- Roy Batchelor
Roy A. Batchelor is HSBC Professor of Banking and Finance in the Sir John Cass Business School of the
City University, London .Before joining City University in 1977, Roy Batchelor worked as a government scientist, and as a forecaster at the
National Institute of Economic and Social Research . Professor Batchelor's research focuses on economic and financial forecasting, rationality and behavioural finance, and risk management in financial markets. Earlier in his career, he authored books and journal articles on broader issues of industrialization and trade, exchange rate policy, protectionism and monetary policy, and the construction and interpretation of consumer and business surveys. Professor Batchelor has been Associate Editor of the International Journal of Forecasting. He has acted as consultant to a leading firm of London stockbrokers, an international market research organisation, theLondon International Financial Futures Exchange , theWorld Gold Council and a number of governmental committees. He is also a Visiting Professor of Finance at theESCP-EAP European School of Management in Paris.Batchelor supervised the PhD thesis of
Richard Ramyar , a former Director of the United Kingdom Society of Technical Analysts. The first empirical chapter debunkedGolden ratio -basedquantitative analysis in the US equity market. This work was described in multiple business news outlets, [" [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/09/26/ccinv26.xml Not since the 'big is beautiful' days have giants looked better] ", Tom Stevenson,The Daily Telegraph , Apr. 10, 2006. "Technical failure",The Economist , Sep. 23, 2006.] and he has also received press coverage for his other work on finance. ["Study finds private-sector predictions more accurate",Financial Times , Sep. 23, 2000. " [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2001/05/06/84621 IMF's economic forecasts criticized] ",Taipei Times , May 6, 2001.]References
External links
* [http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/r.a.batchelor/ City University web page and biography for Batchelor]
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