G’day! I’m a third-year PhD candidate in finance at Monash University. My research interests include asset management, fixed-income markets, and financial networks.

Contact

• Email: george.wang@monash.edu
• Office: W1020, 20 Chancellors Walk (Menzies Building), Clayton VIC 3168, Australia

Research

Working Papers

[1] Bondholder Fragility Risk and Corporate Liquidity Policy , with Huu Nhan Duong and Yushui Shi

• SSRN
• Talks: FMA 2024, CICF 2024, VICIF 2024*, Melbourne (PhD Seminar), Monash, SBFC 2023

[2] Pro-Environment Securities Lending Style

• Best PhD Student Paper Award, VICIF 2025
• Talks: VICIF 2025, HKU Governance and Sustainability PhD Workshop 2025, Melbourne (PhD Seminar), MSFC 2024, Monash

[3] Securities Lending Dynamics in Corporate Bond Offerings, with Huu Nhan Duong

• Talks: RMIT*, Monash

^{(* = by co-author)}

Work In Progress

I’m currently working on projects in the following areas:

• institutional asset managers
• information intermediaries in mutual funds
• fixed-income trading networks

Teaching

Teaching associate at Monash University:

Derivatives (BFC2751)

• Semester 2, 2025 (ongoing)
• Semester 1, 2025: 90/100
• Semester 2, 2024: 94/100
• Semester 1, 2024: 94/100; Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Teaching

Derivatives (BFF3751)

• Semester 1, 2025: 93/100

Foundations of Finance (BFF1001)

• Semester 1, 2025: 86/100

Equity markets (BFF2701)

• Semester 2, 2024: 90/100; Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Teaching