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Professor Dr. Catherine Soke Fun Ho

Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA,

40450 Shah Alam, Selangor

Email: catherine@uitm.edu.my, cathosf@gmail.com

Education: Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Faculty of Business & Economics

PhD (Finance)

Coursework - High Distinction

University of Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Fogelman College of Business & Economics

Master of Business Administration

Finance Major - CGPA 4.0

Cumulative Grade Point Average 4.0 Summa Cum Laude

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

School of Business

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons)

Cumulative Grade Point Average 9.9

University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Transferred to Carleton University, 1981

Eastern College, Toronto, Canada

Ontario Secondary School Honour Graduation Diploma

Cumulative Average of >80%

Work Experience:

University Technology MARA

Lecturer (1988-Present)

Deputy Dean, Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School, 2017-2018

Fulbright Scholar 2014/15

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Head of Centre for Finance, Insurance, Economics and Islamic Banking, Faculty of

Business Management 2010-2013

National Panel Assessor, MyGrant 2012- present

Head of Department, Financial Services and Risk Management, Faculty of Business

Management 2008-2010

Head, Centre for Financial Studies, Centre of Business Management Excellence, Faculty

of Business Management

PhD Supervisor for doctorate student at university, national and international level

Supervisor for Master of Science research students

Excellent Service Award UiTM 2000, 2006, 2010, 2016

Conference Secretary, MFA Annual Conference 2007

Responsible for teaching Finance courses at degree and post-graduate level

Advisor for final semester students with research project paper

Evaluator for PhD students at National, University and Faculty levels

Reviewer for international and national journals and conferences

Evaluation committee for presentation by final year degree students

Responsible for preparation of final examination papers

Core-Person for Economics at A-Level program

Advisor for student activities including study tour of local institutions, stock and futures

exchanges, central bank and pre-graduation dinner

Transtrade Corporation (1985-1987)

Marketing Executive

Develop new accounts while servicing existing customers

Provide customers with technical support and product recommendations

Analyze weekly sales and territory figures and update customers with current market

conditions

Courses Taught:

FIN 950 Financial Engineering (DBA)

FIN 921 Strategic Financial Management (DBA)

MGT 911 Research Methods (DBA)

FIN 760 Multinational Finance (MBA)

FIN 745 Managerial Finance (MBA)

FIN 762 Financial Engineering (MBA)

FIN 670 Basic Financial Management (MBA)

FIN 660 Research Projects

MGT 656 Research Methodology

FIN 657 Issues in Finance

FIN 542 International Financial Management

FIN 651 Malaysian Futures and Options

FIN 581 Investment

FIN 620 International Financial Management

FIN 540 Financial Management

FIN 260 Fundamentals of Finance

ECO 618 Economics for A-Level

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Professional and Academic Appointments:

External Examiner, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 2019-2022

Conference Speaker at 6th

MFPC International Conference on Islamic Wealth

Management & Financial Planning 2019 on Financial Freedom and Shariah Compliant

Investment, April 8, 2019, Berjaya Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

External Examiner, Queensland University of Technology, 2019

Accreditation Panel, Finance Accreditation Agency, 2018-2020

Panel Speaker on ‘IR4.0 and the Financial Industry’, International Conference in

Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics 2018 on “The Challenges of Change”, Oct

4-5, UTAR, Kampar.

Expert Panel Advisor, The Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR), 2018.

External Examiner, Open University Malaysia, 2018-2021

External Examiner, Sunway University, 2018-2021

Curriculum Design Review Panel, Sunway University, 2018-2020

President, Malaysian Finance Association 2017- present

Executive Committee, Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia (FAAM), 2018-20

Deputy Dean, Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School 2017-2018

Panel Speaker, 2nd

Business and Management Conference 2017 – China’s Belt and Road

Initiative and the Impact towards Malaysian Businesses, “Challenges and Opportunities

for SMEs”.

Chief Editor, Capital Market Review (CMR) 2017

Research Member, Malaysian Financial Planning Council, 2016-2019

Editorial Board, Journal of Insurance and Financial Management (JIFM)

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and

Economics 2016

FAA Accreditation Panel Member, Finance Accreditation Agency 2016-present

Speaker, MFPC HRDF Program on Emotional & Behavioral Finance on “The Emotions

& Economics of Consumer Finance” 2016

External Examiner, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman 2016-2019

Chairperson, Finance Program Standard for Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA)

2015-2017

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Wealth Management & Financial Planning 2015

onwards

Program Advisory Panel Member, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College 2016-2017

Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State

University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 2014-15

Associate Editor, Global Review of Accounting and Finance (GRAF)

Associate Editor, Capital Market Review (CMR)

Vice-President, Malaysian Finance Association, 2012-2017

Committee Member, Research and Publication Committee, MFPC, 2015-2018

Vice President (Academic), Malaysian Women Graduate Association, 2015-present

Review Board Member, Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research

Organizing Committee, ISI Regional Statistics Conference, Bank Negara Malaysia, 2014

Accreditation Panel, Finance Accreditation Agency, Malaysia

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Moderator, Financial Accreditation Agency, Malaysia

Board Member, External Relation and Publicity, Malaysian Financial Planning Council

National Grant Assessor, MyGrant and RMI UiTM, 2013 - present.

Head, Center for Finance, Insurance, Economics and Islamic Banking, Faculty of

Business Management, 2011-2013

Head of Department, Financial Services and Risk Management, Faculty of Business

Management, 2009-2011

Assistant Secretary, Malaysian Finance Association, 2007- 2012

Head, Centre for Financial Studies, Faculty of Business Management, 2006-2008

Research Awards:

1. Outstanding National Research Award on Islamic Banking at the Malaysia

Research Star Award 2017 by Ministry of Higher Education, Clarivate Analytics

(SCOPUS) and Elsevier.

2. Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2016, Emerald Group Publishing

Limited.

3. Best Paper Award (International) at the 6th

Asia Pacific International Conference on

Environment-Behaviour Studies 2015, Barcelona, Spain, “Household Behavior towards

Debt in a Challenging Financial Environment: Malaysian Evidence”.

4. Best Paper Award in Honor of Prof Les Zambo (International) at the 20th

Annual

Global Finance Conference 2013, Monterey Institute of International Studies,

Monterey, CA, USA, 2013. “Re-Examination of Exchange Rate Determinants using Non-

Parity Factors”.

5. Best Paper Award (International) at World Business and Social Science Research

Conference 2013, Bangkok, Thailand. “Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asian

Countries”.

6. Best Paper Award (International) at Annual London Conference on Money,

Economy and Management, Imperial College, London, 2008. “Examining Foreign

Exchange Behaviour in Asia Pacific and Eastern European Transitional Economies”.

7. 1st Prize UiTM-MFA Best Paper Award (National) at 9

th Malaysian Finance

Association Conference, Concorde Hotel Shah Alam, July, 2007. “Fundamentals in

Exchange Rate Determination: Malaysia and the ASEAN Emerging Countries”.

8. Best Paper Award (International) at 16th

Asia Financial Association/FMA

Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005. “Exchange Rate Dynamics and Time to

Equilibrium in Five Southeast Asian Economies”.

