About
Manuel Nunes is a Lecturer in Banking and Finance and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Digital Finance at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton. Manuel is a researcher in Finance and Financial Technologies (Fintech), specialising in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools for asset pricing and portfolio management in financial markets. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) by Advance HE, York, UK, and the Centre for Higher Education Practice, University of Southampton.
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Research
Research interests
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXplainable AI in Financial Markets
- Large Language Models (LLMs) in Finance
- Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Management
- Asset Pricing and Factor Models (including time series and cross-sectional techniques)
- Fixed Income Markets
Current research
Manuel is currently involved in several research projects, including:
- "Enhancing Asset Pricing Models through Large Language Models"; and
- "Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Management".
He has successfully completed the project "Machine Learning in Fixed Income Markets: Forecasting and Portfolio Management" at the University of Southampton, UK. This research focuses on fixed income assets and covers different areas of machine learning, specifically:
- Yield curve forecasting using feedforward neural networks;
- Yield forecasting using deep learning models such as long short-term memory networks; and
- Portfolio management using reinforcement learning.
Accepting PhD Students
Manuel is eager to supervise persistent and systematic PhD students. He favours working on multidisciplinary projects involving financial market assets and computer science. In addition, he considers industry involvement of the utmost importance and will endeavour to connect your PhD programme with the industry. Ideally, you would be producing research applied to and in collaboration with the asset management industry.
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Supervision
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Teaching
Involved in the following modules of the MSc Finance and BSc Finance and Financial Technology programmes:
- MANG1052 Finance with Python (module leader)
- MANG2004 Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets
- MANG2015 Financial Management
- MANG6142 Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing
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Biography
A finance professional with 17 years of experience, having worked for banks and financial institutions. Started in investment banking as an equity research analyst, then moved to asset management as a portfolio manager and head of fixed income. Prior to this period in financial markets, worked as an academic and researcher, initially teaching in higher education and subsequently working in Research & Development, both in Portugal and the UK.
Holds a PhD in Computer Science applied to Financial Markets from the University of Southampton, UK, in a multidisciplinary programme involving the Southampton Business School (Centre for Digital Finance) and the School of Electronics and Computer Science (Agents, Interaction & Complexity research group). Formerly, successfully completed a PhD in Engineering and an MBA in Financial Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK. Prior to that, obtained a 5-year Engineering degree from the University of Porto, followed by an MSc from Nova University of Lisbon, both in Portugal.
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