Professor Ralf-Yves Zurbrugg

Chair of Finance

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of the Professions

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Ralf Zurbruegg holds the Chair of Finance at the University of Adelaide Business School. He has held a number of administrative appointments within the university including as acting dean, associate dean, and head of school. He also serves on various committees both inside the University and in the private sector. Ralf has taught and held various visiting positions around the world, including the UK, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE and the US. He is a Justice of the Peace for South Australia, an endowment fund manager for two not-for-profit institutions, serves on the editoral board of several journals, is the academic convenor of the International Centre for Financial Services and a director of a quantitative investment solutions company. He regularly consults for industry, particularly for the hedge fund sector, as well as being an expert witness on a number of state and federal court cases. He has also appeared on television and been quoted in national newspapers over the years.

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Ralf Zurbruegg holds the Chair of Finance at the University of Adelaide Business School. He has held a number of administrative appointments within the university including as acting dean, associate dean, and head of school, plus serving on various committees both inside the University and in the private sector. Ralf has taught and held various visiting positions around the world, including the UK, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE and the US. He is a Justice of the Peace for South Australia, an endowment fund manager for two not-for-profit institutions, serves on the editoral board of several journals, is the academic convenor of the International Centre for Financial Services and a director of a quantitative investment solutions company. He regularly consults for industry, particularly for the hedge fund sector, as well as being an expert witness on a number of state and federal court cases. He has also appeared on television and been quoted in national newspapers over the years.

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Education

Date Institution name Country Title
— London School of Economics United Kingdom BSc (Econ)
— Manchester Business School United Kingdom MSc
— Manchester Business School United Kingdom PhD
Certifications

Date Title Institution name Country
— GradCertHEd University of New South Wales —
Research Interests

Banking, Finance and Investment Business and Management Financial Accounting

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
—	London School of Economics	United Kingdom	BSc (Econ)
—	Manchester Business School	United Kingdom	MSc
—	Manchester Business School	United Kingdom	PhD

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
—	GradCertHEd	University of New South Wales	—

