Curriculum Vitae

DR. TAHMINA AKHTER

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Finance
    Faculty of Business and Economics
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BIOGRAPHY

Dr Tahmina Akhter is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance of the Faculty of Business and Economics in Universiti Malaya. She completed her PhD in Behavioral Finance from the Graduate school of business of Universiti Kebanagsaan Malaysia. Her current research work focuses on the inter-linkages of behavioral finance with corporate finance, financial economics, sustainable finance and digital finance. An experienced educator with a career spanning 12 years she is passionate about nurturing the future leaders in the domain of finance and banking.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • DIGITAL FINANCE
  • FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
  • BEHAVIORAL FINANCE
    Financial Wellbeing
  • CAPITAL MARKET
    Financial Market
  • CORPORATE FINANCE

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (Finance)
    Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • MBA, (Finance)
    University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • BBA, (Finance)
    University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Hoque, Mohammad Enamul; Soo-Wah, Low; Tiwari, Aviral Kumar; Akhter, Tahmina (2023). Time and frequency domain connectedness and spillover among categorical and regional financial stress, gold and bitcoin market, RESOURCES POLICY. 85. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103786
Scopus
  1. Hoque M.E., Soo-Wah L., Tiwari A.K., Akhter T. (2023). Time and frequency domain connectedness and spillover among categorical and regional financial stress, gold and bitcoin market, Resources Policy. 85. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103786
Others
  1. Akhter, T., & Hoque, M., E. (2022). Moderating Effects of Financial Cognitive Abilities and Considerations on the Attitude-Intentions Nexus of Stock Market Participation. International Journal of Financial Studies, 10(1), 5.
  2. Akhter, T., & Yong, O. (2021). Can Adaptive Market Hypothesis Explain the Existence of Season Anomalies? Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange, Bangladesh. Contemporary Economics, 15(2), 198-224.
  3. Akhter, T., & Yong, O. (2019). Adaptive market hypothesis and momentum effect: Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1), 1650441.
  4. Revisiting endogeneity among foreign direct investment, economic growth and stock market development: Moderating role of political instability

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2026, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Building Financial Resilience For Sustainable Retirement Planning Behavior: A Comparative Study Of Informal Versus Formal Sector Workforce ( Principal Investigator(PI))
Private
  1. 2024 - 2025, Private Funding
    Malaysia?s Transition To Clean Energy Production: Demand For Input Minerals And Responsiveness Towards Geo-political Risk, Oil Price Shock And Economic Policy Uncertainty ( Principal Investigator(PI))

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH: A STUDY BASED ON SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC MODELS, ZHANG WENJIE
  2. (2023) FINANCIAL WELL-BEING, FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY USAGE, AND RISK TOLERATE AMONG MZ GENERATION, PUSVITA YUANA
  3. (2023) Assessing The Financial Viability To Investment Potential Of Solar Energy Projects In Malaysia, LIU NAICHENG
  4. (2021) The effect of capital structure on profitability of utilities sector companies (based on Bursa Malaysia classification) listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia over a five-year period., MOHD MUSMININ BIN MOHD MUSTAKIM
  5. (2021) The effect of capital structure on profitability of utilities sector companies (based on Bursa Malaysia classification) listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia over a five-year period., MOHD MUSMININ BIN MOHD MUSTAKIM
  6. (2020) The Effect Of Buy Now Pay Later On Consumer Behavior Among Millennials In Malaysia, JIA SHIN SEE
  7. (2020) The Role of Artificial Intelligence Towards Banking Preference of Generation Y And Generation Z In Malaysia, STACY LIM

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2023) CQC7046 - Accounting and Finance for Decision Making
Bachelor
  1. (2023) CIX2003 - Applied Financial Planning
  2. (2023) CIC3010 - Corporate Valuation
  3. (2023) CIX2001 - Financial Management
  4. (2023) CIC3019 - Insurance and Risk Management
  5. (2023) CIC3001 - Risk Management and Financial Instruments