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Personal profile
Biography
Yifan Chen is an Associate Professor of Finance at Norwich Business School, the University of East Anglia.
Dr Chen is also a CFA Charterholder, an East Anglian Branch Committee Member and a Full Member (MCSI) of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), a member of the Centre for Competition Policy and a Senior Fellow (SFHEA) of the Advance HE. He also holds the ICAEW Non-Executive Director Certificate.
Besides teaching and supervising PhDs in areas of investment and corporate finance, including cryptocurrency and ESG in university, Dr Chen also provides strategy, management & finance consulting for non-profits, companies, science parks and industry clusters.
Yifan Chen holds a PhD in Finance from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London, an MSc in Finance from Durham University, and a BSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Wuhan University.
Key Research Interests
My research interests relate to asset pricing (investment management, alternative investment, and cryptocurrencies) and corporate finance (entrepreneurial finance, M&A, and ESG).
I am currently co-supervising two PhD in Finance students. If you are interested in doing a PhD under my supervision, please check my research interests above and contact me by email.
Teaching Interests
I have taught a variety range of subjects including Finance, Accounting, Economics, Econometrics, and Statistics across undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and executive education. I am particularly interested in teaching Corporate Finance, Investment and Risk Management.
Currently, I am teaching the following modules.
- Business Finance (BSc)
- Advanced Investment & Risk Management (MSc)
Administrative Posts
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Promoting financial wellbeing: scoping potential for innovation
Fitzhugh, H., Chen, Y., Connolly, S., Daniels, K., Scherrer, C. & Woodard, R.
7/02/22 → 6/05/22
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Article
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Informed trading, information uncertainty, and price momentum
Chen, Y. & Zhao, H., Jul 2012, In: Journal of Banking & Finance. 36, 7, p. 2095-2109 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
36 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), East Anglian Branch (External organisation)
Yifan Chen (Member)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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Financial Management Special Interest Group, British Academy of Management (External organisation)
Yifan Chen (Officer)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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International Career Acceleration Network (External organisation)
Yifan Chen (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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CFA Society of the UK (External organisation)
Yifan Chen (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Industry panel or group
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External Examiner for Postgraduate Finance Courses at the University of Westminster
Yifan Chen (Examiner)
2017 → …Activity: Examination