Profile

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Danial Hemmings is a Lecturer in Finance at Bangor 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 high-quality international journals, and presented at international conferences and as an invited speaker at other prominent business schools.

Danial is currently involved in a portfolio of research projects spanning topics in the areas of climate finance, disclosure and financial reporting quality, corporate governance and shareholder votes, initial and follow-on equity offerings, alternative floatation devices, as well as analyst and social media-disseminated research. He has also been involved 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 school. 

Qualifications

• PhD Accounting and Finance, Bangor University
• MSc Accounting and Finance
• BSc Accounting and Finance
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education

Roles within Bangor 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
• Lead for BBS Estates Group - 2023 to 2024
• Leadership of IEF Accounting and Governance Research Planning Group - 2023 to 2024
• BBS module moderation system - 2022 to present 
• Head of Year 1 for BBS - 2019 to 2022
• Chair of the Year 1 Examination Board - 2019 to 2022
• Personal tutor

Room: Hen Goleg 2.09

Email: d.hemmings@bangor.ac.uk

Work Telephone: 01248 38 8162

Teaching

Current Teaching

ASB-1117 Financial Techniques and Analysis

ADB-1117 Technegau a Dadansoddiad Cyllidol

ASB-2202 & ASB-3200 Corporate Finance

ASB-3309 Behavioural Finance

ASB-4405 Multinational Corporate Finance

ASB-4907 Accounting Dissertation

ASB-9126 Ethics, Regulation and Compliance (Executive MBA module)

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

2025

• 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

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)

• 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 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.