Min Zhu

Min is an Associate Professor in Finance at UQ Business School. Her overarching research interests include asset management, empirical asset pricing and fintech. Min has published in well-regarded international journals including Journal of Financial Economics, Biometrika, Critical Finance Review, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Financial Econometrics, and Journal of Empirical Finance. Min has received several prestigous awards including Best Paper in Financial Management 2018 Spring Issue (2018), Vice Chancellor’s Performance Award in Research (2017), CSIRO Award for Paper with Most Literary Merit (2016), and Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Doctoral Students Abroad (2012).

Min has established a wide research network with multi-disciplinary experts. The list of her co-authors includes scholars in finance, economics and data science from both national and international research organisations. She has close ties with research leaders who are internationally recognized in their respective fields. Min’s research has been presented at leading international and domestic conferences including American Finance Association Conference (AFA), China International Conference in Finance (CICF), European Finance Association (EFA), Financial Research Network (FIRN) Conference, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, and Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference.

As evidence of the international and national recognition of the quality and impact of her research, Min regularly referees manuscripts submitted to a number of academic journals including Journal of Finance, ournal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Journal of Banking & Finance, and Journal of Empirical Finance.

Min also has close links with the asset management industry. Her research in quantitative portfolio management has been met with great interest by industry practitioners. In particular, the portfolio construction and risk management framework she developed together with her co-researchers has been incorporated into day-to-day portfolio management processes of the Quantitative Equity Products Investment Team at Schroders since 2010.