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Soon Leong

Research Student

Cass Business School, Faculty of Finance

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Bunhill Row

Postal address

Cass Business School
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Soon Heng Leong is a PhD candidate at City, University of London. He is associated with the Centre for Econometric Analysis under the “PhD Studentship in Memory of Ana Timberlake 2017/2021”. The scholarship involves teaching assistance within Timberlake training courses at the European Banking Authority, European Central Bank, Cambridge and Oxford University. His current research focuses on developing Granger causality testing methods with applications for risk spillover in the financial and energy markets.

Soon is also a competitive badminton player and he actively represents the university in various tournaments. Prior to joining City, he was employed by WSP as a structural design engineer in Singapore.

Qualifications

  1. MEng, University of Bradford, UK
  2. MSc, Cass Business School, UK

Research

1st supervisor

  • Professor Giovanni Urga, Professor of Econometrics and Finance and Director of the Centre for Econometric Analysis

Publications

Journal article

  1. Leong, S.H., Pellegrini, C.B. and Urga, G. (2020). The contribution of shadow insurance to systemic risk. Journal of Financial Stability, 51, pp. 100778–100778. doi:10.1016/j.jfs.2020.100778.

Professional activities

Events/conferences (5)

  1. Conference on Systemic Risk, Banking and Insurance, and the Role of their Shadow Entities. (Conference) London, UK (2019).
    Paper: The Contribution of Shadow Insurance to Systemic Risk
    Author: Leong, S.
    Co-authors: Bellavite Pellegrini, C.; Urga, G.
  2. The 22nd Dynamic Econometrics Conference. (Conference) Oxford, UK (2019).
    Paper: A Nonparametric Test for Multivariate Granger Causality in Variance
    Author: Leong, S.
    Co-authors: Urga, G.
  3. The 31st Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting. (Conference) Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam (2019). Session/Day Chair.
    Paper: The Contribution of Shadow Insurance to Systemic Risk
    Author: Leong, S.
    Co-authors: Bellavite Pellegrini, C.; Urga, G.
  4. The 6th Young Finance Scholars’ Conference. (Conference) Sussex, UK (2019).
    Paper: A Nonparametric Test for Multivariate Granger Causality in Variance
    Author: Leong, S.
    Co-authors: Urga, G.
    Description: Winner of the Special Commendation Paper Award.
  5. The 20th Oxmetrics User Conference. (Conference) London, UK (2018). Organising Committee.