Role
Emeritus Professor of Finance
Qualifications & background
BSc (First Class Hons), Management Sciences, University of Manchester.
BA (First Class Hons), Faculty of Mathematics, Open University
PhD, University of Warwick.
FCA, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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John Pointon is Emeritus Professor of Finance, having worked full-time at Plymouth Business School from 1983 to 2011. Currently, he teaches Quantitative Finance and Methods to his MSc class. He also has interests in blended learning, executive education and microfinance in the third world. Until recently, he was Associate Director of the University's Centre for Maritime Logistics, Economics and Finance. He has also held academic positions at the University of Birmingham, and the University of Aston. He originally trained as a Chartered Accountant with the Manchester office of Thomson McLintock (now KPMG) and subsequently worked for the UK branch of a US multinational.
His research interests into corporate finance have led to publications with colleagues based in the UK , Germany, Egypt and Australia, covering a range of issues, including: international shipping, bank credit scoring, the risk premium, the cost of capital, dividend policies, capital structure, tax systems, capital investment, share prices, share buy-backs, inflation, technological change, exchange rate risk, expropriation risk, and finance leasing.
Professional membership
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Roles on external bodies
Methodist Local Preacher within the Plymouth and Devonport circuit.
Trustee/director of New Life Fellowship Plymouth, a Christian church fellowship located at Widewell and whose aim is to proclaim the full gospel of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour within the community.
Teaching interests
Quantitative Finance and Methods
Staff serving as external examiners
I am currently external examiner for the University of Salford. Prior external examining experience has been with: Aberdeen University, Aston University, Australian National University, Birmingham University, Bournemouth University, University of Central England, University College of North Wales, Exeter University, University of Gloucestershire, Southern Cross University (Australia), and University of the West of England.
Research interests
Recent research interests have been in:
- international shipping finance
- credit scoring
- capital structure
- dividend policy
- exchange rate risk
UoP Research group membership
Centre for Maritime Logistics, Economics and Finance (CEMLEF)
Other research
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Successful research degree completions (mainly as first supervisor):
Dr Lynn Hodgkinson, Dr Jon Tucker, Dr Sue Farrar, Dr Vince Hooper, Dr Fatih Yilmaz, Dr Ismail Ramli, Dr Asim Yuzbasioglu, Dr Teri McConville, Dr Sarah Claydon, Dr Jin Huan-Kim, Dr Mohammed Mustafa Omran, Dr Nasser Al-Shafi, Dr Sharifah Raihan Syed Zain, Dr Walaa ElKelish, Dr Rumbi Mukono, Dr Mohamed Bekiet El-Din, Dr Hussein Ali Hussein Abdou, Dr Ashraf Elbakry, Dr Moji Olugbode (TYL) and Dr Abdallah Al Khawaldeh.
Grants & contracts
I do not currently hold any research grants. But in the past, I have received grants from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Nuffield Foundation.
Creative practice & artistic projects
Publications
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS (details of earlier publications over the last 30 years available on request)
A Variable Impact Neural Network Analysis of Dividend Policies and Share Prices of Transportation and Related Companies, H Abdou, J Pointon, A El-Masry, M Olugbode, and R Lister, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (accepted, April 2012)
Factors Influencing the Propensity to Export: A Study of UK and Portuguese Textile Firms, F Serra, J Pointon and H Abdou International Business Review, Vol 21, No 2, pp 210-224, April 2012.
Credit Scoring, Statistical Techniques and Evaluation Criteria: A Review of the Literature, H Abdou and J Pointon, Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, Vol.18, Nos 2-3, pp. 59-88, 2011.
Finance Lease Evaluation under Alternative Tax Systems, J Pointon, Journal of International Business and Finance, Vol 2, No 2, 2010.
The Exposure of Shipping Firms' Stock Returns to Financial Risks and Oil Prices: a Global Perspective, A El-Masry, M Olugbode and J Pointon, Maritime Policy and Management, Vol 37, No 5, p.453-473, September 2010.
