Kate Phylaktis is Professor of International Finance and Director of the Emerging Markets Group, B ayes (formerly Cass) Business School, City St Georges University of London. She previously held research and analyst positions at the London School of Economics and the National and Commercial Banking Group (now Royal Bank of Scotland).
Kate’s main research and teaching interests are in international finance and emerging markets finance. She is currently interested in foreign currency forecasting, financial integration globalisation and real estate issues. She is the author of 54 articles published in top finance and economics journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Empirical Finance and Real Estate Economics She has authored three books including “The Banking System of Cyprus: Past, Present and Future”, (Macmillan Press 1995), a seminal book on the development of the banking system of Cyprus and was the guest editor of four special issues of the Journal of International Money and Finance on “Emerging Markets Finance” (Elsevier, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016).
In addition to teaching and doing research Kate has been involved in policy advising, training, research and consulting projects for several institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, Export Guarantees Advisory Council, University of Bordeaux, the Warsaw University, Crown Agents, Commonwealth Secretariat and the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission. She has also acted as a consultant to the Ministry of Education and Religious Studies in Greece and Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus advising on the development of tertiary education.
Kate has set up The Emerging Markets Group (EMG) in 2001, a forum for academic research on foreign exchange and financial markets with reference to emerging economies. EMG through a series of workshops and conferences has established a network of internationally respected finance academics, professionals and policymakers. EMG events have had extensive financial support by the ESRC, the Journal of International Money and Finance, the ECB, IMF, EBRD, the Stock Exchange, and various banks.
Kate has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Money and Finance (2002- 2013), International Review of Financial Analysis (2013-2024), Emerging Markets Review (2002-2021), Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (2006-2021), Financial Review (2004-2010), Multinational Finance Journal (2002-2008), Greek Economic Review (2002-2008) and Ekonomia (2000-2014). She has been Guest Editor of Special Issues of the Journal of International Money and Finance on Emerging Markets Finance ( 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016).
Selected Awards and Honours:
- Since 2017: She has been among the top 10% of Downloads for All time downloads in the last 12 months.
- Cass (currently Bayes) Business School 2005 Research Prize: Prize awarded in recognition of the work that She has done to enhance the School’s reputation through the development of research relationships and networks.
- Listed in Who’s Who in the World, 2002.
- The article “Stock Prices and Exchange Rate Dynamics”, co-authored with Fabiola Ravazzolo, Journal of International Money and Finance, 24, (7), 2005, 1031-1053 was one of 25 of most requested articles for 3 years in a row after publication.
- The article “Stock Prices and the Flow of Information in an Emerging Capital Market”, presented at the European Financial Management Association Meeting, London, UK, 28-30 June 1995, was selected amongst the best 7 out of 180 papers submitted to the conference and published in a special issue of the journal of the European Financial Management.
- The article “Capital Market Integration in the Pacific Basin Countries: An Analysis of Read Interest Rate Linkages” was presented at the Asian Pacific Finance Association/PACAP and Chinese Finance Association, in Taipei, 1996 and was selected amongst the best 6 out of 300 papers to be included in a special issue of the Pacific Basin Finance Journal.