Associate Professor Dr Zaheer Anwer

Associate Professor Dr Zaheer Anwer

  • Deputy Dean (Internationalisation)
  • Associate Professor
Department of Economics & Finance

Biography

Zaheer Anwer is equipped with more than 14 years of teaching and industry experience. He holds teaching and research interests in Quantitative Finance, Corporate Finance, Monetary Economics, Investments and Islamic Banking. He has worked in leading Pakistani Universities like University of Management and Technology and The University of Lahore. He has published in journals like Finance Research Letters, Journal of Business Research, Annals of Operations Research, Accounting and Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal and International Review of Economics and Finance.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD, INCEIF Malaysia, 2018
  • MBA, Quaid-I-Azam University, Pakistan, 2002

Research Interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Islamic Finance
  • Monetary Economics
  • Portfolio Managemen

Teaching Areas

  • Finance
  • Islamic Finance
  • Business Analytics

Courses Taught

  • Advanced Risk Management, Theories and Practices
  • Financial Management
  • Business Finance
  • Internet and Mobile Banking Operations
  • Commercial Banking Operations
  • Fundamentals of Accounting
  • Islamic Banking and Finance
  • Risk Management for Islamic Financial Institutions
  • Research Methods
  • Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

Notable Publications

2022 -

Anwer, Z., Sabit, A., Hassan, M. K., Paltrinieri, A. . Monetary transmissions Mechanism for Islamic Capital Markets: Evidence from Markov Switching Dynamic Regression Approach. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

2022 -

Ahad, M., Farid, S., & Anwer, Z. . Designing energy policy in the presence of underground economy: the case of Pakistan. International Journal of Emerging Markets

2022 -

Anwer, Z., Naeem, M. A., Hassan, M. K., & Karim, S. . Asymmetric connectedness across Asia-Pacific currencies: Evidence from time-frequency domain analysis. Finance Research Letters, 102782.

2022 -

Anwer, Z., Khan, A., Naeem, M. A., & Tiwari, A. K. . Modelling Systemic risk of Energy and Non-Energy Commodity Markets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of Operations Research

2021 -

Ahad, M., & Anwer, Z. . Asymmetric impact of oil price on trade balance in BRICS countries: Multiplier dynamic analysis. International Journal of Finance & Economics.

2021 -

Ahad, M., & Anwer, Z. . Do movements in macroeconomic determinants affect American depository receipt prices? Evidence from France. International Journal of Finance & Economics.

2021 -

Ahad, M., Anwer, Z., & Ahmad, W. . Does Crime-Tourism Nexus hold for Pakistan?. International Journal of Emerging Markets.

2021 -

Anwer, Z., Mohamad, S., Azmi, W., & Hasanov, A. . Product Market Fluidity and Religious Constraints: Evidence from the United States Market. Accounting and Finance.

2021 -

Anwer, Z., Mohamad, S., Paltrinieri, A., & Hassan, M. K. . Dividend payout policy of Shariah compliant firms: Evidence from United States. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 101422.

2021 -

Anwer, Z., Azmi, W., & Mohamad, S. . Shariah screening and corporate governance: The case of constituent stocks of Dow Jones US Indices. International Review of Economics & Finance.

2020 -

Anwer, Z., Azmi, W., Mohamad, S., & Paltrinieri, A. . Why CEOs invest in Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives: evidence on Shariah compliant firms. Applied Economics Letters, 1-8.

2020 -

Anwer, Z. . Salam for import operations: mitigating commodity macro risk. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research.

Achievements & Accolades

2018 -
Received third best paper award at 1st Global Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance (GCIEF2018), Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Professional Associations

  1. Member Editorial Board Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
  2. Member Editorial Board International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management