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Innovation and other Awards:

1. Fulbright Research Scholar 2014-2015, U.S. Department of State and Malaysian-

American Commission Educational Exchange.

2. Outstanding Reviewer Award 2014, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

3. International Innovation, Design and Articulation (i-IDeA 2013) Silver Medal:

Linking Factors and Strategies for FDI Enhancement, 28 – 30 May, 2013

4. Invention, Innovation & Design Expo 2013 “Knowledge Wealth Creation”

(iidex2013) Silver Award: Factor-Strategy Linking Tool (FSLT) for FDI Enhancement,

15 – 17 March, 2013

5. Research, Invention, Innovation and Design 2012 “Innovation for Sustainable

Growth” (RIID 2012) Gold Award: DH Calculator, 7 – 8 November, 2012.

6. Excellence Service Award, UiTM 2000, 2006, 2010 and 2016.

Research and Publication:

1. “External and Internal Determinants of Performance of Shariah and Non-Shariah

Compliant Firms” (2019), International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance

and Management, 12(2), 236-253. [ISSN 1753-8394] SCOPUS

2. “The Effects of Political Risk, Macroeconomic and Country Psecific Factors on FDI

in Developing Countries” (2019), International Journal of Academic Research in

Business and Social Sciences, 9(6), 369-382. [ISSN 2222-6990] ERA DOI:

10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i6/5957

3. “Impact of Financial Market Development on FDI in Developed and Emerging

Countries” (2019), accepted and will be published in International Review of Business

Research Papers, 15(1). [ISSN 1832-9543] ERA

4. “Profile and Differences in Financial Literacy: Empirical Evidence” (2018),

Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics, 21, 164-185. [ISBN 1511-2802]

SCOPUS

5. “A Preliminary Evaluation of Financial Literacy in Malaysia” (2018), Journal of

Wealth Management & Financial Planning, 5, 3 - 16. [ISSN 2289-6037]

6. “Effective Cross Hedging: Evidence from Physical Crude Palm Oil and its Inter-

Related Agricultural Futures Contracts” (2018), Management & Accounting Review,

17 (2), 123 – 134. [ISSN 2550-1895] (ABDC indexed)

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7. “Financial Capability & Utilization of Financial Advisory Services in Malaysia”

(2018), Report of National Findings 2018, Malaysian Financial Planning Council. [ISBN

978-983-42388-2-7]

8. “Addressing Inconsistencies within Islamic Finance” (2018), Asia Research News, 27,

ResearchSEA Limited. [ISSN 2042-0536]

9. “Corporate Finance: An Asian Perspective” (2018), Oxford University Press, Chapter

15 Risk Management and Corporate Finance. [ISBN 978 967 2113 29 4]

10. “Household Behavior towards Debt in a Challenging Financial Environment in

Malaysia” (2017), Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, AjBeS, 2(7), 21-29. [ISSN:

2398-4295}

11. “Post Financial Crisis and Macroeconomic Fundamentals on Household Debt in

Advanced Economies” (2017), Journal of Finance and Banking Review, 2(3), 36-41.

[ISSN 0128-3103]

12. “Fundamentals and Country Specific Determinants of FDI: Evidence from United

States and Malaysia” (2017), Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities,

25(2), 203-220. [ISSN: 0128-7702] SCOPUS

13. “Household Behavior towards Debt in a Challenging Financial Environment in

Malaysia” (2017), Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 2(7), 21-29. [ISSN: 2398-4295]

14. “The Effect of Financial Crisis and Macroeconomic Fundamentals on Foreign

Direct Investment in Developing Countries” (2017), International Journal of

Economics and Financial Issues, 7(1), 31-36. [ISSN: 2146-4138]

15. “Household Debt, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Household Characteristics in

Asian Developed and Developing Countries” (2016), The Social Sciences, 11(18),

4358-4362. [ISSN: 1818-5800] SCOPUS

16. “Price Discovery Role and Causal Relationship between Malaysian Gold Futures

Prices and Spot Gold Futures Prices” (2016), Advanced Science Letters, 22(12), 4409-

4103. [ISSN 1936-6612] SCOPUS

17. “Household Behavior towards Debt in a Challenging Financial Environment:

Malaysian Evidence” (2016), Environment Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 1(1), 239-

247. [ISSN 2398-4287]

18. “Household Indebtedness Determinants in ASEAN Developing Countries” (2016),

Journal of Wealth Management & Financial Planning, 3, 46-60. [ISSN 2289-6037]

19. “Preliminary Investigation on the Determinants of Household Debt” (2016), book

chapter in Proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business

Management 2014, Springer Science and Business Media, 479-488. SCOPUS [ISBN

978-981-287-425-2]

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20. “An Investigation of FDI in China, Singapore and Malaysia” (2016), book chapter in

Proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management

2014, Springer Science and Business Media, 489-500. SCOPUS [ISBN 978-981-287-

425-2]

21. “International Comparison of Shari’ah Compliance Screening Standards: A New

Paradigm” (2015), International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and

Management, 8(2), 222-245. [ISSN 1753-8394] SCOPUS

22. “Determinants of FDI inflow in Asia” (2015), Journal of Emerging Economies and

Islamic Research, 3(3), 1-9. [ISSN 2289-2259]

23. “Review of Performance of Global Islamic versus Conventional Share Indices:

International Evidence”, CFA Digest, 44(2), February 2014 by Rich Wiggins CFA.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2469/dig.v44.n2.3

24. “Parity and Non-Parity Determinants of Exchange Rates in Latin American

Economies” (2014), Taylor’s Business Review. 4(2), 183-202. [ISSN 2232-0172]

Springer, Global Science Journals. ERA

25. “Trade Competitiveness Determinants in Emerging and Developed Countries”

(2014), Capital Market Review, 22, 27-40. [ISSN 1823-4445]

26. “Performance of Global Islamic versus Conventional Share Indices: International

Evidence” (2014), Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 28, 110-121. [ISSN 0927-538X]

[Impact Factor 0.571] SCOPUS, ELSEVIER, ERA

27. “Economic Freedom, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Foreign Direct

Investment in Fast Emerging BRICS and Malaysia” (2013), International Journal of

Banking and Finance, 10(1), 57-73. [ISSN 1675-7227] CABELL, ERA

28. “Panel Analysis of FDI in Fast Emerging ASEAN countries” (2013) Terengganu

International Finance and Economics Journal, 3(2), 11-24. [ISSN 2232 -0539]

29. “Shariah Compliant Screening Practices in Malaysia” (2013), Islam and Civilisational

Renewal, Special Issue on Islamic Banking and Finance, 4(3), 330-348.

30. “Openness, Market Size and Foreign Direct Investments” (2013) book chapter in

Emerging Markets and Financial Resilience: Decoupling Growth from Turbulence,

Pelgrave MacMillian, 129-146. [ISBN: 978–1–137–26660–6] SCOPUS

31. “Time-to-Equilibrium in Exchange Rates: G-10 and Eastern Europe Economies”

(2012), Global Finance Journal, 23(2), 94-107. [ISSN 1044-0283] SCOPUS,

ELSEVIER, ERA

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32. “Integration of Asian Stock Markets” (2012), World Academy of Science, Engineering

and Technology, 72, 625-631. [ISSN 2010-376X] SCOPUS, ERA, EBSCO

33. “Crisis Preparedness at Taman Negara National Park Pahang” (2012), book chapter

in Taman Negara: Towards Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability, UiTM

Press, 269-290. ISBN 978-967-363-300-5.

