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Professor of Shipping Finance, Bayes Business School
Nikos Nomikos is Professor of Shipping Finance at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and a Partner in TonnEdge.
His area of expertise is Ship Finance, Risk Management and Asset Pricing for Shipping and Commodity Markets. Examples of his research include the development of ship valuation models, designing shipping indices and market benchmarks, structuring risk management products, valuation of freight derivative contracts, big-data analytics for assessing market dynamics and sustainable finance. Nikos has published more than 50 papers in peer-review academic journals. He has co-authored the book “Shipping Derivatives and Risk Management” considered the leading reference book in this area.
Nikos commenced his career at the Baltic Exchange as Head of Market Analytics where he oversaw the development of shipping indices that are currently used in the market as pricing benchmarks. Being interested in applied and commercially viable research, Nikos collaborates widely with corporations both as consultant as well as in executive education. He also acts as expert witness on shipping related cases.
On Aug. 1, 2022, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) launched a series of S&P GSCI Freight Indices, the first investible shipping indices of their kind in the market and an expansion of the single-commodity offering of indices based on the S&P GSCI. Refer to this blog for background on the indices. Freight rates have…
Disruptions to global supply chains have put the global shipping market in the spotlight, highlighting its contribution to international trade and its significance as an important link in the chain of the world economy. One of its sectors is the dry bulk market that involves the transportation of commodities such as iron ore, grains, coal…
