A/Prof Monica Jurin ~ Associate Professor, Finance

An innovative high-performing academic and professional executive with a can-do attitude, strong drive to learn, innovative and inter-disciplinary thinking to advance the knowledge and skills in corporate finance and corporate governance combining behavioural, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. A highly reliable, student- and business-centric teacher who delivers first class work integrated learning through project-based, experiential and flipped learning methods. An established team leader and player in the higher education sector through collaborative and agile approach, excellent communication, multi-lingual and consulting skills with work experience gained in Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore.

Skill Highlights:Corporate governance, corporate finance, financial analysis, business research and analysis, process improvement, asset creation, qualitative and quantitative research, design thinking and human-centered innovative approach, statistical analysis, Certified ScrumMaster, SPSS, AMOS, Eviews, STATA, Neo4j, NVivo, Miro, Trello, NovaCore, Microsoft Office, ZOOM, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Bahasa Malaysia.

Teaching

• BX3032: Advanced Business Modelling (Level 3; TSV)
• BX3133: Financial Risk Management (Level 3; TSV)
• BX3135: Credit and Lending Decisions (Level 3; TSV)
• CO5809: Corporate Finance (Level 5; ONL)
• LB5231: Corporate Responsibility and Governance (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Corporate governance and risk, funds governance, board of directors pratices and training, financial literacy, insurance literacy, higher education educational pedogogy and implementation, operational review, financial modeling, company valuation, .

Research

• Corporate governance, corporate ownership, family ownership, board of directors dynamics, structure and composition, superannuation funds governance and performance, market information asymmetry and efficiency

Experience

• 2019 to 2021 - Associate Professor, Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2018 to 2019 - Academic Director, Edvantage Institute Australia (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2009 to 2019 - Associate Professor, RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2008 to 2009 - Risk and Governance Client Manager, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2006 to 2008 - Senior Consultant, Acumen Alliance (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2005 to 2006 - Post-doctoral Researcher, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2004 to 2005 - Lecturer in Economics, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2001 to 2002 - Market Analyst, BIS Shrapnel (Melbourne, Australia)
• 1999 to 2000 - Underwriting Executive, GIO Reinsurance (Kuala Lumpur)

Research Disciplines

• Banking, finance and investment (3502)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)
• Applied economics (3801)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Microeconomics (1505)
• Management and productivity (1503)
• Financial services (1102)

Awards

• 2021 to 2023 - Specially Appointed Professor, Eastern Scholar scheme, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
• 2020 - Peter Brownell Manuscript Award
• 2019 - Multinational Finance Conference – Best Young Researcher Paper Award – Parikh, N, Marisetty, V & Tan, Monica
• 2017 - AFAANZ Research Fund (ARF) Annual Grants Program, “Short selling and asymmetrical behaviour of idiosyncratic volatility,” with Dr Bin Liu
• 2016 - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Innovative and Collaborative Teaching Award
• 2016 - Australian Centre for Financial Studies, “Superannuation fund management disclosure” Project leader, with Dr Marie-Anne
• 2016 - Australian Centre for Financial Studies, “Is more information always better” with Prof. Robert Hoffmann, Dr Marie-Anne, and Dr Adrian Camilleri
• 2016 - RMIT LTIF research scheme, “Enhancing transnational business students’ work-readiness and employability using a sustainable approach of Work Integrated Learning and work-related simulations via multiple channels and locations” - Phase 2
• 2015 - RMIT Business Research Grant Scheme, “Do irrational investors affect idiosyncratic risk? An experimental study”, Project leader, with Dr Swee Hoon Chuah
• 2015 - EACH Chinese Peer Connection Program, “Improving Recruitment of Chinese ExGamblers to Volunteer for Gambling Peer Support Services,” with Dr Emily Chung
• 2015 - RMIT Learning and Teaching Investment Fund (LTIF), “Enhancing transnational business students’ work-readiness and employability using a sustainable approach of Work Integrated Learning and work-related simulations via multiple channels and locations,”
• 2015 - Australian Centre for Financial Studies, “The curse of knowledge overimputation of financial markets,” Project leader, with Prof. Robert Hoffmann, Dr Swee Hoon Chuah and Dr Bin Liu
• 2015 - RMIT Business Research Grant Scheme, “The effect of mandatory CSR reporting on information asymmetry: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China,” sole investigator
• 2015 - RMIT School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Awards in Team/Collaborative Learning & Teaching Award
• 2014 - RMIT College of Business Teaching Team Award in Innovation in Curricula, Learning and Teaching
• 2011 - RMIT School of Economics, Finance and Marketing GTS Achievement Award
• 2011 - RMIT Head of School Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2011 - College of Business nominee for the RMIT Teaching Excellence Awards: Category A (Early Career Researcher)
• 2011 - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT, “CEO Human Specificity and Corporate Restructuring,” Project leader, with Dr Michael Graham
• 2010 - Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, “Superannuation Fund Management, Governance, Performance in Australia,” Project leader, with Dr Marie-Anne Cam
• 2010 - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT, “Superannuation Fund Management, Governance, Performance in Australia,” Project leader, with Dr Marie-Anne Cam
• 2010 - RMIT Business Research Grant Seed Fund, “Nominee Ownership in Australia” with Prof. Richard Heaney and Dr Larry Li

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Journal Articles

• Memon T, Jurin M, Kwan P, Jan T, Sidnal N and Nafi N (2021) Studying learner’s perception of attaining graduate attributes in capstone project units using online flipped classroom. Education Sciences, 11 (11).
• Dao N, Marisetty V, Shi J and Tan M (2020) Institutional Quality, Investment Efficiency, and the Choice of Public–Private Partnerships. Accounting and Finance, 60 (2). pp. 1801-1834
• Chuah S, Hoffmann R, Liu B and Tan M (2019) Is Knowledge Cursed When Forecasting the Forecasts of Others? Journal of Behavioral Finance, 20 (1). pp. 66-72
• Liu B, Tan M and Cam M (2019) Reinvestigate the bid-ask bounce effect and pricing of idiosyncratic volatility: The case of the Australian Market. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 22 (1).
• Tan M and Liu B (2016) CEO's managerial power, board committee memberships and idiosyncratic volatility. International Review of Financial Analysis, 48. pp. 21-30

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Exploring Implementation and impact of Enterprise Risk management processes in Financial Technology Firms in Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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