Safwan Mohd Nor
Senior Lecturer
Department of Accounting
University Malaysia Terengganu
Malaysia
Biography
Dr. Safwan holds a PhD in Finance from Victoria University, Australia under the supervision of Professor Dr. Terrence Hallahan, Master of Financial Analysis (CFA Program Partner) from La Trobe University, Australia, BA (Honours) in Accounting and Financial Studies from the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, and Diploma in Accountancy from UiTM, Malaysia. He is a Registered Financial Planner and member of the MFPC, as well as a Certified Finance and Treasury Professional with the Finance and Treasury Association, Australia. In addition, he is a licensed Capital Market Services Representative and Financial Advisory Representative from Securities Commission Malaysia and Central Bank of Malaysia, respectively.
Research Interest
Dr. Safwan Mohd Nor Research Interest includes in the fields of finance and investment, he is currently supervising a number of PhD and MSc students at UMT, and has been appointed as the External Expert for PhD candidature in financial optimization at VISES, Australia. His main research interests lie in the areas of investment strategies, market efficiency, computational finance, portfolio diversification and financial optimization.
Publications
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Nor SM, Islam SM. Beating the market: Can evolutionary-based portfolio optimisation outperform the Talmudic diversification strategy?. International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance. 2016;9(1):90-9.
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Shahzad SJ, Nor SM, Hammoudeh S, Shahbaz M. To appear in: International Review of Economics and Finance.
