Researcher

Professor Jerry T Parwada

My Expertise

Funds Management, Financial Markets and Institutions, Wealth Management, and Investor Behavior.

Keywords

institutional investment

Fields of Research (FoR)

Banking, Finance and Investment

SEO tags

Financial Services

Biography

Dr Jerry Parwada is a Professor of Finance at UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia. He served as Head of School - Banking and Finance at UNSW from 2011-2017 and as Director of Academic Strategy 2019-2022. His research specializes in investment management and financial markets. Among several governance roles, Jerry has been instrumental in the launch of the Adviser Ratings Licensee Rating system in Australia and is the Chair of its...view more

Dr Jerry Parwada is a Professor of Finance at UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia. He served as Head of School - Banking and Finance at UNSW from 2011-2017 and as Director of Academic Strategy 2019-2022. His research specializes in investment management and financial markets. Among several governance roles, Jerry has been instrumental in the launch of the Adviser Ratings Licensee Rating system in Australia and is the Chair of its independent Ratings Committee. He is a member of the FINSIA Industry Council for Institutional Markets and serves as an independent non-executive director of a not-for-profit and a central bank.

My Grants

2016-2022 Australian Research Council Linkage Grant ($169,000)
2015-2017 Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI) (CAD$352,000)
2013-2015 Centre for International Financial Regulation ($160,000)
2010- Australian Stock Exchange - Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre Corporate
Governance Research Centre ($1,000,000)
2010-2011 Go8 Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme ($40,000)
2007 UNSW John Yu Fellowship to Europe ($6,000)
2007 UNSW, Early Career Research Grant ($10,000)
2006 Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, Research Grant ($18,000)

My Qualifications

PhD (Finance), MBA (Finance) - Edith Cowan University

MPhil (Higher Education) - University of New South Wales

BCom (Finance Hons Cum Laude) - National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

Leadership Course - The Wharton School

Graduate - Australian Institute of Company Directors

My Awards

2007 Best Discussant Award, Financial Services Institute
2007 – Financial Services: Imports or Exports, New York
2007 UNSW Australian School of Business Non-Professorial Research Achievement Award

My Research Activities

Building on his core research area of investments and financial markets, Jerry conducts both academic- and industry-oriented research. His research has attracted more than $1.5 million in funding from major grant making bodies such as the Australian Research Council as well as private entities like the Australian Securities Exchange and the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (Canada). In the area of policy-making, Jerry has contributed to major commissions of inquiry, including the Commonwealth of Australia, Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry; the Commonwealth of Australia, Financial System Inquiry; and the Federal Treasury, Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation.

In his contributions to academia, Jerry is a member of the editorial boards of the following journals: Journal of Financial Stability (Elsevier); Investment Analysts Journal (Taylor & Francis) and Review of Business (St Johns University, New York). He is a regular member of leading international conference committees, including the European Finance Association and Society of Financial Studies.

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

All areas of investments and financial markets in both developed and emerging markets. I supervise academic and industry oriented research students at all levels.

Currently supervising

Raphael Jonghyeon Park (UNSW Business School)

Martin Bakundana (Rozetta Institute)

Qobolwakhe Dube (Rozetta Institute)

Primrose Gurira (Midlands State University)

My Engagement

CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMISSIONS/INQUIRIES

Commonwealth of Australia, Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking,
Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, Written Submission, October 2018.
Commonwealth of Australia, Financial System Inquiry, Written Submission, August 2014.
Federal Treasury, Draft legislation, draft regulations and explanatory material pertaining to amendments to
the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation, Written Submission, February 2014.

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT