Academic Profile : Faculty
Prof Chang Xin
Associate Dean (Research), College of Business (Nanyang Business School)
Professor, College of Business (Nanyang Business School)
Associate Dean (Research), College of Business (NBS)
Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance and Innovation (CSFI), College of Business (NBS)
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Xin CHANG is a Professor of Finance, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance and Innovation (CSFI), and the Associate Dean (Research) overseeing PhD programs and research activities at Nanyang Business School. From 2015 to 2017, He was a tenured University Reader in Financial Economics at Cambridge Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge, J M Keynes Fellow in Financial Economics, a Fellow of Darwin College, and a Research Fellow of Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance. From 2004 to 2008, he was a Lecturer and then tenured Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
He specializes in corporate finance, especially sustainable finance, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and stock valuation. He taught various courses to undergraduate, honors, master, and PhD students at HKUST, the University of Melbourne, the University of Cambridge, and NTU.
Xin was awarded the Dean's Award for Research Excellence in 2006 and the Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 at the University of Melbourne. At NTU, he was the Researcher of the Year for the Division of Banking and Finance in 2009, the MBA Teacher of the Year in 2011, and the Teacher of the Year for the Division of Banking and Finance in 2013. He also won the Peter Brownell Award for Best Publication in Accounting and Finance in 2007, the Best Paper awards at the 16th SFM Conference in 2008, the 19th SFM Conference in 2011, the 4th World Business Ethics Forum in 2012, and TCFA's (The Chinese Finance Association) best paper award on corporate finance. He received the inaugural Best PhD Supervisor Award (the Graduate College Mentoring Award) from NTU in 2020.
Xin earned his Ph.D. in Finance in 2004 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His educational background also includes a Master's degree from the PBC School of Finance and a Bachelor's degree from the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University.
He specializes in corporate finance, especially sustainable finance, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and stock valuation. He taught various courses to undergraduate, honors, master, and PhD students at HKUST, the University of Melbourne, the University of Cambridge, and NTU.
Xin was awarded the Dean's Award for Research Excellence in 2006 and the Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 at the University of Melbourne. At NTU, he was the Researcher of the Year for the Division of Banking and Finance in 2009, the MBA Teacher of the Year in 2011, and the Teacher of the Year for the Division of Banking and Finance in 2013. He also won the Peter Brownell Award for Best Publication in Accounting and Finance in 2007, the Best Paper awards at the 16th SFM Conference in 2008, the 19th SFM Conference in 2011, the 4th World Business Ethics Forum in 2012, and TCFA's (The Chinese Finance Association) best paper award on corporate finance. He received the inaugural Best PhD Supervisor Award (the Graduate College Mentoring Award) from NTU in 2020.
Xin earned his Ph.D. in Finance in 2004 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His educational background also includes a Master's degree from the PBC School of Finance and a Bachelor's degree from the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University.
Corporate Finance, Corporate Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibilities, Climate Finance, Green Finance
- Boosting Workforce Wellbeing via Finance and AL-powered Sequential Intervention
- Carbon Reduction and Green Consciousness: The Role of E-commerce Platform
- Climate Transformation Programme
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cluster 5 (Weikai Li SMU)
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cluster 5 (Wenjun Zhu)
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cluster 5 (Xin Chang, Simba)
- Measuring and Pricing Climate Risk in Financial Markets
- Short term impact on stock prices from inclusion/deletion of stocks into MSCI indices
- The Strategic Approach of Venture Capitalists to Sustainability in Early-Stage Investment Decisions
Awards
• Dean’s Certificate for Research Excellence, University of Melbourne (2006)
• Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, University of Melbourne (2007)
• Peter Brownell Award for best publication in Accounting and Finance (2008)
• Best Paper Award at the 16th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets (SFM), Taiwan (2008)
• Researcher of the Year, Division of Banking and Finance, NTU (2009)
• MBA Teacher of the Year, Nanyang Business School, NTU (2011)
• Best Paper Award at the 19th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets (SFM), Taiwan (2011)
• Shortlisted for consideration for the Nanyang Education Award (2012)
• Best paper award at the 4th World Business Ethics Forum in Hong Kong (2012)
• Award for “Best Professor in Financial Management” in the third Asia’s Best B-School Awards (2012)
• Teacher of the Year, Division of Banking and Finance, NTU (2013)
• TCFA (The Chinese Finance Association) Best Paper Award on Corporate Finance (2013)
• Shortlisted for consideration for the Nanyang Education Award 2013 (2013)
• Best PhD Supervisor Award, Graduate College Mentoring Award, Nanyang Technological University (2020)
• 1st prize for poster presentations at Research Integrity Conference (2023)
• Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, University of Melbourne (2007)
• Peter Brownell Award for best publication in Accounting and Finance (2008)
• Best Paper Award at the 16th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets (SFM), Taiwan (2008)
• Researcher of the Year, Division of Banking and Finance, NTU (2009)
• MBA Teacher of the Year, Nanyang Business School, NTU (2011)
• Best Paper Award at the 19th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets (SFM), Taiwan (2011)
• Shortlisted for consideration for the Nanyang Education Award (2012)
• Best paper award at the 4th World Business Ethics Forum in Hong Kong (2012)
• Award for “Best Professor in Financial Management” in the third Asia’s Best B-School Awards (2012)
• Teacher of the Year, Division of Banking and Finance, NTU (2013)
• TCFA (The Chinese Finance Association) Best Paper Award on Corporate Finance (2013)
• Shortlisted for consideration for the Nanyang Education Award 2013 (2013)
• Best PhD Supervisor Award, Graduate College Mentoring Award, Nanyang Technological University (2020)
• 1st prize for poster presentations at Research Integrity Conference (2023)
Fellowships & Other Recognition
• The J M Keynes Fellow in Financial Economics, University of Cambridge (2017)
• Research Fellow, Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, University of Cambridge, 2015-2018.
• Fellow, Member of investment & finance committee, Darwin College, University of Cambridge, 2015-2018.
• Professorial Research Fellow, Deakin University, 2016-2019
• Shimomura Fellow, Development Bank of Japan, 2016.
• Research Fellow, Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, University of Cambridge, 2015-2018.
• Fellow, Member of investment & finance committee, Darwin College, University of Cambridge, 2015-2018.
• Professorial Research Fellow, Deakin University, 2016-2019
• Shimomura Fellow, Development Bank of Japan, 2016.
Courses Taught
B6258 - Equity & Fixed Income Securities
BM6603 - Climate Science, Climate Risk Assessment & Sustainable Finance
BM6603 - Climate Science, Climate Risk Assessment & Sustainable Finance