Iván Blanco

Associate Professor of Finance at CUNEF Universidad

I'm also the Director of the Master in Finance at CUNEF Universidad. Founder of Noax Capital, a quant trading firm specializing in systematic investing.

My research interests span (i) empirical asset pricing, with a focus on quantitative investments and machine (deep) learning applications, (ii) the feedback effects of financial markets on the real economy, and (iii) quantitative and mathematical finance more broadly.

My research output has been published in top international finance journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance and The Energy Journal.

Research Focus
Empirical Asset PricingFinancial MarketsQuantitative Finance & ML
Academic Research

Research

Published Papers

Iván Blanco, Jose M. Martín-Flores, Alvaro Remesal

Climate Shocks, Institutional Investors, and the Information Content of Stock Prices

Journal of Corporate Finance (2024)
Iván Blanco, Miguel De Jesús, Alvaro Remesal

Overlapping momentum portfolios

Journal of Empirical Finance (2023)
Iván Blanco, Sergio García

Options Trading and the Cost of Debt

Journal of Corporate Finance (2021)
Iván Blanco, Juan Ignacio Peña, Rosa Rodriguez

Modelling Electricity Swaps

The Energy Journal (2018)
Alejandro Baldominos, Iván Blanco, Antonio José Moreno, Rubén Iturrarte, Óscar Bernárdez, Carlos Afonso

Identifying Real Estate Opportunities with Machine Learning

Applied Sciences (2018)
Iván Blanco, David Wehrheim

The Bright Side of Financial Derivatives: Options Trading and Firm Innovation

Journal of Financial Economics (2017)
Iván Blanco, Alejandro Balbás, José Garrido

Measuring risk when expected losses are unbounded

Risks (2014)

Working Papers

Iván Blanco, Sergio García, David Wehrheim

R&D disclosure and short-term investors: Evidence from mandated patent disclosure.

Revise & Resubmit, The Accounting Review (Ongoing)
R&RSSRN
Iván Blanco, Fabrizio Ferraro, Giovanni Valentini, David Wehrheim

Meet me halfway: Financial analysts and strategic change.

Working Paper (Ongoing)

Work in Progress

Iván Blanco, Alvaro Remesal

Asset pricing through a bottleneck: Return prediction with regularized autoencoders.

Work in Progress (Ongoing)
Iván Blanco, Sergio García, Alvaro Remesal

Going Deep in Momentum.

Work in Progress (Ongoing)
Publications & Press

Media & Commentary

Articles & Commentary

Papeles de Economía Española · Funcas

Inteligencia artificial en los mercados financieros: evidencia empírica en el S&P 500

January 2025 (in Spanish)
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The Conversation

¿Cómo afectan los desastres naturales a las decisiones de los inversores institucionales?

Octubre 2024 (in Spanish)
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Análisis financiero y big data · Funcas

Aprendizaje profundo para series temporales en finanzas:aplicación al factor momentum

May 2023 (in Spanish)
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Research Coverage

Alpha Architect

Overlapping Momentum Portfolios

November 2023
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Wright Research

Should you invest in overlapping momentum investing strategies?

December 2023
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Mark Rzepczynski Blog

Overlapping momentum strategies - Gains from diversification of timeframe models

July 2020
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Education & Training

Teaching

Courses

Asset Pricing

Master in Finance, CUNEF Universidad

Advanced course covering modern asset pricing theory, factor models, and empirical applications in portfolio management.

Machine Learning & Investments

Master in Finance, CUNEF Universidad

Application of machine learning techniques to investment strategies, including deep learning for momentum and systematic trading.

Financial Derivatives

Master in Finance, CUNEF Universidad

Comprehensive study of derivative instruments, pricing models, and risk management applications in modern finance.

Executive Training

Quantitative Investments

Systematic approaches to portfolio construction and quantitative trading strategies.

Factor Investing

Deep dive into factor-based investing, from theory to practical implementation.

Machine Learning in Asset Pricing

Advanced techniques in applying ML to asset pricing and return forecasting.

Systematic & Algorithmic Trading

Design and implementation of systematic trading strategies and execution algorithms.

Get in Touch

Contact

Address

CUNEF Universidad

C. de Almansa, 101
28040 Madrid, Spain