Fiza Qureshi

• PhD - University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2017
• MBA (Hons) - University of Sindh Jamshoro, Pakistan, 2005
  
• BBA (Hons) - University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan, 2004

• Sustainable Finance
• Fintech
• Financial Markets
• Mutual Funds 

• 1 PhD - Completed
• 5 PhD - supervision Ongoing

External Grants

2024-2025 

• Co-Principal Investigator - Research project titled, “Revolutionizing Environmental and Economic Sustainability through Fintech Innovations and Digital Financial Inclusion: An Empirical Evidence from Selected Nations, Including Saudi Arabia”; project code: RG-24 101, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, SR 74000, USD19800
• Research Collaborator - UoSM seed fund as, project titled, “The Impact of Management Accountants Sustainable Development Training Programs on Financial Performance of Manufacturing Companies: Mediating Role of Environmental Performance; project code UoSM/SF2024/02, University of Southampton Malaysia, RM 6050

2021-2022 

• Co-Principal Investigator - Research Grant for a project titled “A Systematic Literature Review on Food Supply Chain Management” by the Deanship of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, Project No. AN000338, SR 40,000

• Co-Principal Investigator - Research grant for a project titled, “Restructuring Supply Chain Management for Food Sustainability: Logistics Perspective” by the Deanship of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, Project No. AN000347, SR 40,000

2020-2021

• Principal Investigator - Research project, titled, “Foreign direct investment and growth perspective” by Institute of Business Research, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, USD 1500

2018-2019

• Principal Investigator - Research project titled, “Do Mutual Funds reduce Stock Market Volatility in Pakistan? Implications for Pakistan Stock Market” under the HEC Start-up program, Project No. SRGP. 1938, PKR 499000

2019

• International conference - Recipient of full grant and honorarium by Asian Community Economic Forum (AECF) for presenting a research paper at the international conference AECF, Incheon, South Korea, USD 2000

 2013-2017

• PhD Scholarship - Recipient of a fully funded scholarship for PhD program at University of Malaya, Malaysia under Faculty Development Program by HEC, Pakistan, PKR 60,00,000 

Internal Grants

2023-2024

• Research Mentor - UoSM seed fund, project titled, “Is Malaysia having a Menopause Moment too? Analysing the socio-cultural formation of the local Menopause Market; project code UoSM/SF2023/08, University of Southampton Malaysia, RM7520

2022-2024

• Principal Investigator - UoSM seed fund, Project titled, “Technological risk and Crypto market?”, project code UoSM/SF2022/2, University of Southampton Malaysia, MYR 10,000

