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Assoc Prof

Weina Zhang

Associate Professor

Finance

Orcid identifier0000-0002-6659-4345
  • Associate Professor
    Finance
  • (+65) 6516 8120 (Work)
  • NUS Business School, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245

BIO

Dr Weina Zhang is the Associate Professor of Finance at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. She is also the Academic Director of MSc in Sustainable and Green Finance Programme and the Deputy Director of Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) at NUS. She obtained her Master of Science and Ph.D. in Finance from Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University, USA.

She currently teaches courses such as Sustainability and Finance and Sustainable Investment at the master's and undergraduate's levels. She also teaches lifelong learning modules and conducts executive trainings in the related areas.

Her current teaching and research focuses on sustainable and green finance, fixed income securities, asset pricing and investment. She examines how socially responsible actions of corporates are priced in international financial markets. She examines the pricing and informational efficiency in various financial markets and explores the pricing and economic impact of government policies on financial instruments in emerging economies.

Her papers have been published in many leading finance and economics journals. She has also published many textbooks and teaching cases. She serves as the reviewer for many premier finance and economics international conferences, academic journals and research grants. She is a recipient of many best paper awards and teaching awards.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS

  • Jt Appt - Deputy Director, Research and Development, SGFIN
    SPECIALTY RESEARCH INST/CTRS, SGFIN, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2022
  • Associate Professor
    BUSINESS, FINANCE, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2022
  • Academic Director
    National University of Singapore, Msc in Sustainable and Green Finance, Singapore, SingaporeFeb 2022

LANGUAGES

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FIELDS OF RESEARCH