Teaching Activities
Teaching Year Semester Course Name Degree(s) Coordinator
2025/2026 Financial Engineering Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2025/2026 Real Options Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2025/2026 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2025/2026 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2025/2026 Corporate Financial Strategy -- Yes
2024/2025 Financial Engineering Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2024/2025 Research Seminar in Finance I Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2024/2025 Real Options Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2024/2025 Financial Options and Structured Products Post Graduation Program in Financial Markets and Risk Management; Yes
2024/2025 Credit Risk Post Graduation Program in Financial Markets and Risk Management; Yes
2024/2025 Analysing investment projects Other programme in Applied Program Accounting and Financial Analysis for Management; No
2024/2025 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2024/2025 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2024/2025 Research Seminar in Finance II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2023/2024 Financial Engineering Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2023/2024 Research Seminar in Finance I Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2023/2024 Real Options Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2023/2024 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2023/2024 Credit Risk -- Yes
2023/2024 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2023/2024 Research Seminar in Finance II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2023/2024 Research Project in Finance -- Yes
2023/2024 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Master Dissertation in Finance -- Yes
2022/2023 Financial Engineering Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Research Seminar in Finance I Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in Finance -- Yes
2022/2023 Real Options Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Financial Options and Structured Products Post Graduation Program in Financial Markets and Risk Management; Yes
2022/2023 Credit Risk Post Graduation Program in Financial Markets and Risk Management; Yes
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2022/2023 Credit Risk -- Yes
2022/2023 Master Dissertation in Finance -- Yes
2022/2023 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Research Seminar in Finance II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2022/2023 Research Project in Finance -- Yes
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in Finance -- Yes
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Financial Engineering Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Research Seminar in Finance I Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Phd Thesis in Finance -- Yes
2021/2022 Real Options Master Degree in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2021/2022 Credit Risk -- Yes
2021/2022 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Research Seminar in Finance II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2021/2022 Research Project in Finance -- Yes
2021/2022 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2020/2021 Financial Engineering -- Yes
2020/2021 Research Seminar in Finance I Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2020/2021 Phd Thesis in Finance -- No
2020/2021 Real Options -- Yes
2020/2021 Financial Options and Structured Products Post Graduation Program in Financial Markets and Risk Management; Yes
2020/2021 Credit Risk Post Graduation Program in Financial Markets and Risk Management; Yes
2020/2021 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2020/2021 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2020/2021 Credit Risk -- Yes
2020/2021 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2020/2021 Research Seminar in Finance II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2020/2021 Research Project in Finance -- Yes
2020/2021 Phd Thesis in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2019/2020 Thesis in Finance I -- Yes
2019/2020 Thesis in Finance III -- Yes
2019/2020 Research Seminar in Finance I Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2019/2020 Thesis in Finance V -- Yes
2019/2020 Real Options -- Yes
2019/2020 Financial Management of Businesses and Projects I -- Yes
2019/2020 Credit Risk -- Yes
2019/2020 Continuous-Time Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2019/2020 Thesis in Finance II -- Yes
2019/2020 Thesis in Finance IV -- Yes
2019/2020 Research Seminar in Finance II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
2019/2020 Research Project in Finance Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Finance; Yes
Supervisions
Ph.D. Thesis (15)
Ongoing (5)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Luís Miguel Nunes Gaspar Three Essays on Default Risk Models English Developing Iscte 2022
Bruno Miguel Teixeira Taborda MAIS: Market Artificial Intelligence English Developing Iscte 2022
João Diogo Barros Moura Financial Options: Options Returns, Hedging Strategy and Static Hedge Portfolio English Developing Iscte 2022
Célia dos Santos Subtil Valuation of Standing Timber: a CEV and MC approach English Developing Iscte --
Luís Simão Almeida Ferreira Exact Simulation of Jump Diffusion Processes English Developing Iscte --