34. “Interpreting the Significance of Financial, Economic and Market Risks on FDI

Decisions” (2012), Business and Management Quarterly Review, 3(2), 10-20. [ISSN

2180-2777] CABELL, ULRICH’s, SCIRUS

35. “Syariah Accounting and Compliant Screening Practices” (2012), Qualitative

Research in Financial Markets, 4(2/3), 240-254. [ISSN 1755-4179] SCOPUS

36. “Stock Market Deregulation, Macroeconomic Variables and Stock Market

Performances” (2011), International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, 2(6),

495-500. [ISSN 2010-023X] EBSCO, ULRICH’s

37. “Size and Performance of Conventional and Islamic Malaysian Banks” (2011),

Bankers Journal Malaysia, 136, 16-22. [ISSN 0126-9534]

38. “Positioning Malaysian Capital Market in the New Decade” (2011), Asian Link,

Asian Institute of Finance, 03/2011, 8-11.

39. “Macroeconomic and Country Specific Determinants of FDI” (2011), The Business

Review, Cambridge, Vol 18(1), 219-234. [ISSN 1553 – 5827]

40. “Comparison of Quantitative Shariah-Compliant Screening Methods” (2011), ISRA

International Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol 3(2), 91-110. [ISSN 0128-1976]

41. “Domestic Macroeconomic Fundamentals and World Stock Market Effects on

ASEAN Emerging Markets” (2011), International Journal of Economics and

Management, Vol 5(1), 1-18. [ISSN 1823-836X] SCOPUS

42. “Pre-IPO Characteristics and Post-IPO Operating Performance in Malaysia”

(2011), Business and Management Quarterly Review, Vol 2(1), 54-64. [ISSN 2180-2777]

43. “Sticky Prices and Time to Equilibrium: Evidence from Asia Pacific Trade-Related

Economies” (2011), Applied Economics, Vol 43(21), 2851-2861.[ISSN 0003-6846]

ISI INDEXED, SCOPUS, ERA

44. “Crisis Management at Taman Negara National Park, Kuala Tahan, Pahang,

Malaysia” (2010), International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, Vol 1(1), 24-

27. [2010-023X] EBSCO, ULRICH’s

45. “A Test of Purchasing Power Parity: Asia Pacific and Latin America” (2009), Asian

Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol 5 (2), 33-53. [ISSN

1823-4992] SCOPUS, ERA

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46. “A Preliminary Study on Credit Risk Management Strategies of Selected Banks in

Malaysia” (2009), Jurnal Pengurusan, Vol 28, 45-65. [ISSN 0127-2713] SCOPUS

47. “Examining Foreign Exchange Behaviour in Asia Pacific and Eastern European

Emerging Countries” (2009), Global Economy and Finance Journal, Vol 2 (1), 1-19.

[ISSN 1834-5883], ERA

48. “Exchange Rate Behaviour of East European Transitional Economies” (2009),

International Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol 6(2), 95-109. [ISSN 1675-7227]

CABELL, ERA

49. “Forecasting of the Malaysian Betas” (2009), INTI Journal, Vol 3(1), 1-13. [ISSN

1675-0284]

50. “Estimating Systematic Risk: The Return Interval and Estimation Period Issue:

Evidence from Malaysia 2002-2006” (2009), INTI Journal, Vol 3(1), 44-52. [ISSN

1675-0284]

51. “Business Research Method for Managers”, Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2009.

52. “Exchange Rate Equilibrium and Fundamentals in Asia-Pacific Countries” (2008),

Asian Journal of Business and Accounting, Vol 1(2), 117-146. [ISSN 1985-4064]

SCOPUS, ERA

53. “Fundamentals of Exchange Rate Determination: Malaysia and the ASEAN

Emerging Countries” (2008), Capital Market Review, Vol 16(2), 1-23. [ISSN 1823-

4445]

54. “Role of Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination: Australia and

the Asia Pacific Region” (2008), Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Vol 45(1), 45-

69. [ISSN 1511-4554] SCOPUS

55. “Time to Equilibrium and Long Run Dynamics of Exchange Rate Determination in

the Asia Pacific” (2008), Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol

13 (2), 83-114. [ISSN 0128-7494]

56. “UiTM – Perhilitan Taman Negara Research Projects”, Book of Abstracts, UiTM,

2007.

57. “Exchange Rate Dynamics in Five ASEAN Emerging Economies” (2007), Economics

Bulletin, Vol 8, 1-26. [ISSN 0128-9675]

58. "Capital Markets in Malaysia", McGraw Hill, 2008, Book Chapter: Chapter 3:

“Exchange Rate Instability, Regulation and Equilibrium”. [ISBN 978-983-3850-22-

8]

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59. Introduction to Malaysian Derivatives, University Publication Centre (UPENA), UiTM

2006. [ISBN 983-3644-11-2]

60. Faculty of Business Management Working Paper Series 3 (2007), seven working

papers, FBM, UiTM

Peer Reviewed and Indexed Proceedings:

1. “Can Shariah Compliant Funds Outperform their Conventional Counterparts?”,

Asian Business and Economics International Conference 2019 (ABEIC 2019) at

Kangwon National University (KNU), South Korea, 25th-27th April, 2019.

2. “Sustainability of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): A Malaysian Perspective”, World

Economy 2019: Learning from the Past and Designing the Future, SGH Warsaw School

of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, 9-10 May, 2019.

3. “The Impact of Financial Market Development on FDI in Developed and Emerging

Countries”, 17th

Global Business Research Conference, Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku,

Tokyo, Japan, 5-6 April, 2018.

4. “The Effect of Political Risk and Macroeconomic Factors on FDI in

Developing Countries”, International Conference on Business Management and Social

Science 2017 (ICOBMASS 2017), Hotel UiTM Shah Alam, 20-21 December 2017.

5. “Effective Cross Hedging: Evidence from Physical Crude Palm Oil and Its Inter-

Related Agricultural Futures Contracts”, 4th

International Conference on Social

Science Research (CSSR 2017), 6-7 December, The Pines Hotel, Melaka.

6. “Post Financial Crisis and Macroeconomic Fundamentals on Household Debt in

Advanced Economies”, Global Conference on Business & Social Sciences Series

(GCBSS 2017), May 4-5, 2017, VE Hotel, KL.

7. “Impact of External and Internal Determinants on Performance of Shariah and

Non-Shariah Compliant Firms”, 2017 19th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference,

University Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Perak, 16-18 May, 2017. ISBN: 978-967-

11506-7-2.

8. “Household Debt, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Household Characteristics in

Asian Developed and Developing Countries”, 2016 2nd Internaitonal Conference on

Business, Management, Tourism and Hospitality, Bali, Indonesia, 23-25 August, 2016.

