Research areas

Corporate governance; Corporate finance.

Biography

Hua Deng is a Lecturer in Finance.  Her research interests include corporate finance and corporate governance, navigating into the area of the interaction between classical corporate finance theories and the rising importance of ESG in corporate decision making. Hua’s research has been published in the internationally renowned outlet Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and The Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies. Her research is informed by her industry experience as an equity analyst and various business roles before embarking an academic career.

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Publications

"The underpricing and long-term performance of Chinese IPOs listed on the Hong Kong Exchange", with W. Liu, 2024, Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies 31 (4), p322-333.

“Creating value by changing the old guard: The impact of controlling shareholder heterogeneity on firm performance and corporate policies”, with F. Moshirian, P. Pham and J. Zein, 2013, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 48, p1781-1811.

Working papers

“The information environment and the borrowing costs in the international bond market”, working paper with F. Moshirian, Y. Qi and B. Zhang, 2018.

“Competition and the inflation of credit rating. Evidence from Moody’s public listing”, working paper with F. Moshirian, Y. Qi and B. Zhang, 2020.

Research engagement

Liaison officer for CFA Institute University Affiliation Program

Teaching

Current Teaching:

FINM3009/3010/6009/6010 Student Managed Fund and Student Managed Fund Extension

Previous Teaching:

FINM 3008/8016 Applied Portfolio Construction

FINM 3005 Corporate Valuation

FINM 7007 Applied Corporate Finance

FINM 8100 Applied Project in Finance