Associate Professor Dr Calvin Cheong Wing Hoh

Associate Professor Dr Calvin Cheong Wing Hoh

  • Vice Dean
  • Deputy Dean (Education)
  • Associate Professor
Department of Economics & Finance
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Biography

Associate Professor Calvin Cheong is the Vice Dean and Deputy Dean (Education) of Sunway Business School and has been an educator for various higher education institutions since 2010. He is also a Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE, United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the Commercial Education Society of Australia. Calvin also serves as Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration, and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Emerging Markets. He is also a Senior Policy Advisor for various ministerial committees across the globe. He was formerly a senior partner of an international management consulting firm that specializes in providing strategic advisory and leadership advice to corporations in over 20 countries.  

A firm believer of life-long learning, Calvin has to date completed a Bachelor, an Honours, and a PhD from Monash University. He has also completed a Post-doctoral certificate in higher education from Swinburne University, as well as a certificate in crowdfunding from Wharton Business School. 

Calvin’s research focuses on practical and practicable international and corporate finance issues. That being said, he has so far co- and solo-authored more than 30 articles in top-tier journals. He has also influenced many next-generation researchers, supervising over 20 Doctoral, Masters, and Honours students to successful completion in various topics including public policy, (international) community development, cryptocurrency, international trade and development, banking regulation, asset bubbles, commodities, and currency issues. He has also been the Principal Investigator of grants from foreign governments amounting to more than USD 10 million for various projects including social development, financial market development, and FinTech, as well as the coveted Fundamental Research Grant Scheme by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.  

Above all else, Calvin believes in the service for mankind no matter how small the act; that everyone deserves a shot (or two!) in fulfilling their potential regardless of circumstances. This requires small acts of defiance that are ethical yet hit hard against age-old defunct traditions. Doing so will only help one find the strength and confidence to challenge and innovate in any field. For it isn’t who we are underneath, but what we do that defines us. 

Calvin can also be found at:  
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-cheong-05a672108/  
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Calvin_Cheong2  
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ez9uiLYAAAAJ&hl=en 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Fellow, Commercial Education Society of Australia
  • Senior Fellow, AdvanceHE, UK
  • Certificate in Crowdfunding, Wharton Business School
  • Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (Higher Education), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Finance), Monash University
  • Bachelor of Business & Commerce (Accounting & Finance) First Class, Monash University

Research Interests

  • Financial Economics
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Social and Sustainable Development
  • Fintech

Teaching Areas

  • Finance

Courses Taught

  • International Finance
  • Islamic Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Investments
  • Derivatives
  • Fintech

Notable Publications

For complete list, please see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ez9uiLYAAAAJ&hl=en

  1. Suleman, S., Thaker, H.M.T., & Cheong, C.W.H. (2024). Magnetic Macro Drivers of Labour Efficiency: A Study of High and Low Trade Open Countries. International Journal of Manpower, Accepted, Forthcoming (Scopus Q1; ABDC:A)
  2. Razi, U., Cheong, C.W.H., Afshan, S., & Sharif, A. (2024). The ripple effects of energy price volatility on equity and debt markets: a Morlet wavelet analysis. Eurasian Economic Review, Accepted, Forthcoming (Scopus Q1, Top 10%)
  3. Suleman, S., Thas Thaker, H. M., & Cheong, C.W.H. Is trade relevant to the macro drivers of carbon dioxide emissions? A study of high‐and low‐trade openness economies. Natural Resources Forum. (Scopus Q1)
  4. Tiwari, S., Cheong, C.W.H., Mey, L. S., & Saji, T. G. (2024). Does fintech really matter for energy, economy and environment? From the lenses of SDG-7, SDG-8, SDG-13, COP27 and COP28. Resources Policy, 98, 105318. (Top 1% Scopus Q1)
  5. Razi, U., Karim, S., & Cheong, C.W.H. (2024). From Turbulence to Resilience: A Bibliometric Insight into the Complex Interactions Between Energy Price Volatility and Green Finance. Energy, 131992. (Scopus Q1; Top 2%)
  6. Sharif, A., Bashir, U., Mehmood, S., Cheong, C.W.H., & Bashir, M. F. (2024). Exploring the impact of green technology, renewable energy and globalization towards environmental sustainability in the top ecological impacted countries. Geoscience Frontiers, 15(6), 101895. (Scopus Q1)
  7. Shabbir, M. S., Cheong, C.W.H., Jaradat, M., Lile, R., Niedbała, G., & Gadoiu, M. (2024). Energy deprivation to financial prosperity: Unveiling multidimensional energy Poverty's influence. Energy Strategy Reviews, 54, 101473. (Scopus Q1)
  8. Afshan, S., Leong, K. Y., Najmi, A., Razi, U., Lelchumanan, B., & C.W.H. Cheong. (2024). Fintech advancements for financial resilience: Analysing exchange rates and digital currencies during oil and financial risk. Resources Policy, 88, 104432. (ABDC:B; Scopus Q1, Top 1%)
  9. C.W.H. Cheong. (2023). Political regimes and its influence on the diversity–performance relationship in Malaysia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 15(5), 746-771. (ABDC:C Scopus Q1)
  10. C. W. H. Cheong. (2021) Risk, Resilience, and Shariah-Compliance, Research in International Business and Finance, 55 (ABDC:B; Scopus Q1, Top 10%)
  11. C. W. H. Cheong, M. H. Lee, Weissmann, M. A. (2020). Credit Access, Tax Structure, and the Performance of Malaysian Manufacturing SMEs, International Journal of Managerial Finance (ABDC: A; Scopus Q2)
  12. C. W. H. Cheong. (2019) Cryptocurrencies vs global foreign exchange risk, Journal of Risk Finance, 20(4), 330-351. (ABDC: B; Scopus Q1)
  13. C. W. H. Cheong, Sinnakkannu, J., and Ramasamy, S. (2017). On the Predictability of Carry Trade Returns: The Case of the Chinese Yuan, Research in International Business and Finance, 39, 358-376 (ABDC:B; Scopus Q1, Top 10%)
  14. C. W. H. Cheong, Sinnakkannu J., and Ramasamy, S. (2017). Reactive or Proactive? Investor Sentiment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility, Research in International Business and Finance, 42, 572-582. (ABDC:B; Scopus Q1, Top 10%). 