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Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Phan, H., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). The time-to-maturity pattern of futures price sensitivity to news. Journal of Futures Markets, 40(1), 126-144. DOI
2020	Jaroenjitrkam, A., Yu, C., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). Does market power discipline CEO power? An agency perspective. European Financial Management, 26(3), 724-752. DOI
2020	Bai, M., Xu, L., Chia-Feng, Y., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). Superstition and stock price crash risk. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 60, 19 pages. DOI
2020	Cheong, C., Tan, G., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). Risk-Relevant Early Life Experiences and Individual Trading Activity. Finance Research Letters. DOI
2020	Li, S., Mihaylov, G., Peranginangin, Y., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). Short selling patterns in cross-listed stocks. Global Finance Journal. DOI
2020	Liu, C., Cheong, C., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). Rhetoric, Reality, and Reputation: Do CSR and Political Lobbying Protect Shareholder Wealth against Environmental Lawsuits?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 55(2), 679-706. DOI
2019	Tan, G., Cheong, C., & Zurbruegg, R. (2019). National culture and individual trading behavior. Journal of Banking and Finance, 106, 357-370. DOI Scopus1
2018	Sweeney, J., Plewa, C., & Zurbruegg, R. (2018). Examining positive and negative value-in-use in a complex service setting. European Journal of Marketing, 52(5-6), 1084-1106. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
2017	Luo, J., Xu, L., & Zurbrugg, R. (2017). The impact of housing wealth on stock liquidity. Review of Finance, 21(6), 2315-2352. DOI
2016	Cheong, C., & Zurbruegg, R. (2016). Analyst forecasts and stock price informativeness: some international evidence on the role of audit quality. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 12(3), 257-273. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2016	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbruegg, R. (2016). The relationship between model complexity and forecasting performance for computer intelligence optimization in finance. International Journal of Forecasting, 32(3), 598-613. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2016	Peranginangin, Y., Ali, A., Brockman, P., & Zurbruegg, R. (2016). The impact of foreign trades on emerging market liquidity. Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 40, 1-16. DOI Scopus10 WoS7
2016	Le, V., & Zurbruegg, R. (2016). The impact of short sale restrictions on informed trading in the stock and options markets. International Review of Economics and Finance, 41, 262-273. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2015	Fu, Y., Lee, S., Xu, L., & Zurbruegg, R. (2015). The effectiveness of capital regulation on bank behavior in China. International Review of Finance, 15(3), 321-345. DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2015	Gerlach, R., Obaydin, I., & Zurbruegg, R. (2015). The impact of leverage on the idiosyncratic risk and return relationship of REITs around the financial crisis. International Review of Economics and Finance, 38, 207-219. DOI
2015	Mihaylov, G., Yawson, A., & Zurbruegg, R. (2015). The decision to seek advice in the self-directed retirement fund industry. Applied Economics, 47(32), 3367-3381. DOI
2015	Li, S., Brockman, P., & Zurbruegg, R. (2015). Cross-listing, firm-specific information, and corporate governance: evidence from Chinese A-shares and H-shares. Journal of Corporate Finance, 32, 347-362. DOI Scopus20 WoS15
2015	Mihaylov, G., Cheong, C., & Zurbruegg, R. (2015). Can security analyst forecasts predict gold returns?. International Review of Financial Analysis, 41, 237-246. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2015	Mihaylov, G., Tretola, J., Yawson, A., & Zurbruegg, R. (2015). Tax compliance behaviour in Australian self-managed superannuation funds. eJournal of Tax Research, 13(3), 740-759. Scopus2
2014	Le, V., & Zurbruegg, R. (2014). Forecasting option smile dynamics. International Review of Financial Analysis, 35, 32-45. DOI Scopus1
2014	Mihaylov, G., & Zurbrugg, R. (2014). The socioeconomic impact of shared appreciation mortgages on borrowers: empirical evidence from South Australia. Urban Studies, 51(2), 371-389. DOI
2014	Michayluk, D., & Zurbrugg, R. (2014). Do lead articles signal higher quality in the digital age? Evidence from finance journals. Scientometrics, 98(2), 961-973. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2012	Glabadanidis, P., Obaydin, I., & Zurbrugg, R. (2012). RAFI replication: easier done than said?. The Journal of Asset Management, 13(3), 210-225. DOI Scopus1
