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

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.

2020 -

Anwer, Z., Khan, S., & Bakar, M. A. . Sharīʿah-compliant central banking practices: lessons from Muslim countries’ experience. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance.

2019 -

Anwer, Z., Azmi, W., & Mohd, S. M. R. . How do Islamic equities respond to monetary actions?. International Journal of Emerging Markets.

2019 -

Anwer, Z., Ahad, M., & Imran, M. . Does insurance‐growth nexus hold for Malaysia?. Asian‐Pacific Economic Literature, 33(2), 108-120.

2019 -

Azmi, W., Anwer, Z., Mohamad, S., & Shah, M. E. . The substitution hypothesis of agency conflicts: Evidence on Shariah compliant equities. Global Finance Journal, 41, 90-103.

2019 -

Anwer, Z. . Islamic venture capital investment style–opportunities and challenges. Journal of Islamic Marketing.

2019 -

Anwer, Z., Asadov, A., Kamil, N. K., Musaev, M., & Refede, M. . Islamic venture capital–issues in practice. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance.

2018 -

Ahad, M., Qureshi, F., Hanif, W., & Anwer, Z. . Modelling Asymmetric Impact of Home Country Macroeconomic Variables on American Depository Receipts: Evidence from Eurozone. Annals of Economics & Finance, 19(2).

2018 -

Asadov, A., Sori, Z. B. M., Ramadilli, S. M., Anwer, Z., & Shamsudheen, S. V. . Musharakah Mutanaqisah home financing: issues in practice. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 9(1), 91-103.

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