University of Florida, Finance, 2018-2024

New York Üniversity Abu Dabi, Mathematics & Economics, 2014-2018

Sami K. Mahmood is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Özyeğin University. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Florida in 2024 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Finance at the National University of Singapore from 2024 to 2026. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from New York University Abu Dhabi. His research studies banking, financial intermediation, and financial regulation, applying machine learning, natural language processing, and textual analysis to historical and contemporary financial data. His work has been presented at the American Finance Association, the Financial Management Association, the FDIC Annual Bank Research Conference, and at central banks, including the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and St. Louis. He was selected for the FMA Emerging Scholars Initiative in 2025.

Financial Intermediation, Banking, Investments, Mutual Funds, Macro-Finance, Macroeconomics, Financial Economics

Current PhD Supervisions

Working Papers

Mahmood, S. K. Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach.

Mahmood, S. K., Cortes, G., & Weidenmier, M. Was the Glass–Steagall Act justified? Text-based evidence from the Pecora Hearings.

Mahmood, S. K. Partisanship in mutual fund portfolios.

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024.

Selected Conference Presentations

Measuring Bank Regulations: A Text-Based Approach

Mahmood, S. K. (2025). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. RMI 18th Annual Risk Conference.

Mahmood, S. K. (2025). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. Asian Finance Association.

Mahmood, S. K. (2025). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. MoFiR Workshop on Banking.

Mahmood, S. K. (2025). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. Five-Star Asia Pacific Workshop in Finance.

Mahmood, S. K. (2025). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. Financial Management Association.

Mahmood, S. K. (2024). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Poster presentation]. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 23rd Annual Bank Research Conference.

Mahmood, S. K. (2024). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. RiskLab/Bank of Finland/ESRB Conference on AI and Systemic Risk Analytics.

Mahmood, S. K. (2024). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. JFI-CFAR-UNC-Gothenburg Conference.

Mahmood, S. K. (2024). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. Eastern Finance Association.

Mahmood, S. K. (2024). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. Southwestern Finance Association.

Mahmood, S. K. (2024). Measuring bank regulations: A text-based approach [Conference presentation]. Issues in Financial Markets and Banking Conference.

Partisanship in Mutual Fund Portfolios

Mahmood, S. K. (2022). Partisanship in mutual fund portfolios [Poster presentation]. American Finance Association.

Mahmood, S. K. (2021). Partisanship in mutual fund portfolios [Conference presentation]. Financial Management Association.

Mahmood, S. K. (2021). Partisanship in mutual fund portfolios [Conference presentation]. University of Florida.

Presentations by Co-authors

Was the Glass–Steagall Act Justified? Text-Based Evidence from the Pecora Hearings

Mahmood, S. K., Cortes, G., & Weidenmier, M. (2024). Was the Glass–Steagall Act justified? Text-based evidence from the Pecora Hearings. Federal Reserve Monetary and Financial History Workshop, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Mahmood, S. K., Cortes, G., & Weidenmier, M. (2024). Was the Glass–Steagall Act justified? Text-based evidence from the Pecora Hearings. International Macro History Online Seminar, CEPR.

Mahmood, S. K., Cortes, G., & Weidenmier, M. (2024). Was the Glass–Steagall Act justified? Text-based evidence from the Pecora Hearings . University of Calgary.

Mahmood, S. K., Cortes, G., & Weidenmier, M. (2024). Was the Glass–Steagall Act justified? Text-based evidence from the Pecora Hearings. NUS Business School.

Wholesale Funding Runs, 1800–2024

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. (2026). Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024. Federal Reserve Financial and Monetary History Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. (2026). Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024. 1st Workshop on Financial Intermediation at Banco de España.

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. (2026). Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024. IBEFA-WEAI Meeting.

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. (2026). Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024. Yale Program on Financial Stability Fighting a Financial Crisis Conference.

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. (2026). Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024. 8th CEPR Summer Conference on Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance.

Mahmood, S. K., Jamilov, R., König, T., Müller, K., & Saidi, F. (2026). Wholesale funding runs, 1800–2024. SED Annual Meeting.

• Stock Return Prediction with LLMs - October 2024
• Equity and Capital Markets, August - December 2021
• Equity and Capital Markets, January - April 2021
• Capital Structure and Risk Management, August - December 2020
• Financial Management, January - April 2020