2012	Larkin, J., Brooksby, A., Lin, C., & Zurbrugg, R. (2012). Implied volatility smiles, option mispricing and net buying pressure: evidence around the global financial crisis. Accounting and Finance, 52(1), 47-69. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2012	Fu, Y., Lee, S. -C., Lei, X., & Zurbruegg, R. (2012). An Examination of Inflated Bank Capital and Credit Risks in China.
2011	Wilson, P., White, M., Dunse, N., Cheong, C., & Zurbrugg, R. (2011). Modelling price movements in housing micro markets: identifying long-term components in local housing market dynamics. Urban Studies, 48(9), 1853-1874. DOI Scopus12 WoS10
2011	Cheong, C., Olshansky, A., & Zurbrugg, R. (2011). The influence of real estate risk on market volatility. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 29(2), 145-166. DOI Scopus4
2010	Cain, B., & Zurbrugg, R. (2010). Can switching between risk measures lead to better portfolio optimization?. The Journal of Asset Management, 10(6), 358-369. DOI Scopus4
2010	Doan, P., Lin, C., & Zurbrugg, R. (2010). Pricing assets with higher moments: Evidence from the Australian and US stock markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 20(1), 51-67. DOI Scopus19 WoS18
2010	Cheong, C., Kim, S., & Zurbrugg, R. (2010). The impact of IFRS on financial analysts' forecast accuracy in the Asia-Pacific region: The case of Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Pacific Accounting Review, 22(2), 124-146. DOI Scopus24
2010	Le, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2010). The role of trading volume in volatility forecasting. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 20(5), 533-555. DOI Scopus17 WoS14
2009	Cheong, C., Gerlach, R., Stevenson, S., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Equity and fixed income markets as drivers of securitised real estate. Review of Financial Economics, 18(2), 103-111. DOI Scopus6
2009	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Return performance volatility and adaptation in an automated technical analysis approach to portfolio management. Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 16(1-2), 127-146. DOI
2009	Zamin Ali, S., Derina, R., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Adaptation of online material for teaching financial economics courses. Journal of Financial Education, 35, 96-113.
2009	Cheong, C., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). An analysis of the long-run impact of fixed income and equity market performance on Australian and UK securitised property markets. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 27(3), 259-276. DOI Scopus2
2009	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., Schmidt, M., To, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Computational intelligence for evolving trading rules. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 13(1), 71-86. DOI Scopus44 WoS25
2008	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2008). Big City Difference? Another Look at Factors Driving House Prices. Journal of Property Research, 25(2), 157-177. DOI Scopus7
2008	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., Schmidt, M., To, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2008). Computational Intelligence for Evolving Trading Rules. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. DOI Scopus1
2007	Rammal, H., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). Awareness of Islmaic banking products among Muslims: The case of Australia. Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 12(1), 65-74. DOI
2007	Ellis, C., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). Real estate 'value' stocks and international diversification. Journal of Property Research, 24(3), 265-287. DOI Scopus3
2007	Wilson, P., Stevenson, S., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). Measuring spillover effects across Asian property stocks. Journal of Property Research, 24(2), 123-138. DOI Scopus13
2007	Stevenson, S., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). Assessing the time-varying interest rate sensitivity of real estate securities. The European Journal of Finance, 13(8), 705-715. DOI Scopus14
2007	Wilson, P., Stevenson, S., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). Foreign property shocks and the impact on domestic securitized real estate markets: An unobserved components approach. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 34(3), 407-424. DOI Scopus11 WoS8
2006	Rammal, H., & Zurbrugg, R. (2006). Measuring the awareness of Australian Muslims towards shari'ah compliant banking products. Indonesian Management & Accounting Research, 3(1), 351-362.
2006	Gerlach, R., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2006). Structural breaks and diversification: The impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the integration of Asia-Pacific real estate markets. Journal of International Money and Finance, 25(6), 974-991. DOI Scopus56 WoS52
2006	Rammal, H., & Zurbrugg, R. (2006). The impact of regulatory quality on intra-foreign direct investment flows in the ASEAN markets. International Business Review, 15(4), 401-414. DOI Scopus19 WoS19