Target Gearing in the UK: a Triangulated Approach, J Tucker, J Pointon and M Olugbode, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol 6, No 1, pp. 58-80, 2010
Credit Card Fraud and Detection Techniques: a Review, L Delamaire, H Abdou, and J Pointon, Banks and Bank Systems, Vol 4, No 2, pp. 59-70, 2009
Capital Structure and Firm Characteristics: An Empirical Analysis from Egypt, M Omran and J Pointon, Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol 8, No 4, pp. 454-474, 2009.
Credit Scoring and Decision-making in Egyptian Public Sector Banks, H Abdou and J Pointon, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol 5, No 4, pp. 391-406, 2009.
A Scenario Analysis of the Risk Premium in G7 countries, M Omran and J Pointon, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Vol 11, No 7, pp. 673-689, 2008.
Neural Nets versus Conventional Techniques in Credit Scoring in Egyptian Banking, H Abdou, J Pointon and A El-Masry, Expert Systems With Applications, Vol 37, No 3, pp.1275-1292, 2008.
Competitive Advantage and the Cost of Equity in International Shipping, J Pointon and A El-Masry, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 58, pp 1138-1145, 2007.
On the Applicability of Credit Scoring Models in Egyptian Banks, H Abdou, A El-Masry and J Pointon, Banks and Bank Systems,Vol 2, Iss 1, pp. 4-20, 2007.
Credit Scoring Models for Personal Loans in the Egyptian Banking Sector, H Abdou, J Pointon and A El-Masry, Journal of International Business Strategy, ISSN: 1552-2903, Vol 3, Iss 1, pp. 64-77, 2006.
Is Accounting Information Value-Relevant in the Emerging Egyptian Stock Market, A Elbakry, A El-Masry and J Pointon, International Journal of Business Research, ISSN: 1554-5466, Vol 6, No 3, pp. 68-77, 2006.
Company Mission Statements and Financial Performance, P Atrill, M Omran and J Pointon, Corporate Ownership & Control, Vol 2, Iss 3,pp 28-35, Spring 2005.
Practitioners’ Perspectives on the UK Cost of Capital, E McLaney, J Pointon, M Thomas and J Tucker, European Journal of Finance,Vol. 10, pp. 123-138, April 2004.
Dividend Policy, Trading Characteristics and Share Prices: Empirical Evidence from Egyptian Firms, M Omran and J Pointon, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.121-133,2004.
The Determinants of the Cost of Capital by Industry within an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Egypt, M Omran and J Pointon, Second Special Issue on Middle East Financial Markets, International Journal of Business Vol 9, No 3, pp 211-232, 2004.
The Impact of UK Tax Reform on Share Buybacks, Capital Investment and Financing Choices, J Pointon and D Spratley, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Vol 7, No 1, pp 46-73, January 2004.
Shareholders versus Stakeholders: Corporate Mission Statements and Investor Returns, M Omran, P Atrill and J Pointon, Business Ethics: A European Review, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp 318-327, October, 2002
Does the Inflation Rate Affect the Performance of the Stock Market? The Case of Egypt. M Omran and J Pointon, Emerging Markets Review, Issue 2, pp 263 – 279, 2001
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS since 2001 (details of earlier publications over the last 30 years available on request)
Assessing the Cost of Capital (Chinese Edition), translated by Jun Pu Jiao and Yang Gao, China Financial Publishing House of Beijing, 163 pp, 2003.
UK Taxation and Finance Leasing, J Pointon and E Welsh, in Taxation: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy, Volume 1, edited by S James, Routledge, London, pp 219-236, 2002.
Assessing the Cost of Capital, J Pointon, Financial-Times Prentice-Hall, Executive Briefing Series, 142pp, 2002.
Reports & invited lectures
Conferences organised
Additional information
Favourite quotation (source: Romans 5:8):
'But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us'.
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