9. “Fundamentals and Country Specific Determinants of FDI: Evidence from United

States and Malaysia”, Advances in Business Research International Conference 2015,

Langkawi, Malaysia, 17-18 November, 2015.

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10. “Household Behavior towards Debt in a Challenging Financial Environment:

Malaysian Evidence”, Asia Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour

Studies, AicE-Bs2015, Barcelona, Spain, 30 August-4 September, 2015.

11. “Macroeconomic and Country Specific Determinants of Household Indebtedness”,

17th Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2015, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 2-4 June,

2015.

12. “Determinants of FDI inflow in Asia”, 17th Malaysian Finance Association Conference

2015, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 2-4 June, 2015.

13. “Macroeconomic and Country Specific Determinanats of Household Indebtedness”,

17th Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2015, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 2-4 June,

2015

14. “Trade Competitiveness Determinants in Emerging and Developed Countires”,

International Statistical Institute Regional Statistics Conference 2014, Satistical Science

for a Better Tomorrow, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-19 Novermber 2014.

15. “Macroeconomic and Country Specific Determinants of Trade Flows in BRICS,

Asia Developing and Developed Countries”, 16th

Malaysian Finance Association

Conference 2014, Financial Systems Re-Generation: Maps. Gaps and Traps, Sasana

Kijang, BNM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

16. “Global Shari’ah Compliance Screening Standards Comparison”, IEEE Colloquium

on Humanities, Science & Engineering Research (CHUSER 2014), April 7-9, Penang,

Malaysia. IEEE/SCOPUS

17. “Performance Analyses of Islamic and Conventional Indices”, IEEE Colloquium on

Humanities, Science & Engineering Research (CHUSER 2014), April 7-9, Penang,

Malaysia. IEEE/SCOPUS

18. “International Comparison of Shari’ah Compliance Screening Standards: A New

Paradigm”, 6th

Foundation of Islamic Finance Conference 2014, April 2-3, Durham

University, United Kingdom.

19. “Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asian Countries”, World Business and

Social Science Research Conference 2013, October 24-25, Bangkok, Thailand.

20. “Shariah Compliant Screening Practices of Malaysian Financial Institutions”, IEEE

Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA 2013), 22-25

Sept, Kuching, Malaysia. IEEE/SCOPUS

21. “Re-Examination of Exchange Rate Determinants using Non-Parity Factors”, 20th

Global Finance Conference at Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA,

USA, May 20-22, 2013.

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22. “Macroeconomic Factors and Country Specific Indicators on FDI in Developed and

Developing Countries”, 15th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2013, Financial

Challenges and Economic Growth – The Way Forward, 2-4 June, Sime Darby

Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

23. “Exchange Rate, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and International Trade”, 2012

IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science & Engineering Research (CHUSER 2012),

December 3 – 4, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. IEEE/SCOPUS

24. “Panel Analysis of FDI in Fast Emerging ASEAN Countries”, Terengganu

International Business and Economics Conference III 2012 (TiBEC III), October 18-20,

Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

25. “International Trade Competitiveness of Emerging ASEAN5+4 Countries”, IEEE

Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA 2012), Sept

23-27, Bandung, Indonesia. IEEE/SCOPUS

26. “Improving International Trade Competitiveness of Emerging ASEAN5+4

Countries”, Asian Finance Association and Taiwan Finance Association 2012 Joint

International Conference, July 7-9, Taipei, Taiwan.

27. “Openness, Market Size and Foreign Direct Investments in Fast Emerging

Countries”, Proceedings of the 14th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2012:

Emerging Markets and Financial Resilience: Decoupling Growth from Turbulence, June

1-3, Penang, Malaysia.

28. “Factor Analysis of Domestic Risk Characteristics for MNCs”, presented at the 2011

IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science & Engineering Research, Penang, 4-7

December, 2011. IEEE/SCOPUS

29. “The Effects of Engaging Financial Advisers in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)”,

presented at the 2011 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science & Engineering

Research, Penang, 4-7 December, 2011. IEEE/SCOPUS

30. “Re-Examination of Exchange Rate Determinants using Non-Parity Factors”,

presented at Annual Meeting of Academy of Financial Services Meeting, Las Vegas,

USA, October 23-24, 2011.

31. “Does Size of Conventional and Islamic Malaysian Banks affect Performance?”,

presented at International Islamic Finance and Business Symposium and Halal Carnival

2011, DATC, UiTM, 6 – 8 October, 2011.

32. “Foreign Exchange Time to Equilibrium for G-10 and Eastern Europe”, presented at

2011 Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) Annual Conference, July 10-13, Macau.

33. “The Impact of Stock Market Liberalization and Macroeconomic Variables on

Stock Market Performances”, Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on

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Financial Management and Economics, (ISSN: 2010-4626) ICFME 2011, July 2 – 3,

Hong Kong. Thomson ISI Indexed.

34. “Macroeconomic and Country Specific Determinants of FDI”, accepted at the

International Business, Finance & Economics Research Conference 2011, June 16-19,

Los Angeles, USA

35. “Financial Economic and Market Risks in FDI Decisions” Proceedings of the 13th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2011: ‘Financial Innovation and

Transformation in the 21st Century’, June 10 – 12, Langkawi, Malaysia.

36. “Domestic Risks Characteristics and Foreign Direct Investments” Proceedings of the

13th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2011: ‘Financial Innovation and

Transformation in the 21st Century’, June 10 – 12, Langkawi, Malaysia.

37. “Measuring The Time‐To‐Equilibrium: Application To G‐10 & Eastern Europe”,

Proceedings of the 2011 Global Finance Association Conference, “The Global

Imbalances, Sustainability and Tides of Change”, April 3 – 5, Bangkok, Thailand.

38. “Comparison of Quantitative Syariah Compliance Standards”, Proceedings of the

Second Conference, Foundation of Islamic Finance Series 2011: Islamic Banking

Products, Theory, Practice & Issues, March 8 - 10, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

39. “Pre-IPO Characteristics and Post-IPO Operating Performance in Malaysia”, Proceedings of The 2

nd Terengganu International Business and Economics Conference

2010: Internationalization and Globalization of Business: Bridging the Gap Beyond All

Limits (TiBec 2010), Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.

40. “Foreign Exchange Equilibrium within Trade-linked Countries: Purchasing Power

Parity”, Proceedings of The 18th

Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance,

Economics, Accounting & Management at Beijing, China, 2010.

41. “Syariah Compliance Screening Standards: Is there a Universal Acceptable

Formula?” Proceedings of the 12th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2010:

Re-Engineering the Financial System towards a Global Innovation Economy” at Sunway

Resort, Selangor, Malaysia.

42. “Crisis Preparedness at Taman Negara National Park, Kuala Tahan, Pahang”,

Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Business, Economics and Tourism

Management, Singapore. [ISBN13 978-1-84626-026-1]

43. “Domestic Macroeconomic Fundamentals & US Stock Market Effects on Five

ASEAN Financial Markets”, Proceedings of 22nd

Annual Australasian Finance and

banking Conference 2009, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Social Science Research

Network, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1463164.

