Broby, Daniel B3

Daniel Broby, PhD

Professor
Academic Program Director
Master of Science in Financial Technology

EXPERTISE

Finance and Financial Technology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Financial Technology (FinTech), Financial Capital markets (Indices), Financial Law & Regulation (Regtech), Innovation

Daniel Broby, PhD

Professor
Academic Program Director
Master of Science in Financial Technology

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND 

  • PhD in Finance, Strathclyde University, United Kingdom
  • Master of Philosophy in Economics, Brunel University, United Kingdom
  • Master of Science in Investment Analysis, Stirling University, United Kingdom

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Professor, Chair of Financial Technology and Director Centre of Financial and Regulatory Technology, Ulster University Business School, Ulster University
  • Senior Lecturer, Director Center for Financial Regulation and Innovation, Strathclyde University Business School, Strathclyde University
  • Chief Executive, Gemfonds
  • Deputy Chief Executive, Silkinvest
  • Chief Investment officer, Renaissance Investment Management
  • Chief Investment officer, Bankinvest
  • Chief Portfolio Manager, Nordea Investment Management
  • Head of International Research, Quilter

AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS, AND HONORS

  • Individual member of the London Stock Exchange
  • Chartered Fellow of the Chartered institute of Securities and Investment
  • Fellow of CFA (UK)
  • Senior Fellow of the HEA

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • FISP
  • FCSI

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  • Broby, D., & Cerilles, M., Jr. (2026). The regional spillover effects on innovation from generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs). Economics of Innovation and New Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2026.2676054 
  • Broby, D., Warren, L., & Tsiligkiris, V. (2026). Adaptive curriculum design in a transnational dual masters programme. Higher Education Quarterly, 80(1), e70066. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70066
  • Broby, D., & Gerth, F. (2025). Artificial intelligence and the limits of the measurement of productivity. Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies, 12(2), 555831. DOI: 10.19080/ASM.2025.12.555831
  • Broby, D., & Yang, Z. (2025). What is green fintech? Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 18(7), 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm18070379
  • Hamarat, C., & Broby, D. (2025). US regional small business lending: Impact of liquidity regulation and FinTech lenders. The Singapore Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590825490062
  • Broby, D., & Smyth, W. (2025). On the use of principal components analysis in index construction. Financial Statistical Journal, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.24294/fsj10858
  • Hamarat, Ç., & Broby, D. (2022). Regulatory constraint and small business lending: Do innovative peer-to-peer lenders have an advantage? Financial Innovation, 8(73). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-022-00377-y
  • Broby, D. (2022). Central bank digital currencies: Policy implications. Law and Financial Markets Review, 16(1–2), 100–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/17521440.2023.2209294
  • Smyth, W., & Broby, D. (2022). An eigenvalue distribution-derived ‘Stability Measure’ for evaluating minimum variance portfolios. Quantitative Finance, 23(3), 521–537. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2022.2149420
  • Smyth, W., & Broby, D. (2022). An enhanced Gerber statistic for portfolio optimization. Finance Research Letters, 49, 103229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103229
  • Broby, D. (2022). The use of predictive analytics in finance. The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 8, 145–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfds.2022.05.003
  • Broby, D., McKenzie, A., & Bautheac, O. (2021). Factor model index for commodity investment. Journal of Index Investing, 12(3), 33–52.  https://doi.org/10.3905/jii.2021.1.110
  • Broby, D. (2021). Financial technology and the future of banking. Financial Innovation, 7(47). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-021-00264-y
  • Broby, D., & Spence, O. (2020). The tracking efficiency of physical and synthetic equity index ETFs. Journal of Index Investing, 11(3), 34–47.  https://doi.org/10.3905/jii.2020.1.097
  • Broby, D. (2013). The case for a roadmap towards financial regulatory convergence. Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 21(4), 397–402. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRC-02-2013-0002
  • Broby, D. (2012). The regulatory evolution of the post-credit crisis fund management industry. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 15(1), 5–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2011.642145

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Broby, D. (2024). A guide to equity index construction (2nd ed.). Risk Books.
  • Bielinski, A., & Broby, D. (2023). Machine learning and the optimal choice of asset pricing model. In S. H. Jafar, H. K., H. El-Chaarani, S. Moturi, & N. Gupta (Eds.), Artificial intelligence for capital markets (1st ed., pp. 37). Chapman and Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003327745
  • Broby, D. (2010). A guide to fund management. Risk Books.
  • Broby, D. (1997). The changing face of European fund management. FT Energy, a division of Pearson Professional Limited.

OTHER INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION

  • Gandy, A., Broby, D., Wright, G., Freeman, T., & Durkin, M. (2023). Industry preparedness for accelerated settlement cycle (SWIFT Institute Working Paper No. 2022-003). SWIFT Institute.