 

Book Chapter 
 

  1. Mandrinos, S., and Cheong, C. W. H. (2022). When Internationalization Goes Awry: The Separation of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Property, in Delivering Distinctive Value in Emerging Economies: Efficient and Sustainably Responsible Perspectives from Management Researchers and Practitioners, Anning-Dorson, T., Boateng, S. L., and Boateng, R. (eds.), Routledge, UK.
  2. Cheong. C.W.H, Ibrahim, T. O., Akanbi, S. B., & Quin, L. L. M. (2024). Integrating Sustainability in Portfolio Construction: Models and Approaches. In Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance (pp. 34-49). Routledge.
  3. Cheong. C.W.H, Ademokoya, A. A., Quin, L. L. M., & Zahid, A. (2024). Green Bonds: Mitigating Risk and Diversifying Portfolios for a Sustainable Future. In Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance (pp. 88-103). Routledge.
  4. Ahmad, F., Cheong, C. W., Hussain, R. T., Salman, A., Hussain, K., Shahid, M. K., & Naseem, M. A. (2024). Financial Inclusion and Sustainability: A Contemporary and Future Perspective From Bibliometric Analysis. In Financial Inclusion, Sustainability, and the Influence of Religion and Technology (pp. 105-132). IGI Global. 
     

Media 
 

  1. Cheong, C. W. H. (2022). Quo Vadis, Cryptocurrency? The Edge Weekly, https://www.theedgemarkets.com/content/advertise/quo-vadis-cryptocurrency
  2. Cheong, C. W. H. (2024). Using DOSM's Data To Craft Policy https://www.bfm.my/podcast/morning-run/top-story/cost-of-living-indicators-report-basic-expenditure-government-policy
  3. Cheong, C. W. H. (2024). Trump & Tariffs: What The World Can Expect https://www.bfm.my/podcast/morning-run/morning-brief/donald-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-trade-partners
  4. Cheong, C. W. H. (2024). The Homeless Crisis In The Klang Valley https://www.bfm.my/podcast/morning-run/the-property-show/homeless-crisis-klang-valley-kuala-lumpur-ngo-cost-of-living-affordable-housing-systemic-issues-malaysia 

Achievements & Accolades

Public Engagements 

  1. Guest Speaker for Market Watch, hosted by Banyan Tree Academy, 16 May 2020
  2. Panel Speaker at the Bank Negara Malaysia – Sunway Youth Outreach, 24 July 2020
  3. Guest Speaker, AKPK Webinar, Sunway AKPK Club, 22 October 2021
  4. Guest Speaker, Bursa Young Investor Challenge 2022, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, 13 August 2022
  5. Panelist, 2024 China-ASEAN Economic Seminar, 21 April 2024
  6. Panelist, Mizuho Conference 2024, 26 November 2024 


Awards & Honours 

  1. Emerald Literati Awards 2020 - Highly Commended Paper, The Journal of Risk Finance
  2. CFA Best Paper Award 2021
  3. Sunway Student Appreciation of Teaching Award 2021
  4. Sunway Student Appreciation of Teaching Award 2022 
     

Professional Associations

  1. Asian Finance Association
  2. Malaysian Finance Association
  3. AdvanceHE, United Kingdom
  4. The Commercial Education Society of Australia