Dr Ioannis Souropanis

PhD (Kent)

Pronouns: He/him
  • Lecturer in Finance

Expertise: time series modelling; forecasting; financial econometrics.

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Ioannis Souropanis joined Loughborough University in November 2022. He previously held posts as an Assistant Professor in Finance at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and Teaching Assistant in Finance at the University of Kent during his PhD studies.

Ioannis received his PhD in 2019 on his dissertation titled 'Essays on Exchange Rate Forecasting' from the University of Kent. His academic interests are related to applied econometrics and time series modelling. He has published two papers in Journal of Empirical Finance (2019, 2023) and one paper in Journal of Forecasting (2023).

His teaching portfolio includes several courses, such as mathematics and data analysis, statistics, empirical research paper, econometrics, asset pricing and capital budgeting, derivatives and risk management.

Also, he has supervised the thesis of several students, both at master's and bachelor's level.

Ioannis has worked as Business Executive for Manpower Employment Organization and the Gaming Commission in Greece.

Key publications

  • Panopoulou, E., and Souropanis, I. (2019) 'The role of technical indicators in exchange rate forecasting'. Journal of Empirical Finance, 53, 197-221.
  • Souropanis, I., and Vivian, A. (2023) 'Forecasting realized volatility with wavelet decomposition'. Journal of Empirical Finance, 74, 101432.
  • Alexandridis, A. K., Panopoulou, E., and Souropanis, I. (2023) 'Forecasting exchange rates: An iterated combination constrained predictor approach'. Journal of Forecasting.