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44. “Foreign Exchange Equilibrium within Trade-linked Countries: Purchasing Power

Parity” Refereed proceedings of Asian Finance Association International Conference

2009, Brisbane, QE Business School, Australia. [ISBN 978-1864999556]

45. “Domestic Fundamentals and World Stock Market Effects on ASEAN Emerging

Market”, Refereed proceedings of 11th Annual Malaysian Finance Association

Conference 2009, June, Penang, Malaysia. [ISBN 978-697-344-069-6]

46. “Examining Foreign Exchange Behaviour in Asia Pacific and Eastern European

Transitional Economies”, Refereed proceedings of Annual London Conference on

Money, Economy and Management, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, 2008

47. “Time to Equilibrium and Long Run Dynamics of Exchange Rate Determination in

the Asia Pacific”, Refereed proceedings of 1st Terengganu International Business and

Economics Conference 2008 (1st TiBÉC) ’08, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu

48. “A Preliminary Study on Credit Risk Management Strategies of Selected Banks in

Malaysia”, Refereed proceedings of 10th Annual Malaysian Finance Association

Conference 2008, Kuching, Sarawak.

49. The Role of Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination Australia

and the Asia Pacific Region, Working Paper CARF-F-125 (2008), Center for Advanced

Research in Finance, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

50. “Exchange Rate Time to Equilibrium for Emerging Countries”, Refereed

Proceedings of 4th

International Conference on Banking and Finance, Langkawi,

Malaysia, January 2008. [ISBN: 978-983-42220-3-1]

51. “Foreign Exchange Fluctuations in Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe”, Refereed

proceedings of Global Finance Conference 14th

Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, April 1-

4, 2007.

52. “Long Run Exchange Rate Behaviour in the Asia Pacific Region”, Refereed

proceedings of International Conference on Business, Environment, International

Competitiveness and Sustainable Development of the Asia Pacific Economies, December

2007, Sunway Resort, Malaysia.

53. “Exchange Rate Fluctuations in Asian Pacific and Eastern Europe”, Refereed

Proceedings of 18th

Asian Financial Association/FMA Conference, Hong Kong, July

2007

54. “Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination: Malaysia and the ASEAN

Emerging Countries” Refereed Proceedings of 9th

Malaysian Finance Association

Conference, Shah Alam, June 2007

55. Foreign Exchange Market Equilibrium in Trade-Linked Economies: A Test of Purchasing

Power Parity, Seminar Series 2006, Department of Economics and Finance, Massey

University, New Zealand. March 20, 2006.

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56. “Exchange Rate Dynamics and Time to Equilibrium in Five Southeast Asian

Economies”, Submitted to IRDC Research Record, June 2006

57. “The Role of Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination - Asia

Pacific Region”, Submitted to IRDC Research Record, April 2006.

58. “Foreign Exchange Market Equilibrium in Asia Pacific and Latin America: A Test

of Purchasing Power Parity”, Refereed Proceedings of 17th

Asian Financial

Association/Financial Management Association (USA) Conference, New Zealand, July

2006.

59. “Parity and Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination in Australia

and the Asia Pacific”, Refereed Proceedings of 8th

Malaysian Finance Association

Conference, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 2006.

60. Submitted Thesis: Long Run Exchange Rate Determinants in Trade-Related

Countries, for obtaining the degree of PhD, Monash University, Australia.

61. Exchange Rate Dynamics and Time to Equilibrium in Five Southeast Asian

Countries, Refereed proceedings of 16th

Asian Finance Association/FMA Annual

Conference 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

62. Foreign Exchange Market Equilibrium in Closely-Trading Regions: A Test of PPP,

Refereed proceedings of 9th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and

International Finance 2005, Rethymno, Island of Crete, Greece.

63. Time to Equilibrium and Long Run Dynamics of Exchange Rate Determination in

the Asia Pacific, Refereed proceedings of Eastern Finance Association Conference

2005, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

64. Long Run Exchange Rate Determination, Refereed proceedings of 17th

Annual

Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2004, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

65. The Role of Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination in Australia

and the Asia Pacific, Refereed Proceedings of Monash University PhD Doctoral

Conference 2004, Strath Creek, Victoria, Australia.

Research Projects and Grants:

1. FRGS – MRSA Research Grant: “Analyzing the Impact of Islamic Financial

Market on Sustainability of Banking Sector Development and Economic Growth:

International Comparison” – January 2018 (RM100,000)

2. AAGBS Research Grant: “Examining the Effectiveness of Cross Hedging between

CPO and its Inter-Related Futures Contracts” – October 2017 (RM5,000)

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3. Capital Market Development Fund Grant: “Financial Capability and Financial

Planning Advisory Services in Malaysia’, January 2017 – March 2018. (RM109,000)

4. FRGS Research Grant: “The Elements of Behavior on Intention to incur Household

Debt”, Nov 2015 – Nov 2017. (RM70,200)

5. ARI Research Grant: “Establishing an Internal Quantitative Shari’ah Compliance

Standards”, Jan 2012 – 2014. (RM40,000)

6. Dana Research Intensive Faculty Fund: The Elements of Financial Behaviour to

Prevent Household Insolvency, Dec 2012 – 2013. (RM20,000)

7. Dana Research Intensive Faculty Fund: Modeling Exchange Rate Determinants

with Non-Parity Fundamentals, Dec 2012 – 2013. (RM20,000)

8. FRGS Research Grant: “Sovereign Exchange Rate Autonomy and International

Trade Facilitation”, Dec 2010-2012. Submitted November 2012. (RM 40,000)

9. Dana Kercemerlangan Research Project, UiTM “Attracting Foreign Direct

Investments into Malaysia”, Dec 2008 - Submitted March 2011. (RM31,800)

10. FRGS Research Grant for Taman Negara: “Managing Crisis at Taman Negara: An

Exploratory Study”, IRDC, 2007. (RM30,000)

11. IRDC Research Project, Exchange Rate Dynamics and Time to Equilibrium in Five

Southeast Asian Economies, 2007

12. IRDC Research Project, The Role of Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate

Determinants in Asia Pacific Region, 2005

Consultancy:

1. Appointed as FAA Accreditation Panel for Finance Accreditation Agency’s

Programme Accreditation, 2019-2020.

2. Appointed as Advisory Board member of Advances in Business Research International

Journal (ABRIJ), 2019-2020.

3. Appointed as Committee member of Malaysian Financial Planning Council - Research

& Publication Committee, 2019-2021.

4. Appointed as Editorial Board member of SMART Journal of Business and Mangement

Studies, 2019-2020.

5. Appointed as International Advisory Board of Journal of Emerging and Islamic

Research, 2019-2021.

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6. Appointed as Committee Member of research project on Financial Capability and

Financial Planning Advisory Services in Malaysia 2019, with Malaysian Financial

Planning Council (MFPC) with a grant from Capital Market Development Fund

(CMDF), 2019.

7. Appointed as Expert Panel Advisor for a research project on Asset Management Industry

in Malaysia at The Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR), 2018.

8. Appointed as External Examiner at Open University Malaysia for their Bachelor of

Banking and Finance (Hons) program, 2018-21.

9. Appointed as Curriculum Design Review Panel – Bachelor of Science (Hons) Finance,

Sunway University, 2018.

