Alessandro Beber is a Professor in Finance. Prior to joining Cass, Alessandro held teaching and research positions at several universities, including Amsterdam Business School, HEC Lausanne, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University GSB, and the London Business School. Professor Beber conducts empirical and theoretical research in Finance. His current work focuses on liquidity and asset pricing, risk management, currency and fixed income markets, and financial econometrics. His research has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Review of Finance, and the Journal of Corporate Finance. Alessandro is also a Research Affiliate of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Alessandro won the prize for the best symposium paper at the European Finance Association Conference in 2003 for his research on macroeconomic news and investor preferences and beliefs, the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Award for the best paper published in the Review of Finance in 2009, and various teaching awards at the University of Lausanne and at the Amsterdam Business School.