2006	Michayluk, D., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2006). Asymmetric volatility, correlation and returns dynamics between the US and UK securitized real estate markets. Real Estate Economics, 34(1), 109-131. DOI Scopus67 WoS62
2005	Allsopp, L., Rammal, H., & Zurbrugg, R. (2005). Purchasing power parity and the Asian financial crisis: Implications for policy makers. Global Business Review, 6(2), 251-258. DOI Scopus2
2005	Hussels, S., Ward, D., & Zurbrugg, R. (2005). Stimulating the demand for insurance. Risk Management & Insurance Review, 8(2), 257-278. DOI
2005	Michayluk, D., & Zurbruegg, R. (2005). Editorial introduction: The value and scope of the financing decision process. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 1(1), 5-7. DOI
2005	Allsopp, L., Rammal, H. G., & Zurbruegg, R. (2005). Purchasing Power Parity and the Asian Financial Crisis. Global Business Review, 6(2), 251-258.
2004	Zurbrugg, R. (2004). International Linkages in Interest Rate Swap Spreads. Finance Letters, 2(4), 101-107.
2004	Zurbrugg, R., & Allsopp, L. (2004). Purchasing power parity and the impact of the East Asian currency crisis. Journal of Asian Economics, 15(4), 739-758. DOI Scopus20
2004	Wilson, P., Okunev, J., Hutcheson, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2004). Regime switching in the real estate risk premium. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 10(2), 168-192. DOI Scopus2
2004	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2004). Contagion or interdependence? Evidence from comovements in Asia-Pacific securitised real estate markets during the 1997 crisis. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 22(5), 401-413. DOI Scopus30
2004	Esho, N., Kirievsky, A., Ward, D., & Zurbrugg, R. (2004). Law and the determinants of property-casualty insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 71(2), 265-283. DOI Scopus64 WoS63
2003	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2003). International diversification of real estate assets: is it worth it? Evidence from the literature. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 11(3), 259-277. Scopus33
2003	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2003). Common trends and spectral response: a case study on the US. Journal of Property Research, 20(1), 1-22. DOI Scopus4
2003	Wilson, P., Gerlach, R., & Zurbrugg, R. (2003). Potential diversification benefits in the presence of unknown structural breaks: an Australian case study. Australian Economic Papers, 42(4), 442-453. DOI
2003	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2003). Can large economies drive international real estate markets?. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 9(4), 379-397. DOI Scopus4
2003	Fong, K., & Zurbrugg, R. (2003). How much do locals contribute to the price discovery process?. Journal of Empirical Finance, 10(3), 305-320. DOI Scopus4
2003	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2003). Isolating important driving forces in indirect real estate markets. The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 9(3), 205-218. Scopus5
2002	Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2002). Structural breaks, diversification and international real estate markets - some new evidence. Briefings in Real Estate Finance, 1(4), 348-366. DOI
2002	Ward, D., & Zurbrugg, R. (2002). Law, politics and life insurance consumption in Asia. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 27(3), 395-412. DOI Scopus80
2002	Roope, M., & Zurbrugg, R. (2002). The intra-day price discovery process between the Singapore Exchange and Taiwan Futures Exchange. Journal of Futures Markets, 22(3), 219-240. DOI Scopus51 WoS40
2002	Okunev, J., Wilson, P., & Zurbrugg, R. (2002). Relationships between Australian real estate and stock market prices - a case of market inefficiency. Journal of Forecasting, 21(3), 181-192. DOI Scopus32 WoS21
2001	Sim, A., & Zurbrugg, R. (2001). Optimal hedge ratios and alternative hedging strategies in the presence of cointegrated time-varying risks. The European Journal of Finance, 7(3), 269-283. DOI Scopus14
2001	Lion, M., & Zurbrugg, R. (2001). Debt market regulation and the impact of Thailand's 1997 economic crisis. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 6(3), 386-402. DOI
2001	Sim, A., & Zurbrugg, R. (2001). Dynamic hedging effectiveness in South Korean index futures and the impact of the Asian financial crisis. Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 8(3), 237-258. DOI Scopus11
2000	Ward, D., & Zurbruegg, R. (2000). Does insurance promote economic growth? Evidence from OECD countries. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 67(4), 489-506. DOI Scopus145 WoS126
2000	Okunev, J., Wilson, P., & Zurbruegg, R. (2000). The Causal Relationship Between Real Estate and Stock Markets. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 21(3), 251-261. DOI Scopus87 WoS80