10. Research Collaboration with Malaysian Financial Planning Council on Financial

Literacy and Financial Capability, 2017-18.

11. Research Collaboration with Bank Negara Malaysia on Trade and Investment Flow in

Malaysia, 2014/2015

12. Appointed as Registered External Supervisor at Victoria University, Australia,

2013/2015

13. Appointed as the Consultant Head for Postal USO Net Cost Project for Suruhanjaya

Komunikasi Dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM), 2012/14

14. Appointed as a Consultant for Compensation and Benefits Package Review and

Analysis for Tenaga Switchgear Sdn Bhd, 2014.

15. Appointed as a Consultant for Malaysian Airport Career Development Program on

Financial Management for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, 2010/13.

16. Appointed as a Consultant for Ministry of Transport, Malaysia for Master Plan Study

for Public Transport in Urban Cities/Towns in Malaysia, 2008/09.

17. Consultant for Putrajaya Holdings, Financing Model for Putrajaya Line 1 Monorail

System, 2008.

18. Appointed as a Consultant for the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of

Malaya: Doctor of Philosophy candidate, 2007-2013.

19. Appointed as Main Supervisor, PhD Candidate Chen Yin Foo (CGS 00311910), Open

University Malaysia, 2008.

20. Appointed as a Consultant for Airport Managers Development Program and Specialist

Development Program on Financial Management for Malaysia Airports Holdings

Berhad, 2007/08.

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21. Consultant for FRGS Taman Negara Research Project: “Managing Crisis at Taman

Negara: An Exploratory Study”, 2007/08.

External PhD Examiner:

1. Huong Ngoc Truong – Corporate Governance, Regulatory Enforcement Actions and

Reputational Loss in the Banking Industry, School of Economics and Finance,

Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2019.

2. Dauda Sani – The Determinants of Retirement Planning Behavior: A Comparative Study

of Public and Private Sector Workers in Nigeria, Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate

School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), 2018.

3. Asmah Mohd Jaapar – Impact of Change in Index Constituents on the Affected Stock and

Fund Performance, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF),

2018.

4. Mohammad Azzam – The Association between Corporate Governance Reform,

Ownership Structure and Earnings Management: Empirical Evidence from a Unique

Regulatory Environment, University of South Australia Business School (UniSA),

Australia, 2017.

5. Chong Wei Lan - The Effects of Free Cash Flow, Agency Costs and Corporate

Governance on REITS in Asia, PhD Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2016.

6. Alireza Zarei - Exchange Rate Dynamics and Asset Price Formation, PhD Universiti

Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2015.

7. Hishamuddin Abdul Wahab - The Currency Risk Exposure of Non-Financial Firms in

ASEAN-4: An Assessment Using Stock Returns and Cash Flow Methodologies, INCEIF

PhD in Islamic Finance, 2013

8. Esmaeil Akhlaghi Yazdinejad – Compensation, Performance and Earnings Management

in Asia Pacific Countries, Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti Putra

Malaysia (UPM), 2012.

9. Chandra Setiawan – Non-Performing Loans and bank Efficiency of conventional and

Isalmic Banks in OIC Countries, Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti

Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2011.

10. Aslam Izah Bt Selamat – Tax Effects on Share Prices in Uniquely Different Tax

Regimes, Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM),

2010.

11. Jamal Barzegari Khanagha – Value Relevance of Accounting Information in Selected

Middle East Countries. Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti Putra

Malaysia (UPM), 2009.

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MSc External Examiner:

1. Lim Hooi Boon - Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti Putra Malaysia

(UPM), 2014

2. Habiba Nabila Ihlasuddini - National Culture and the Composition of the Board of

Directors, Master of Philosophy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 2017

Supervisor of Postgraduate students:

PhD:

Victoria University, Australia

Nicholas Y C Lum - Risk Modeling, Measurement and Management of Foreign Exchange-Rate:

Stochastic Volatility Modeling and Approaches, graduated 2015.

University Malaya

Noor Azryani Auzairy - Stock Market Liberalization, Returns & Integration in Asia: Evidence

from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea, graduated 2014.

Open University Malaysia

Chen Yin Foo - Beta Prediction Models: Issues and Evidence from Malaysian Industries

UiTM

PhD

Anita Hasli – Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments, submitting 2019.

Siti Aminah Mainal – Household Indebtedness and its Causes, submitted under evaluation 2019.

MSc

Amirhossein Karbalaei – A Nexus of Structural Macroeconomic Factors with Trade and FDI in

Developed and Developing Countries, graduated 2015.

Journal/ Conference Reviewer Appointments:

1. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific Accounting Review, 2019.

2. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2019.

3. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pertanika Journal, 2019.

4. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of Wealth Management and Financial Planning, 2019

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5. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2018.

6. Conference Paper Reviewer, 20th

Malaysian Finance Association Annual Conference,

2018.

7. Conference Paper Reviewer, AAGBS International Conference on Business

Management (AiCoBM) 2018.

8. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of Wealth Management and Financial Planning, 2018

9. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2017.

10. Journal Paper Reviewer, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance

and Management, 2017

11. Journal Paper Reviewer, International Journal of Economics and Management, 2017.

12. Conference Paper Reviewer, 11th

Asian Academy of Management International

Conference 2017

13. MFA Conference Award Paper Committee 2017, 19th

Malaysian Finance Association

Annual Conference, 2017.

14. Conference Paper Reviewer, 19th

Malaysian Finance Association Annual Conference,

2017.

15. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics, 2016

16. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Academy of Management Journal, 2016

17. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pertanika Journal 2016

18. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal Pengurusan, 2016

19. Journal Paper Reviewer, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance

and Management, 2016

20. Journal Paper Reviewer, International Journal of Banking and Finance 2016

21. Conference Paper Reviewer and Session Chair, Malaysian Finance Association

Annual Conference 2016

22. Journal Paper Reviewer, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2015

23. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of Business and Economics Management, 2015

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24. Journal Paper Reviewer, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance

and Management, 2015

25. Conference Paper Reviewer, 10th

Asian Academy of Management International

Conference 2015

26. Conference Paper Reviewer and Session Chair, Malaysian Finance Association

Annual Conference 2015

27. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pertanika, 2015

28. Journal Paper Reviewer, Applied Economics, 2015

29. Research Grant Proposal Evaluator, MyGrant 2015

30. Conference Paper Reviewer, ISI Regional Statistics Conference, 2014

31. Conference Paper Reviewer, Malaysian Finance Association Annual Conference 2014.

32. Journal Paper Reviewer, Applied Financial Economics, 2014

33. Journal Paper Reviewer, International Journal of Management Studies, 2014.

34. Conference Paper Track Chair and Reviewer, AAGBS International Conference on

Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014).

35. Research Grant Proposal Evaluator, MyGrant 2014

36. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2013

37. Journal Paper Reviewer, South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, Emerald,

2013

38. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting &

Finance, 2013

39. Journal Paper Reviewer, South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 2013

40. PhD Colloquium Discussant Panel for Malaysian Finance Association Conference PhD

Colloquium Session 2013

41. Best Paper Award Selection Committee, Malaysian Finance Association Conference

2013.

