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*, Univ of 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, Univ of Melbourne (PhD Seminar), MSFC 2024, Monash

(* = by co-author)

Work In Progress

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

  • fixed-income securities lending
  • institutional asset managers
  • global portfolio flows
  • information intermediaries in asset management

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