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2016	Rammal, H., & Zurbruegg, R. (2016). Awareness of islamic banking products among muslims: The case of Australia. In T. Harrison, & E. Ibrahim (Eds.), Islamic Finance: Principles, Performance and Prospects (pp. 141-156). Cham; Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI Scopus4
2009	Buckley, M., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). An application of genetic programming to forecasting foreign exchanges rates. In Raymond Chiong (Ed.), Nature-inspired informatics for intelligent applications and knowledge discovery: implications in business, science, and engineering (pp. 26-48). United States: IGI Global. DOI
2009	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Intelligent decision support: A fuzzy stock ranking system. In M. Marciniak, & A. Mykowiecka (Eds.), Aspects of Natural Language Processing: Essays Dedicated to Leonard Bolc on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday (Vol. 5070 LNCS, 1 ed., pp. 379-410). Germany: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2008	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., Schmidt, M., To, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2008). Evolving trading rules. In A. Yang, Y. Shan, & L. Bui (Eds.), Success in Evolutionary Computation (Vol. 92, pp. 95-119). Germany: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2007	Hussels, S., Sherman, C., Ward, D., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). South and East Asian insurance market growth and development. In J. Cummins, & B. Venard (Eds.), Handbook of International Insurance: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies (pp. 849-876). USA: Springer.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2012	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2012). Enhancing profitability through interpretability in algorithmic trading with a multiobjective evolutionary fuzzy system. In Proceedings of the12th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2012 Vol. 7492 LNCS (pp. 42-51). Germany: Springer-Verlag. DOI Scopus3
2011	Fu, Y., Lee, S., Xu, L., & Zurbrugg, R. (2011). Market force or goverment regulation: which drives banking capital movements in China?. In Proceedings of the 2011 World Business and Economics Research Conference (pp. 1-21). online: Social Science Electronic Publishing.
2011	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2011). A case for learning simpler rule sets with multiobjective evolutionary algorithms. In Proceedings of the 5th International conference on Rule-based reasoning, programming, and applications Vol. 6826 LNCS (pp. 297-304). Germany: Springer-Verlag. DOI Scopus1
2010	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2010). Interpretable multi-criteria fuzzy rule based decision models for hedge fund management. In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Congress of Evolutionary Computation (pp. 1-8). USA: IEEE. DOI
2010	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., Zurbrugg, R., & Cheong, C. (2010). Index tracking fund enhancement using evolving multi-criteria fuzzy decision models. In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Congress of Evolutionary Computation (pp. 1-8). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus3
2009	Cheong, C., Masum, M., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Financial analysts' forecast accuracy before and after AIFRS. In Proceedings of the 2009 AFAANZ Conference (pp. 1-27). online: AFAANZ.
2009	Larkin, J., Brooksby, A., Lin, C., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Implied volatility smiles, option mispricing and net buying pressure: Evidence around the global financial crisis. In Proceedings of the Financial Cris (pp. Causes, Characteristics and Effects, 2009;. pp.1-29). Western Australia. DOI
2009	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Learning multi-criteria fuzzy rule based decision models for hedge fund management. In Proceedins of MIC 2009: The VII Metaheuristics International Conference (pp. 1-10). Germany: University of Hamburg.
2009	Buckley, M., Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., & Zurbrugg, R. (2009). Evaluation of Intelligent Quantitative Hedge Fund Management. In Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (pp. 320-358). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2008	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., To, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2008). The performance of an adaptive portfolio management system. In Proceedings of the IEEE WCCI2008 (pp. 1-9). CD: IEEE. DOI Scopus6
2008	Masum, M., Cheong, C., & Zurbrugg, R. (2008). The role of financial analysts in the Australian capital market. In 13th Annual Finsia - Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies Banking and Finance Conference (pp. 0 pages). Melbourne, Victoria.
2007	Ghandar, A., Michalewicz, Z., Schmidt, M., To, T., & Zurbrugg, R. (2007). A computational intelligence portfolio construction system for equity market trading. In K. Tan, & J. Xu (Eds.), Proceedings of CEC 2007 (pp. 1-8). CDROM: IEEE. DOI Scopus7 WoS3
2002	Siwamogsatham, C., & Zurbrugg, R. (2002). Business performance in Thailand before and after the 1997 financial crisis. In Chi Sum Wong (Ed.), Innovating Asian management in the 21st century (pp. CDROM 1-CDROM 21). CDROM: Asian Academy of Management.

