Overview
Profile
Lecturer in Finance
Dr Danial Hemmings is a Lecturer in Finance at The Albert Gubay Business School. He gained his PhD in Accounting and Finance at Bangor University in 2017 while a member of academic staff. Danial has broad teaching experience in the areas of Corporate Finance, Behavioural Finance, Financial Markets, Financial Management, Accounting and Accounting Communication, as well as experience in PhD-level training, supervision and examination. He is active in researching topics across Accounting and Finance and has published his research in world-leading and internationally excellent academic journals, and presented at prestigious international conferences and as an invited speaker at other prominent business schools.
Danial has particular interest in the intersection of finance and governance with the institutional environment in which companies operate, and is currently pursuing a portfolio of research projects along these lines, spanning topics relating to climate finance, disclosure and financial reporting, corporate and shareholder governance, initial and follow-on equity offerings and alternative investment vehicles, as well as analyst and social media-disseminated research. He has previous involvment in projects funded by the Welsh Government, ESRC, British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. Danial is passionate about teaching and strives to incorporate his research activities and exposures into his teaching. He also contributes significantly to teaching management and adminstration within The Albert Gubay Business School.
Qualifications
- PhD Accounting and Finance, Bangor University
- MSc Accounting and Finance
- BSc Accounting and Finance
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Roles within Albert Gubay Business School
- Lecturer in Finance
- Executive Education Academic Director - 2023 to present
- Exam Board Chair for Executive Education - 2023 to present
- Director of Special Projects (Teaching & Learning) - 2022 to 2024
- Editor of the AGBS Academic Staff Handbook - 2023 to present
- Lead for AGBS Estates Group - 2023 to 2024
- Leadership of IEF Accounting and Governance Research Planning Group - 2023 to 2024
- AGBS assessments co-ordinator - 2022 to 2025
- Director of Year 1 Undergraduate Studies - 2019 to 2022
- Chair of the Year 1 Examination Board - 2019 to 2022
- Personal tutor
Additional Contact Information
Room: Hen Goleg 2.09
Email: d.hemmings@bangor.ac.uk
Work Telephone: 01248 38 8162
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching
Current and Previous Teaching at AGBS
Financial Techniques and Analysis (Undergraduate)
Technegau a Dadansoddiad Cyllidol (Undergraduate, Welsh medium)
Corporate Finance (Undergraduate)
Behavioural Finance (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
Multinational Corporate Finance (Postgraduate)
Accounting Dissertation (Postgraduate)
Ethics, Regulation and Compliance (Postgraduate Executive MBA)
Banking Technology and FinTech (Postgraduate Executive MBA)
PhD Supervision
Vy Ngoc Khanh Tran (completed 2021) - Essays on the determinants and effectiveness of SEC reviews of IPO registration statements
Mahmoud Abdelkader Ali Abdelrahman (completed 2023) - Ownership structure, financial reporting quality, and corporations' use of tax havens
Esther Fiattor (2021 to present) - Board gender diversity and ESG
Khatera Naseri (2022 to present) - Culture, dividend policy, and accounting conservatism
Bismark Osei Tutu (2024 to present) - Environmental R&D, economic policy, and climate-change mitigation
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2025
- E-pub ahead of printA green light to executive pay: Institutional monitors and pay sensitivity to carbon performance
Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Williams, G., 24 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Management. 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedJumpstart our SPAC IPOs? Unintended consequences of the JOBS Act
Hemmings, D. & Jaafar, A., 4 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Asset Management.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSEC reviews and earnings quality at IPO
Tran, V. N. K., Hemmings, D. & Jaafar, A., 21 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Accounting Literature.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe impact of using tax havens on classification shifting: Evidence from public and private UK firms
Abdelrahman, M., Hemmings, D. & Jaafar, A., 24 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Accounting Literature.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- PublishedResponsible risk-taking and the CSP-financial performance relation in the banking sector: A mediation analysis
Conte, D., Bussoli, C. & Hemmings, D., Apr 2024, In: Research in International Business and Finance. 69, 102293.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe impact of using tax havens on Accrual and Real Earnings Management: Evidence from UK public and private firms
Abdelrahman, M., Hemmings, D. & Jaafar, A., 10 Apr 2024, British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Conference.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review - PublishedUncertainty and Cryptocurrency Returns: A Lesson from Turbulent Times
Będowska-Sójka, B., Górka, J., Hemmings, D. & Zaremba, A., Jul 2024, In: International Review of Financial Analysis. 94, 103330.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedAccounting Communication
Brennan, N., Hemmings, D. & Merkl-Davies, D., 26 May 2023, Oxford Bibliographies.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article - PublishedThe use of tax havens and classification shifting: An analysis of public and private UK firms
Abdelrahman, M., Hemmings, D. & Jaafar, A., 19 Apr 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
2022
- PublishedThe Real Earnings Management Gap Between Private and Public Firms: Evidence from Europe
Yang, J., Hemmings, D., Jaafar, A. & Jackson, R., Dec 2022, In: Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. 49, 100506.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedUranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry
Jones, E., Hemmings, D. & Middleburgh, S., 24 Sept 2021, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2020
- PublishedIt’s OK to pay well, if you write well: The effects of remuneration disclosure readability
Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Williams, G., May 2020, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 47, 5-6, p. 547-586
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedHeterogeneous effects of the SEC's Securities Offering Reform
Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wang, Q., 30 Sept 2018, In: Economics Letters. 170, p. 131-135
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedExplaining Communication Choices during Equity Offerings: Market Timing or Impression Management?
Hemmings, D., Brennan, N. M. & Merkl-Davies, D. M., Nov 2017, Handbook of Investor Relations and Financial Communications. Laskin, A. (ed.). Wiley
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
2018
- Invited research seminar at Newcastle University Business School
Jan 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2017
- Invited research seminar at Warwick Business School
Mar 2017
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2016
- Invited research seminar at SKEMA Business School, Lille, France
Sep 2016
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
Other Grants and Projects
- Financial Reporting Quality of SPAC Targets vis-à-vis IPO Issuers (01/10/2018 - 01/08/2022) Co-I. Funder: British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (£7,100)
- KTP with Stockomendation Ltd (01/11/2017 - 07/04/2020) Lead Academic. Funder: ESRC and Welsh Government (£150,675)
Other Information
Other Activites
- Specialist Editor (Europe) for Journal of Accounting Literature.
- Associate Editor for Journal of Risk Finance.
- Ad hoc reviewer for Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Accounting Literature, European Journal of Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Accounting and Business Research, British Accounting Review, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Economics Letters, Finance Research Letters, Accounting in Europe, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, Cogent Economics and Finance, Applied Economics Letters.