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Dr Yuan Zhao

Dr Yuan Zhao
PhD MSc FRM

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Dr Yuan Zhao
Dr Yuan Zhao

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Telephone
work +44 (0)1224 272359
Address
The University of Aberdeen Room S71
Edward Wright Building
Dunbar St
Aberdeen AB24 3QY
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Biography

Dr Yuan Zhao is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at the University of Aberdeen. Yuan joined business school real estate department in 2014, after gained her PhD in Real Estate at the University of Aberdeen. She also holds an MSc in Finance from Manchester Business School, and is a certified FRM. Her research areas cover fund performance evaluation, asset pricing, volatility forecasting, risk management, housing index, and various finance and real estate subjects. She is also closely involved in the consultancy work on leasehold relativity, and IPF hurdle rate research project. Please see her CV.pdf for more details.

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal
  • Head of International Finance and Political Relations (PGT)
  • Director of Bloomberg Trading Floor
  • Co-ordinator of External Research Seminar in Finance 
External

Certified FRM

Research

Research Overview

Asset Pricing Theories; Fund Performance Evaluation; Volatility Forecasting; Portfolio Theory.

Current Research

Fund Performance and Management; Risk Management and Spillovers.

Research Funding and Grants

IPF Research Programme on Hurdle Rates Investigation.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Course Co-ordinator

  • FI1004/PO1002 Finance, Risk and Investment (SCNU)
  • BU5975 Professional Skills for Finance and Data Analysis
  • BU5546 Empirical Methods in Finance

Course Team-member

  • FI4003 Empirical Methods in Finance
  • BU5596 International Finance
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