Concluded (10)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Carlos Miguel Aguiar da Glória Essays on Dynamic Asset Pricing English Iscte 2022 2024
Fernando Correia da Silva Caps, floors and collars on continuous flows and investment decisions English Iscte 2020 2023
Yang Fengyue "Price Dynamics of Farmland Transfer in Chengdu, China: Evidence from a Multilevel Model" English Iscte 2016 2022
João Miguel Mendes dos Reis Barrier Options and Dynamic Debt English Iscte 2019 2022
Tiago Mota Dutra Essays on Financial Cycles and Banks' Risk Iscte 2018 2021
Mário Jorge Correia Fernandes Three Essays on Modeling Energy Prices with Time-Varying Volatility and Jumps Iscte 2018 2021
Li Chen Service quality and customer satisfaction - a case study of nursing homes in Beijing Iscte 2014 2019
Aricson Cesar Jesus da Cruz Essays on Option Pricing Iscte 2014 2019
Igor Viktorovich Kravchenko Valuation of Financial Derivatives through transmutation operator methods Iscte 2016 2018
João Pedro Bento Ruas Three Essays on the Valuation of American-Style Options English Iscte 2011 2013
M.Sc. Dissertations (59)
Ongoing (7)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Joana Filipa Silva Assunção Option pricing models with skewness and kurtosis. Developing Iscte 2026
Xavier Magalhães Cruz CMS Swaption Pricing Framework Using Reverse-Mode Algorithmic Differentiation (AAD) Developing Iscte 2025
Afonso de Oliveira Espada Gonçalves Duarte Arbitrage between decentralized and centralized exchanges: an automated model for Ethereum/Tether Dollar Developing Iscte 2025
Rodrigo Mendonça Remédio Rodrigues de Carvalho Valuation of Galp Energia Developing Iscte 2025
Gonçalo Ferraz Pinto Trading Across Regimes: Regime-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Asset Allocation Developing Iscte 2025
Adriana Costa Ventura Valuation of spread options. Developing Iscte 2025
Mariana Silvina Ariscain Roca Valuation of Revolut Developing Iscte 2024
Concluded (52)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Sandro Marcos Fernandes Gaspar The Kristensen and Mele (2011) approach to approximating derivative prices in continuous-time models. English Iscte 2025 2025
Francisco Marcos Gonçalves Correia de Andrade Teixeira The Fundamental Transform Approach of Lewis for Pricing Options English Iscte 2025 2025
Tiago Miguel Soares Reis Bagorro .Profit and Loss Attribution and Pricing: A New Framework Portuguese Iscte 2024 2025
Bruno Xavier Ventura de Matos Strategic Capacity Investment Under Uncertainty: Mathematical Insights and Practical Applications English Iscte 2024 2025
Francisco Manuel Pereira Correia de Cardoso Rodrigues Effects of the Fractional Black-Scholes Model on LEAPS options contracts English Iscte 2024 2025
Pedro Henrique Andrade Canteiro Building a profitable Trend Trading System - A technical analysis guide English Iscte 2024 2025
Beatriz Maurício Arantes Tomé Impact of Machine Learning on Credit Risk Assessment Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
João de Almeida Martins Finite maturity caps and floors for exchange options on continuous flows. English Iscte 2024 2024
João Frederico Freitas Silva Calibrating S&P 500 Index Options Under Alternative Formulations of the Heston (1993) Model English Iscte 2024 2024
Joana Neves Andrade Silvano Feed-in tariffs: an attractive tool for investing in green hydrogen projects English Iscte 2024 2024
Francisco Santos Simões Testing Alternative Methodologies for Calibrating the Heston Model with Jumps for S&P 500 Index Options English Iscte 2024 2024
Ana Carolina Neves Teles Evangelista Serrão Unveiling the Potential: Valuing Onshore and Offshore Wind Energies through Real Options Perspective English Iscte 2024 2024
Diogo Filipe da Conceição Rolo How Small Neural Networks can Improve Strategies in Financial Markets English Iscte 2023 2024
Mariana Fernandes Carvalho Default risk in housing credit - The case of Portugal English Iscte 2023 2024
Rita Sofia Marques Pedro Perpetual Caps and Floors on continuous flows: Applications in interest rates Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Beatriz Maria Ribeiro Ferrão The impact of the ESG Pillars on the payout policy among G7 countries' firms English Iscte 2024 2024
Duarte Miguel da Cunha Domingues Amador Marques Empirical Comparison of S&P 500 Index Options: Black-Scholes-Merton Model and Heston Model English Iscte 2023 2023
Ana Maria Dias Vicente A real option approach to evaluate onshore wind energy investments with government incentives: The Portuguese case English Iscte 2023 2023
João Pedro Rodrigues Soares Comparison of Black-Scholes and Heston Models English Iscte 2023 2023
Daniela Fernanda Martinez Vargas Market-making model analysis in High Frequency Trading for the North American stock market English Iscte 2023 2023
Raquel Lopes Coutinho Option pricing using machine learning methods Portuguese Iscte 2023 2023
Margarida Silva Marques Real Options Valuation: The Case of Pedestrian Paths in Madeira Island English Iscte 2023 2023
Diogo Filipe Sousa Vieira Carbon Hedging English Iscte 2023 2023
Célia dos Santos Subtil Public Stimulus to Private Investment and Prevention of Disinvestment: a CEV approach English Iscte 2022 2022
Yannik Ehlert Option Valuation with the Heston Model English Iscte 2022 2022
Ivan Alexandre Costa Guerra Real options application on innovation projects and R&D English Iscte 2022 2022
