Contemporary Issues in Finance, Investment and Banking in Malaysia (PDF)

and visiting professor in many universities.



Ruzita Abdul Rahim is an Associate Professor of Finance and Investment at the Faculty of Economics and Management, UKM and currently is the Chairperson of the Centre for Global Business and Digital Economy (GLoBDE) Studies. Her areas of specialization are corporate finance including in international issues, and also investment. In term of publication, she has been contributing to the literature on capital structure, behavioral aspects of pricing in the initial public offerings (IPOs), mutual funds and common stocks, and hedging of the foreign exchange exposures. With the (r)evolutionary development of financial technology (fintech), she is recently developing an immense interest in the technology, cryptocurrency and blockchain and has started working on the conceptual and application aspects of these technologies in both Finance and Investment.



Wai-Yan Wong is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Management at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She obtained her Bachelor's, Masters', and Ph.D. degrees in Finance from Universiti Sains Malaysia. She has 8 years of research experience and 5 years of teaching experience. Her research interest is in the area of corporate finance and corporate governance. She has published in Finance Research Letters, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, International Journal of Managerial Finance, and Development Policy Review. She was the recipient of the USM Fellowship Scheme during her Masters and Ph.D. studies. She is a life member of the Malaysian Finance Association.



Siti Farah Dilla Zakaria, is a senior researcher affiliated at Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali Distinguished Chair (YTI-UKM) in the area of finance and investment. She obtained her Master of Business Administration (MBA) specializing in Human Resource Management from the Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM-GSB). Her research interest is in the area of Personal Financial Planning and Human Resource Management. She has 8 years of working experience in academic research area and technical editorial for numerous books published from UKM Press. She has also been more than 5 years of teaching experience in finance course.