Dr. Athanasios P. Fassas is a Professor in Financial Investments at the University of Thessaly, Greece.

He has held various posts as Lecturer of finance in universities and colleges in Greece and abroad. His research interests are in the field of forecasting volatility, market microstructure, financial market and instruments and portfolio theory and investments. His work has been presented in several academic and practitioner’s conferences around the world and has been published in scientific journals, such as the European Journal of Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Energy Economics, Review of Derivatives Research, Journal of Derivatives, Economics Letters, International Review of Economics & Finance, Global Finance Journal, Journal of Alternative Investments,  Review of Futures Markets, Journal of Index Investing, Review of Behavioral Finance and others.

Dr. Fassas holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Patras, Greece and an MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business, US. He also has considerable professional experience working as an investment advisor and portfolio manager for over twenty years. He is certified by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission as a Financial Analyst and Asset Manager and by the Athens Derivatives Exchange as a Derivatives Market Maker.