42. Conference Paper Reviewer, 2013 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering &

industrial applications (ISBEIA 2013)

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43. Conference Paper Reviewer, 2013 IEEE Symposium on Humanities, Science &

Engineering Research (SHUSER 2013)

44. Conference Paper Reviewer, 2012 IEEE Business, Engineering & Industrial

Applications Colloquium (BEIAC 2012)

45. Conference Paper Reviewer, 2012 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science &

Engineering Research (CHUSER 2012)

46. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2012

47. Conference Paper Reviewer, 3rd

Terengganu International Business and Economics

Conference 2012 (TiBec 2012)

48. Conference Paper Reviewer, 2012 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering &

Industrial Applications (ISBEIA 2012)

49. Discussant, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) Annual Conference 2012.

50. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pertanika Journal, 2012

51. Conference Paper Reviewer, Discussant and Session Chair, 14th

Malaysian Finance

Association Conference 2012

52. Journal Paper Reviewer, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2011

53. Discussant, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) Annual Conference 2011.

54. Conference Paper Reviewer, Discussant and Session Chair, 13th

Malaysian Finance

Association Conference 2011

55. Conference Paper Reviewer, Mid-West Finance Association Annual Conference, USA

2011.

56. Journal Paper Reviewer, ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, 2011

57. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting &

Finance, 2011

58. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Journal of Business and Accounting, 2011

59. Conference Paper Reviewer, Discussant and Session Chair, 18th

Annual Conference

on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting & Management at Beijing, China,

2010.

60. Conference Paper Reviewer, 2nd

Terengganu International Business and Economics

Conference 2010: Internationalization and Globalization of Business: Bridging the Gap

Beyond All Limits (TiBec 2010)

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61. Conference Paper Reviewer, Discussant and Session Chair, 12th

Malaysian Finance

Association Conference 2010: Re-Engineering the Financial System towards a Global

Innovation Economy”.

62. Conference Paper Reviewer 2010, Mid-West Finance Association Annual Conference,

USA

63. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Academy of Management Journal, 2010

64. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship

(JIBE), 2009/2010.

65. Journal Paper Reviewer, Applied Economics (UK), 2007-2009.

66. Conference Paper Discussant and Session Chair, 22nd

Australasian Finance and

Banking Conference, Australia, 2009.

67. Journal Paper Reviewer, Jurnal Pengurusan, 2009.

68. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Journal of Business and Accounting (AJBA), August

2009.

69. Conference Paper Reviewer and Session Chair, 1st Global Business Summit

Conference 2009.

70. Conference Paper Reviewer, Conference on Scientific and Social Research 2008-09.

71. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of Applied Financial Economics (AFE), U.K.,

December 2008.

72. Journal Paper Reviewer, Asian Journal of Business and Accounting (AJBA), October

2008.

73. Journal Paper Reviewer, Capital Market Review (CMR), July 2008.

74. Conference Paper Reviewer and Session Chair, 1st Terengganu International Business

and Economics Conference (1st TiBÉC) ’08, September 2008.

75. Conference Paper Reviewer, 10th Annual Malaysian Finance Association Conference,

May 2008.

76. Conference Paper Reviewer, Annual London Conference on Money, Economy and

Management, May 2008.

77. Session Chair, Annual London Conference on Money, Economy and Management, July

2008

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78. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of Applied Financial Economics, U.K., February

2008.

79. Journal Editor, Economic Bulletin, since 2007.

80. Journal Paper Reviewer, Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship

(JIBE), 2007.

81. Paper Discussant for 18th

Asian Financial Association/FMA Conference, Hong Kong,

July 2007.

82. Blind Reviewer for 9th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Shah Alam,

Malaysia, 2007.

83. Paper Discussant for 17th

Asian Financial Association/Financial Management

Association (USA) Conference, New Zealand, July 2006.

84. Paper Reviewer, 8th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Kota Kinabalu,

Malaysia, May 2006.

85. Journal Paper Reviewer, CSSR Journal, UiTM, May 2006.

86. Paper Reviewer, Conference on Scientific and Social Research, UiTM, April 2006.

Conferences Presented:

1. Conference Speaker, 6th

MFPC International Conference on Islamic Wealth

Management & Financial Planning 2019, April 8, 2019, Berjaya Hotel, Kuala

Lumpur, “Financial Freedom and Shariah Compliant Investment”.

2. 17th

Global Business Research Conference, Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku, Tokyo,

Japan, 5-6 April, 2018, “The Impact of Financial Market Development on FDI in

Developed and Emerging Countries”.

3. International Conference on Business Management and Social Science 2017

(ICOBMASS 2017), Hotel UiTM Shah Alam, 20-21 December 2017, “The Effect of

Political Risk and Macroeconomic Factors on FDI in Developing Countries”.

4. 19th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference, University Tuanku Abdul Rahman,

Kampar, Perak, 16-18 May, 2017 “Impact of External and Internal Determinants on

Performance of Shariah and Non-Shariah Compliant Firms”.

5. Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and

Economics 2016, Kampar, UTAR, 5 October, 2016. “Global Integration: Trends and

Issues”.

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6. 2016 2nd Internaitonal Conference on Business, Management, Tourism and

Hospitality, Bali, Indonesia, 23-25 August, 2016, “Household Debt, Macroeconomic

Fundamentals and Household Characteristics in Asian Developed and Developing

Countries”.

7. Advances in Business Research International Conference 2015, Langkawi,

Malaysia, 17-18 November, 2015, “Fundamentals and Country Specific Determinants of

FDI: Evidence from United States and Malaysia”

8. IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science & Engineering Research (CHUSER

2014), April 7-9, Penang, Malaysia, “Global Shari’ah Compliance Screening Standards

Comparison” and “Performance Analyses of Islamic and Conventional Indices”

9. 6th

Foundation of Islamic Finance Conference 2014, April 2-3, Durham University,

United Kingdom, “International Comparison of Shari’ah Compliance Screening

Standards: A New Paradigm”

10. World Business and Social Science Research Conference 2013, October 24-25,

Bangkok, Thailand, “Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asian Countries”

11. IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA

2013), 22-25 Sept, 2013, Kuching, Malaysia. “Shariah Compliant Screening Practices of

Malaysian Financial Institutions”

12. 20th

Global Finance Conference at Monterey Institute of International Studies,

Monterey, CA, USA, 20-22 May, 2013, “Re-Examination of Exchange Rate

Determinants using Non-Parity Factors”

13. 2012 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science & Engineering Research (CHUSER

2012), “Exchange Rate, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and International Trade”

14. Terengganu International Business and Economics Conference III 2012 (TiBEC III), “Panel Analysis of FDI in Fast Emerging ASEAN Countries”

15. 2012 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications

(ISBEIA 2012), “International Trade Competitiveness of Emerging ASEAN5+4

Countries”

16. Asian Finance Association and Taiwan Finance Association 2012 Joint International

Conference, “Improving International Trade Competitiveness of Emerging ASEAN5+4

Countries”

17. 14th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2012: Emerging Markets and

Financial Resilience: Decoupling Growth from Turbulence, “Openness, Market Size

and Foreign Direct Investments in Fast Emerging Countries”.