'Development of Evolutionary Computation Processes to aid in Stock Selection Picking', with Thuy To, Martin Schmidt, Zbigniew Michalewicz,, ABP Pension Fund, 2005-07.

‘Reporting Methods for Superannuation Performance', with C. Cheong, IFSA (Financial Services Council), 2008.

ARC-Linkage, Survival of Australia's Family Farms: Capital Raising and Credit Access, with Stringer, R and Canil J. Partner ANZ Bank, 2009-2013.

‘Examination of the Impact of HomeStart loans on the South Australian Mortgage Market', with Mihaylov, G., HomeStart, 2010-2013.

ARC-Discovery, The Implications for Greying Australia of International Property Market Inter-Linkages, with Gerlach, R. and Wilson, P., 2010-2011.

ARC-Discovery, Computational Intelligence Methods for Financial Applications, with Z Michalewicz, 2010-2012.

ARC-Linkage, The Adequacy and Sustainability of Self-Managed Superannuation Funds: Governance, Performance, Asset Allocation, Fee Structure and Compliance, with Yawson, A. and Tretola, J., 2010-2013.

ARC-Linkage, Funding our future: perceptions of the value of financial planning advice, with C Plewa, J Sweeney, and Michayluk, D., 2012-2015.

EU Centre for Global Affairs. Signature research project on corporate governance in Asia, with D Boehe, 2015-2018.

CPA Australia. Best Practice Governance in the Not-For-Profit Sector, with Coram, P., Kent, P and Yawson, A. 2019.

Shenzhen Government Innovation Plan Grant. The application of artificial intelligence in financial portfolio management, (consortium lead by with Ghandar, A.) 2019-2020.

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019	Principal Supervisor	Does Spatial Characteristics Affect Firm Valve? Evidence from Diversified Mergers and Acquisitions	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Ms Yanlin Liu
2018	Co-Supervisor	The Impact of Sovereign Re-rating on Systemic Risk: An Analysis of The Sovereign Ceiling Policy	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Md Abdul Wasi
2017	Principal Supervisor	Interest Rate Liberalization	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Shujie Liu
2017	Co-Supervisor	Informed Trading Around Corporate Bankruptcy	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Dinh Trung Nguyen

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	The bright side of belief dispersion within TMTs	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Shihe Li
2016 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Strategic Responses of Firms to Product Market Competition	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Anutchanat Jaroenjitrkam
2015 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	The asymmetric impact of positive and negative news on stock return synchronicity	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Sha Lu
2015 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Tone at the Top: The Influence of CEO Personal Characteristics on Corporate Financial Reporting and Environmental Responsibility	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Thuy Lien Nguyen
2015 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Hierarchical Complexity and Corporate Opaqueness	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Zhengyi Zhao
2015 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	The Determinants of Financial Analysts' Performance: Analyses using Quasi-Natural Experiments	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Thi Mai Lan Nguyen
2015 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Cities and Corporate Social Performance	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Ms Ngoc Hanh Thi Tran
2014 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	The Role of Information Asymmetry and the Level of Market Trading Activity in Shaping the Time-to-Maturity Pattern of Futures Return Volatility	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Hoang Long Phan
2013 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Banking Regulation and Corporate Governance: An Empirical Study of Chinese Banks	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Yishu Fu
2012 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Essays on the impacts of household financial decision making	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr George Mihaylov
2012 - 2016	Co-Supervisor	PRO-RIS and Customer Engagement in Complex Services	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sylvia Chee Yeng Ng
2010 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	The Significance of Shareholder Right Limiting Provisions during Merger Waves: An Empirical Investigation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Ivan Obaydin
2010 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Nature versus Nurture: The Influence of Personal Attributes and Traits in Determining an Individual's Risk Taking in Trading	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Gary Tan
2009 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Cross-Listing and Firm-Specific Information: Evidence from Chinese A-Shares and H-Shares	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Shan Li
2009 - 2012	Principal Supervisor	An Empirical Examination of Informed Trading in the Option Market	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Thi Thanh Van Le
2009 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	How Foreign Trades Affect Domestic Market Liquidity: A Transaction Level Analysis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yessy Peranginangin
2008 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Explaining the information content and completion rates of on-market repurchase programs conducted in Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Graeme Gould
2007 - 2010	Co-Supervisor	Computational Intelligence for Equity Portfolio Management	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Adam Mostafa Ghandar
2005 - 2009	Principal Supervisor	The Sensitivity of Returns of Non-Bank Financial Institutions to the Fixed Income and Equity Markets	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Chee Cheong
2004 - 2011	Principal Supervisor	The Impact of Changes of Capital Regulations on Bank Capital and Portfolio Risk Decisions: A Case Study of Indonesian Banks	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Ratna Derina
2004 - 2010	Principal Supervisor	Corporate Governance in the Islamic Banking System in Pakistan: The Role of the Shari'ah Supervisory Boards	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Hussain Rammal
2003 - 2006	Principal Supervisor	The Return-Volume Relationship for emerging Markets - Analysis of the Internet Technology Bubble in the United States	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Syed Zamin Ali
2002 - 2007	Principal Supervisor	The Impact of Macroeconomic Announcements on the Australian Fixed Income Market	Master of Commerce	Master	Part Time	Mr Nixon Mak

Position: Chair of Finance
Phone: 83135535
Email: ralf.zurbrugg@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8223 4782
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Nexus 10 Tower, floor 12
Room: 12 21
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