Luís Simão Almeida Ferreira Exact Monte Carlo sampling of Jump Diffusions Portuguese Iscte 2021 2021
Rodrigo Sant Ana Lourenço Structural credit risk models and the determinants of credit default swap spreads English Iscte 2021 2021
João Seguro Ildefonso Repeated Richardson Extrapolation and Static Hedging of Barrier Options English Iscte 2019 2021
Joana Margarida de Sousa Barbosa Are Structured Products Fairly Priced? ? Barrier Reverse Convertibles and Turbo Warrants in the Swiss Market English Iscte 2019 2020
Catarina Isabel dos Santos Oliveira The valuation of structured products in Portugal: What was the impact on the products? pricing after the CMVM?s protocol came into force in 2014? English Iscte 2019 2020
Hugo António Figueiredo Matias Volatility Derivatives - Expected Option Returns English Iscte 2018 2019
Vitor Hugo Ferreira Pinto Empirical performance of three option pricing models English Iscte 2018 2018
Carlos Sérgio Serrado Ramos Ricardo Construção do Novo Edifício Sede do Município de Oeiras. Análise de viabilidade económico-financeira Portuguese Iscte 2018 2018
Inês Pereira Santos Structural credit risk models: analysis of listed companies in Portugal English Iscte 2017 2018
Catarina da Silva Ferro Costa Pereira Testing High Volatility Expectation Trades on Macroeconomic and Political Events of 2016 English Iscte 2014 2017
André Gonçalo Lopes Fernandes Structured Products Insights: Pricing reverse convertibles and discount certificates in the german market English Iscte 2015 2017
Mário Raul Santiago do Céu Análise da Evolução do Risco de Crédito na Agricultura em Portugal Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Pedro Filipe Botelho Negrão de Sousa Algorithms for Improving the Efficiency of CEV, CIR and JDCEV Option Pricing Models English Iscte 2014 2017
Marcelo Bettencourt Santos Nunes Capitão Análise das Metodologias de Seleção de Projetos de Investimentos das PME Portuguese Iscte 2015 2016
Svetlana Klimova Real Options Valuation - Investment Under New Techonological Adoption and Carbon Policy Uncertain: An application to Volkswagen automobile industry English Iscte 2015 2016
Qi Dong Credit Risk Measurement of the Listed Companies in China Based on Kmv Model English Iscte 2015 2016
João Miguel Mendes Carrilho Stock Market Returns and Football Match Results English Iscte 2014 2015
Vincent Jean Maurice Mouralis Commodity Futures in Portfolio Allocation English Iscte 2014 2015
Antoine Hugo Mairal Equity-Linked Structured Products: A complex Industry in evolution English Iscte 2014 2015
Sara Maria Correia Pereira Pricing of a Credit Default Swap English Iscte 2013 2015
Carlos António Fernandes Casimiro Structural Models in Credit Risk English Iscte 2013 2015
Filipe Luís Abraúl Rosa Gonçalves Pereira The Kim(1990) American Options Valuation Method: A comparative analysis English Iscte 2013 2014
Marcelo Gomes Raposo dos Santos Pereira The Cyclical Behavior of Commodities and their Investment Benefits English Iscte 2012 2013
Catarina Filipa Lopes Ramos Measuring Perceived Service Quality at Portuguese Helthcare Centres: The moderating effect of outsourcing a core activity English Iscte 2011 2012
Ana Cristina dos Santos Oliveira Avaliação Da Qualidade Percebida Dos Serviços Académicos De Uma Universidade Portuguesa Portuguese Iscte 2011 2012
Gustavo de Souza Barros Variable Volatility in Option Pricing English Iscte 2011 2012
M.Sc. Final Projects (16)
Concluded (16)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Gonçalo Amaral de Campos Pereira Equity Valuation: Shell plc English Iscte 2025 2025
Lamberto Lorini Sgariboldi Evaluation of the Development of a New Drug: VIR-7831 Case Study English Iscte 2021 2021
Neuza Carina Pires dos Santos High-speed railroad between Lisbon and Madrid: yes or no? A real options? view English Iscte 2018 2019
João Pereira Pedro de Jesus Caixabank´s Takeover of BPI: The Impact on BPI´s Stock English Iscte 2017 2018
Diogo Correia Rino Costly Reversible Disinvestment Option in a Valuation of Renewable Energy case English Iscte 2014 2017
João Luís Navarro de Castro Correia Botelho Avaliação de Empresas através de Múltiplos de Mercado - O caso da REN Portuguese Iscte 2015 2017
Ana Clara de Matos Soares Pereira Jacinto Talefe Estudo sobre a Eficiência das Carteiras de Investimentos das Seguradoras Vida em Portugal Portuguese Iscte 2014 2016
João Pedro Robalo Martins European Inflation-Linked Bonds: An historical overview and the benefits Amid Portfolio Management English Iscte 2014 2015
Miguel Seixas do Val Ferreira Decomposition of a Financial Structured Product "Lloyds double up English Iscte 2013 2014
Carolina Albardeiro Santana Modelos de Risco de Crédito: Análise de Telecoms Europeias e Bancos Americanos Portuguese Iscte 2013 2014
Mário António Limede Modelos de Avaliação de Risco de Crédito - Análise e Aplicação Portuguese Iscte 2012 2013
Pedro Marzagão Barbuto LSMC for Pricing American Options under the Heston Model English Iscte 2012 2013
João de Andrade Dias da Costa Carbon Markets and Emission Derivaties - pricing of derivatives in the EU ETS English Iscte 2011 2012
Paulo Fernando Marques Ferreira Evaluating Investment Opportunities under Different Model Dynamics: Some Managerial Insights English Iscte 2011 2012
Carla Alexandra Botas Prates Pricing and Hedging Volatility Options. Iscte 2010 2011
Jorge Manuel Duque de Oliveira Pricing Corporate Debt Risk Under The Cev Model. English Iscte 2008 2011