18. International Islamic Finance and Business Symposium and Halal Carnival 2011,

“Does Size of Conventional and Islamic Malaysian Banks affect Performance?”

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19. 2011 Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) Annual Conference, “Foreign Exchange

Time to Equilibrium for G-10 and Eastern Europe”

20. The International Business, Finance & Economics Research Conference 2011,

“Macroeconomic and Country Specific Determinants of FDI”

21. 13th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2011: ‘Financial Innovation and

Transformation in the 21st Century’, “Domestic Risks Characteristics and Foreign

Direct Investments”

22. 13th

Malaysian Finance Association Conference 2011: ‘Financial Innovation and

Transformation in the 21st Century’, “Financial Economic and Market Risks in FDI

Decisions”

23. 2011 Global Finance Association Conference, “The Global Imbalances,

Sustainability and Tides of Change”, “Measuring The Time‐To‐Equilibrium:

Application To G‐10 & Eastern Europe”

24. Second Conference, Foundation of Islamic Finance Series: Islamic Banking Products,

Theory, Practice & Issues, 2011. “Comparison of Quantitative Syariah Compliance

Standards”.

25. 2nd Terengganu International Business and Economics Conference (TiBÉC), Kuala

Terengganu, Terengganu, 2010. “Pre-IPO Characteristics and Post-IPO Operating

Performance in Malaysia”.

26. 18th

Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting and

Management (PBFEAM), Beijing, China, 2010. “Foreign Exchange Equilibrium within

Trade-linked Countries: Purchasing Power Parity”.

27. 12th Annual Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Selangor, 2010. “Syariah

Compliance Screening Standards: Is there a Universal Acceptable Formula?”

28. 2010 International Conference on Business, Economics and Tourism Management,

Singapore. “Crisis Preparedness at Taman Nagara National Park, Kuala Tahan, Pahang”.

29. 22nd

Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Australia, 2009. “Domestic

Macroeconomic Fundamentals and U.S. Stock Market Effects on Five ASEAN Financial

Markets”.

30. 11th Annual Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Penang, 2009. “Domestic

Fundamentals and World Stock Market Effects on ASEAN Emerging Market”.

31. Annual London Conference on Money, Economy and Management, Imperial College,

London, United Kingdom, 2008. “Examining Foreign Exchange Behaviour in Asia

Pacific and Eastern European Transitional Economies”

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32. 1st Terengganu International Business and Economics Conference (1st TiBÉC) ’08,

Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, 2008. “Time to Equilibrium and Long Run Dynamics

of Exchange Rate Determination in the Asia Pacific”.

33. 10th Annual Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Kuching, Sarawak, 2008. “A

Preliminary Study on Credit Risk Management Strategies of Selected Banks in Malaysia”

34. 4th International Conference on Banking and Finance, Langkawi, Malaysia, January

2008. “Exchange Rate Time to Equilibrium for Emerging Countries”

35. International Conference on Business, Environment, International Competitiveness

and Sustainable Development of the Asia Pacific Economies, Sunway Resort,

Malaysia, December 2007. “Long Run Exchange Rate Behaviour in the Asia Pacific

Region.

36. 18th

Asian Financial Association/FMA Conference, Hong Kong, July 2007. “Exchange

Rate Fluctuations in Asian Pacific and Eastern Europe”

37. 9th Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Shah Alam, June 2007. “Fundamentals

in Exchange Rate Determination: Malaysia and the ASEAN Emerging Countries”

38. 17th

Asia Financial Association/FMA Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2006.

“Foreign Exchange Market Equilibrium in Asia Pacific and Latin America: A Test of

Purchasing Power Parity”

39. 8th Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2006.

“Parity and Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination in Australia and

the Asia Pacific”

40. 16th

Asia Financial Association/FMA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005.

“Exchange Rate Dynamics and Time to Equilibrium in Five Southeast Asian Economies”

41. Eastern Finance Association Conference at Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 2005. “Exchange

Rate Behaviour in the Asia Pacific Region”

42. 9th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance,

Rethymno, Greece, 2005. “Foreign Exchange Market Equilibrium in Closely Trading

Regions: A Test of Purchasing Power Parity”

43. Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, New South Wales,

2004. “The Role of Non-Parity Fundamentals in Exchange Rate Determination: Asia

Pacific Region”

44. Monash University PhD Doctoral Conference, Strath Creek, VIC, 2004. “Long Run

Dynamics of Exchange Rate Determination in Asia Pacific”

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Professional Membership and Activities:

Malaysian Finance Association, President, 2017 – present.

Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia (FAAM), Executive Committee, 2018 - 2020

Malaysian Finance Association, Vice-President, 2012 – 2017

Fulbright Scholar Alumni, since 2015

Research and Publication Committee Panel, Malaysian Financial Planning Council, 2015

- present

Persatuan Siswazah Wanita Malaysia, Vice President (Academic), 2015 - present

Accreditation Panel Member, Finance Accreditation Agency, Malaysia 2014 - present

External Relations Committee Member, Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC),

2013

Malaysian Finance Association – Assistant Secretary 2009-2011, Life Member.

Asian Finance Association - Member since 2005

Financial Management Association, USA – Member since 2005

Centre for Financial Studies, Centre for Business Excellence, Faculty of Business

Management 2006-2007, 2007-2008 - Head

Persatuan Siswazah Wanita Malaysia – Board Member 2011, Life Member

Canadian Graduates Association – Member since 1985

Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) – Life Member since 1988

Scholarships Awarded:

PhD (Finance) Scholarship by UiTM to Monash University, Australia, 2002.

Master of Business Administration Scholarship by UiTM to University of Memphis,

Memphis, USA, 1996.

Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese and the Malay Language

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Other Appointments:

Speaker – Faculty of Business & Management 2019 on The Global World Economy – Trends

and Issues

Keynote Speaker – 6th

MFPC International Conference on Islamic Wealth Management &

Financial Planning 2019 on Financial Freedom and Shari’ah Compliant Investment

Book Reviewer for Oxford Fajar 2019 – Personal Financial Planning

Keynote Speaker – 6th

International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and

Economics (BAFE) 2018 on Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Finance Industry

Panel Speaker – 2nd

Business and Management Conference 2017 – China’s Belt and Road

Initiative on The Impact towards Malaysian Businesses, on Challenges and opportunities

for SMEs

Keynote Speaker - International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics

2016 on Global Integration: Trends and Issues

Speaker - MFPC HRDF Program on Emotional & Behavioral Finance on The Emotions &

Economics of Consumer Finance

Panel of Judges – UiTM MFPC Financial Planning Quiz 2015

Panel of Judges - MFPC National Financial Planning Quiz Tournament 2013

Research Fellow – Accounting Research Institute (ARI), UiTM

Research Fellow – Institute of Business Excellence, Faculty of Business Management, UiTM

Associate Fellow- Mitrans 2011-2013

Reviewer for Manuscript – Handbook of Asian Sovereign Bond Markets – UPM Press, 2012

“Business Research Method for Managers”, Research Method Manual, Open University

Malaysia (OUM), 2009.