Dr Ali Hassan


Ali Hassan is a Visiting lecturer at Westminster Business School (WBS) and joined WBS in 2018 as a doctoral researcher. He holds a BSc(Hons) in Business Management with Finance, an MSc in International Banking, Finance and Risk Management and a PhD in Finance. His area of expertise lies in Financial Stability, Financial Intermediation, Credit and Liquidity Risk, and Systemic Risk measurement. 

Ali teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students a wide range of modules related to Finance, Accounting and Management disciplines at WBS and many other leading UK Higher Education institutions. Prior to joining academia, Ali used to work in the Financial Services industry in the UK. 

Education

  • PhD Finance (University of Westminster)
  • MSc International Banking, Finance, and Risk Management (Glasgow Caledonian University)
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Finance (BPP University)

Professional Memberships

  • Member European Finance Association
  • Member of the British Accounting and Finance Association
  • Member of Chartered Management Institute


Ali is an active researcher and his main areas of research interest include Financial Stability in emerging markets, Financial intermediation, Bank capital and Liquidity regulations, Credit and Liquidity risks, Systemic Risk measurement and CoVaR modelling. Ali has supervised numerous students at the Masters and pre-doctorate level. He has also presented his research at research conferences and is currently working on several research papers. Some of the selected research working papers and research conference appearances are listed below: 

Research Papers

  • Hassan, A., Benamraoui, A., Van Dallen, S., and Maliki. I (2024). “Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Liquidity Creation, and their implications on Systemic Risk”. (Forthcoming)
  • Hassan, A., Benamraoui, A., Van Dallen, S., and Maliki. I (2024). “Basel III: Implications of Capital and Liquidity regulations on Financial stability during economic depression”. (Forthcoming)
  • Hassan, A. (2024) “Sustainable Finance and Fintech: Can FinTech’s be a catalyst to net zero ambitions of European Banks”. (Forthcoming)

Research Conference Appearances 

  • Hassan, A. “Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Liquidity Creation, and their implications on Systemic Risk”. This paper was presented in Finance and Accounting Annual Research Symposium 2023, University of Westminster, London, June 2023 
  • Hassan, A. “Basel III: Implications of Capital and Liquidity regulations on Financial stability during economic depression”. This paper was presented at the Westminster Business School PhD Research Symposium, London, May 2019


  • Centre for Finance and Financial Services

Sustainable Development Goals
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Research areas

Financial Stability, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Financial Regulations and Systemic Risk