

Areas of specialization

Trading strategies, market dynamics, risk management in energy commodities, using quantitative methods for market analysis and trading optimization, advanced modelling for predicting energy commodity prices using econometrics and machine learning

Professional certificates and licences

CFA Institute Level III candidate

Publications

Forecasting Hourly Electricity Prices in European Nations: Utilizing Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques for Sustainable Energy Decision-Making - https://harbinengineeringjournal.com/index.php/journal/issue/view/31
Enhanced ARIMA approach of electricity price forecasting - https://www.eurchembull.com/issue?volume=Volume%20-12&issue=Special%20Issue-1(Part-B)&year=2023
Energy War Strategies: The 21st Century Experience - https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/21/5797
Electricity price forecasting models - http://www.economy.in.ua/?n=11&y=2020
Electricity market establishment and its current situation in Europe
Common Indicators of Electricity Markets and Trade Structures - https://www.erc-unec.com/_files/ugd/ac452e_f7d92133275349c2814515160052c59b.pdf
Electricity Wholesale Markets Trading Process- https://www.iksadinstitute.org/_files/ugd/614b1f_b2321026d24e4115a42dd24679ca6f25.pdf

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