Prof. Faruk Balli

Massey University, New Zealand

Research Area: Applied Economics, International Macroeconomics, International Finance, Financial Economics, Islamic Finance, and Tourism Economics.

Brief: Faruk received his PhD from University of Houston in 2007. Prior to joining Massey University, he worked as a research Economist in Central Bank of Qatar, in Dubai University as Assistant Professor and in University of Houston as a Teaching Fellow. His research interests lie on the edge of international macroeconomics and international finance. His research areas mainly cover but not limited to the topics of international finance, macroeconomic aspects of international finance, international portfolio allocation, income and consumption smoothing, and modelling the volatility in asset prices. Currently, Faruk has a number of publications in the selected finance and economic journals including; Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics of Transition, World Economy, International Review of Finance, Empirical Economics, Economic Modelling and Applied Economics. He has acted as a referee more than 15 different journals and currently serves on the editorial boards on the editorial board of International journal of Bonds and Currency Derivatives. Some of his selected works have been presented at the European Finance Association, FMA Annual Meetings, and American Economic Association Meetings.

Prof.Teoh Sian Hoon

Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia, Malaysia

Brief:I am currently a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. I received B.Sc (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). I obtained MSc (Statistics) degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and PhD at the same university. My PhD area is "Interactive Learning Using Three Different Strategies in the Learning of Matrices”. My research interests are educational mathematics & statistics and e-Learning (such as Hybrid Supervision).