Department: Finance and Business Law (FBL), Westminster Business School

Position: Senior Lecturer

Contact:
+44 (0)20 7911 5000
adamir@westminster.ac.uk

Education

MSc Economic and Financial Forecasting, Guildhall University
BSc Economics, University of Parma, Italy

Biography

Roberta Adami joined WBS in 2004 where she is now a Senior Lecturer in Finance, and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna. Between 1998 and 2000 Roberta worked as a Financial Analyst at CGAM (Citibank Global Asset Management) and later as Credit Risk analyst at Tokai Bank Europe, in London.

Teaching

Currently Roberta teaches the following subjects.

Undergraduate at Westminster Business School:

• Investment Analysis and Strategy,
  
• Personal Financial Management,
  
• Modern Financial Services,
  
• Financial and Human Resource Management in Organisations

Undergraduate at the University of Bologna, Italy:

• Investment Analysis
  

Postgraduate at the LLM Corporate Finance Law:

• Deal Mechanics, Investments for Managers

Research

Roberta has spoken at numerous conferences and contributed articles to the pension press, she has a proven research track record with a number of articles published in international journals. Her current research interests are in Pensions, Income Distribution and Inequality, Pension Funds Performance, and Capital Markets.

Publications

Journal articles

• Adami, R. and O. Gough (2008) “Pension Reforms and Saving for Retirement: Comparing the United Kingdom and Italy”, Policy Studies, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 119-135. ISSN: 0144-2872.
• Gough O., Adami R. and Waters J. (2008) “The effects of age and income on retirement decisions: a comparative analysis between Italy and the UK”, Pensions: An International Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 3, pp. 167-175. ISSN: 1478-5315
• Gough O. and Adami R. (forthcoming) Pension Provisions and Adequacy of Pension Income in Europe, Social Policy and Society, Vol 11, Issue 1, ISSN: 1474-7464.

Conferences

• “Saving and Adequacy of Post-Retirement Income: An International Study” 30th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth – IARIW, Slovenia, 2008
• “Pension Provisions and the Adequacy of Pension Income in Europe”, XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 2009
• “Pension Provisions and the Adequacy of Pension Income in Europe: An International Study”, European Sociological Association, ESA, Lisbon, 2009
• "The role of Earnings in determining Post Retirement Income: Evidence from BHPS", International Sociological Association, ISA, Gothenburg, 2010
• “Pension Provisions and the Adequacy of Pension Income in Europe: A Gender Study”, ABSRC 2010,  Olbia, 2010
• "The Leverage Effect on Stock Returns", European Financial Management Association, EFMA, Braga, 2011
• "The role of Earnings in Post Retirement Income", European Sociological Association, ESA, Geneva, 2011