Representative Publications

• Shah, S. S., Qureshi, F., Memon, F. A., & Uddin, M. H. (2024). Financial Literacy and Investment Behavior of Individuals in Pakistan: Evidence from an Environment prone to religious sentiment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 100974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100974 ABDC-A, SSCI- Q1
• Khan, H.H., Kutan, A., Qureshi, F (2024). Fintech Integration: Driving Efficiency in Banking Institutions across the Developing Nations. Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105772 ABDC-A, SSCI- Q1
• Yousaf, I., Qureshi, S., Qureshi, F., & Gubareva, M. (2023). Connectedness of COVID vaccination with economic policy uncertainty, oil, bonds, and sectoral equity markets: evidence from the US. Annals of Operations Research, 1-27., https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05267-9 ABDC-A, SSCI- Q1
• Naeem, M.A, Farid, S., Qureshi, F., Hesary, F.T. (2022) Global factors and the transmission between US and Emerging markets. International Journal of Finance and Economics, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijfe.2604 ABDC-B, SSCI- Q2 
• Naeem, M.A, Qureshi, F., Farid, S., Tiwari, A.K, Elheddad, M. (2021) Time-frequency information transmission among financial markets: Evidence from implied volatility. Annals of Operations research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04266-y SSCI-Q1, ABDC-A
• Qureshi, F., Kutan, A. M., Ghafoor, A., Khan, H. H., & Qureshi, Z. (2019). Dynamics of mutual funds and stock markets in Asian developing economies. Journal of Asian Economics, 65, 101135.  ABDC-B, SSCI-Q1
• Qureshi, F., Khan, H. H., Rehman, I. U., Ghafoor, A., & Qureshi, S. (2019). Mutual fund flows and investors’ expectations in BRICS economies: Implications for international diversification. Economic Systems, 43(1), 130-150. ABDC-B, SSCI-Q1
• Qureshi, F., Khan, H. H., Rehman, I. U., Qureshi, S., & Ghafoor, A. (2019). The Effect of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Bond Mutual Funds and Stock Market: An International Comparison. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 55(13), 3112-3130. ABDC-B, SSCI-Q1
• Qureshi, F., Kutan, A. M., Khan, H. H., & Qureshi, S. (2019). Equity fund flows, market returns, and market risk: evidence from China. Risk Management, 21(1), 48-71. SSCI-Q2, ABDC-B
• Qureshi, F., Kutan, A. M., Ismail, I., & Gee, C. S. (2017). Mutual funds and stock market volatility: An empirical analysis of Asian emerging markets. Emerging Markets Review, 31, 176-192. ABDC-A, SSCI-Q1
• Qureshi, S., Rehman, I. U., & Qureshi, F. (2018). Does gold act as a safe haven against exchange rate fluctuations? The case of Pakistan rupee. Journal of Policy Modeling, 40(4), 685-708. ABDC-A, SSCI-Q1 
• Qureshi, F., Ismail, I., & Gee Chan, S. (2017). Mutual funds and market performance: New evidence from ASEAN markets. Investment Analysts Journal, 46(1), 61-79. ABDC-B, SSCI, Q3

Other Publications 

• Ullah, A; Ye, C; Dogan, M; Qureshi, F; Kamal, MA (2024). Riding the Green Wave: How Clean Energy is Reshaping China's Stock Market. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02064-y  SSCI-Q1
• Muhammad, A; Saman, S; Qureshi, F (2023) Does Economic Policy Uncertainty Matter for a Firm's Leverage and Speed of Adjustment? Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration,  https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-10-2022-0452, SSCI-Q2
• Kamal, M.A., Assad Ullah., Qureshi, F., Zheng, J., (2022) China’s Outward FDI and CO2 emission in Belt & Road countries: Does the Quality of Institutions matter? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.2008883 SSCI-Q1, ABDC-B
• Naqvi, S.K., Shahzad, F., Rehman, I., Qureshi, F., Laique, U. (2021). Corporate Social Responsibility Performance and Information Asymmetry: The Moderating Role of Analyst Coverage. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2114  ABDC-C SSCI-Q1   
• Kutan, A., Laique, U., Qureshi, F., Rehman, I. U., & Shahzad, F. (2020). A survey on national culture and corporate financial decisions: current status and future research. International Journal of Emerging Markets. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-12-2019-1050 ABDC-B SSCI-Q2
• Qureshi, S., Qureshi, F., Soomro, A. B., Chandio, F. H., Shah, S. S., & Rehman, I. U. (2020). Exchange rate risk and sectoral returns: A wavelet-based MRA-EDCC GARCH analysis. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2020.1772304. SSIE-Q3, ABDC-B
• Ahad, M., Rehman, I. U., Qureshi, F., Hanif, W., & Anwer, Z. (2018). Modelling Asymmetric Impact of Home Country Macroeconomic Variables on American Depository Receipts: Evidence from Eurozone. Annals of Economics and Finance, 19(2), 703-727. ABDC-C, SSCI-Q4
• Khan, H. H., Ghafoor, A., Qureshi, F., & Rehman, I. U. (2018). Bank competition, financial development and growth of financially dependent industries: Fresh evidence from China. Global Economic Review, 47(2), 108-134. ABDC-C, SSCI-Q2
• Khan, H. H., Kutan, A. M., Naz, I., & Qureshi, F. (2017). Efficiency, growth and market power in the banking industry: New approach to efficient structure hypothesis. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 42, 531-545. ABDC-B, SSCI-Q1
• Zain, S; Qureshi, F; Iqbal, J; Sultana, S. (2022) Overconfidence Bias and Investment Performance: A Mediating Effect of Risk Propensity. Borsa Istanbul Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2022.03.001 SSCI- Q1
• Shah, S. S., Memon, F. A., Qureshi, F., Soomro, A. B., Kemal, A. A., & Shah, A. A. (2022). Mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemic: the role of fear, social isolation and psychological resilience. Cogent Psychology, 9(1), 2006993. SSCI- Q2
• Qureshi, F., Qureshi, S., Shah, S.S. (2021) Do Mutual Fund Flows influence Stock Market Volatility? Further Evidence from Emerging Market. Romanian Journal of economic and forecasting, SSCI- Q3, ABDC-C
• Qureshi, F (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic, Economic indicators and Sectoral returns: Evidence from US and China. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.1934508, SSCI- Q1
• Shahzad, F., Saeed, A., Ali, G., Qureshi, F., Rehman, I.U., Qureshi, S. (2021) Political connections and firm performance: Further evidence using a Generalized Quantile regression approach. IIMB Management Review-Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2021.08.005 SSCI- Q3
• Sultana, S., Shafique, I., Majeed, N., Jamshed, S., Shahani, A.K., Qureshi, F. (2021) Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the psychological health in Bangladesh. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06772 SCEI- Q1
• Qureshi, F., Qureshi, S., Shah, S. S., Rehman, I. U., & Shahzad, F. (2020). Further Evidence on Co-Movement between Equity Funds and Business Cycle Variables in BRICS: A Wavelet Analysis. Borsa Istanbul Review, 20(1), S93-S102. SSCI- Q1 
• Qureshi, F., Qureshi, S., Vo, X. V., & Junejo, I. (2020). Revisiting the nexus among Foreign Direct Investment, Corruption and Growth in Developing and Developed Markets. Borsa Istanbul Review. 21(1), 80-91.  SSCI- Q1
• Khan, H. H., Naz, I., Qureshi, F., & Ghafoor, A. (2017). Heuristics and stock buying decision: Evidence from Malaysian and Pakistani stock markets. Borsa Istanbul Review, 17(2), 97-110. SSCI- Q1

