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Current postgraduate students undertaking research degrees in finance, and their area of research

 
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Connor ArthurMarket Microstructure, DeFi Markets, Criminal Activities
Maximilian BrandlDesigning Automated Market Makers for Illiquid Assets
Madeline Hamilton CombeBiodiversity Linked Bonds, Environmental Finance, Conservation Finance, Biodiversity Measurement & Risk Assessment Approaches for Financial Institutions, The Taskforce for Nature Related Financial Disclosures, Nature-related Investment Opportunities
Franziska GmeinerEnabling Regulatory-Compliant Real-World Asset Tokenization
Giles GunesekeraGiles’ Industry PhD will explore Impact Investing, Affordable Housing, and Indigenous Communities, focusing on measuring social impact in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Luke JohnsonDecentralised Finance, Market Microstructure, Market Surveillance
Nikesh LalchandaniSuccess factors for neo banking to address challenges to the Australian banking system
Ziqian (Niki) LiChinese capital markets, Renminbi (RMB) Internationalisation
Su (Frances) LiuPortfolio management and construction, portfolio risk management
Zechu (Jason) LiuForeign exchange market movement and behavioural finance that have influence on investors’ information flow and trading motivation
Jianxing MaThe Impact of Mandatory Post-Issuance Information Disclosure Policy on Green Bond Market: Evidence from China. Nature Language Processing, Advanced data analytics/statistics, Asset Pricing.
Clare Nickson-HavensAngel investors, Start-up funding, Sustainable Finance, Motivations and mindset of angel investors in early-stage regenerative start-ups
Khanh NguyenMarket microstructure, decentralized finance and behavioural finance
Ngoc Phuong Anh (Ann) NguyenApplying data science techniques in banking research and credit risk modelling
Tra NguyenThe economics of DeFi yields
Fredy PulgaEnvironmental, Social and Governance matters: financial performance, disclosure, investment performance, asset pricing, corporate governance
Vladislav PyzhovESG investment, Empirical Asset Pricing
Atiqur Rahman RaselMarket Microstructure, Behavioural Finance, and Experimental Finance
Mohammad Hadi SehatpourComputational Finance, Econometrics and Time Series Analysis, Financial Machine Learning, Sustainable Finance, Quantitative Trading
 
Anurag SoinBlockchain Risk Management 
Haritha V HStart-up financing and new venture valuation
Ellenora Webster 
Yifeng XuEmpirical Asset Pricing, Chinese Equity Market and Behavioural Finance
Xiaoxi ZhangExecutive traits and corporate decision-making for sustainability

 

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