Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance at World Finance Conference
2023
Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA International (US)
2018
EFM2017 Readers' Choice Best Paper Award in European Financial Management
2013
Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA International (US)
2012
2012 Black Rock/Brennan Best paper -- Runner Up Award for outstanding paper in the Review of Financial Studies
2010
Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA International (US)
1997-1993
Awards for academic excellence, (University of Trento, in each academic year)
Awards - Teaching 2022-2014 (every year)
Teaching Excellence for BMAN30111 module
2015
Nomination for Most Inspiring and Best Humanities Lecturer in the University of Manchester
2014
Nomination for the University of Manchester Teaching Award
2013
Undergraduate Academic of the Year Award for 2013 (Manchester Business School 2013). This is a student nominated award for the member of staff that they feel has most enhanced their undergraduate experience at MBS. The motivation they give is the following: "You were singled out as having consistently delivered a high standard of teaching; making finance courses pleasurable; for your enthusiasm in providing feedback to students and for being ‘not just a fantastic academic but a great educator’."
2007
Nomination for the University of Manchester Teaching Award
Grants 2022
AMBS Research Support Fund, approx. £8,000. Principal investigator
AMBS Research Support Fund, approx. £5,000. Principal Investigator
2021
AMBS Research Support Fund, approx. £5,000. Principal investigator
2018
AMBS Strategic Fund, approx. £4,000. Principal investigator
2017
AMBS 4* Support Fund, approx. £5,000. Co-investigator
Marie Curie FPT Initial Training Network grant on "Risk Management and Risk Reporting", approx 3.5 million euro. Sub-programme coordinator for the Corporate Finance area