Book Chapters Published

• Sultana. S., Qureshi, F., (2021). Crowdfunding in DETEs: A literature Review. Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation and Development. Taylor & Francis Publisher. *Corresponding Author DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003134282-3
• Shaikh, E., Tunio, N., Qureshi, F., (2021). Finance and women's entrepreneurship in DETEs: A literature review. Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation and Development. Taylor & Francis Publisher. *Corresponding Author

• Meritorious Teacher/Researcher award in Convocation 2017-18, University of Sindh, Jamshoro on 21st December 2019.
• Meritorious administrative officer award in Convocation, 2017, University of Sindh, Jamshoro on 9th March 2019.
• Associate Editor at Heliyon Journal, Finance Section, (SSCI, Q1).

Previous work experience

Permanent Positions

• Assistant Professor at Southampton Malaysia Business School (AACSB Accredited Business School), University of Southampton Malaysia, (January 2022 to Feb 2024) 
• Assistant Professor at IBA, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan (September 2017 to December 2021)  
• Lecturer at IBA, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan (September 2007 to September 2017)   

Contractual/Visiting/International Research Fellow Positions

• Academic Consultant at University of Southampton Malaysia (6 September 2021 to January 2022)
• International Research Fellow at Institute of Business Research, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam (1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021)
• Visiting Lecturer at Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science, and Technology (HIAST) Business schools, Hyderabad (January 2008 to December 2009).
• Visiting lecturer at SZABIST, Hyderabad, Pakistan (January 2012 to December 2013) 

Administrative experience

• Programme Lead of Accounting and Finance Cluster, Southampton Malaysia Business School (SMBS), University of Southampton Malaysia (Nov 2022 to Feb 2024)
• Director Student Financial Aid, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan (March 2018 to October 2021).