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Paul B. McGuinness is currently a visiting Professor in the Economics Department at Macquarie University and is concurrently a Tenured Professor in the Department of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is also Chairman of CUHK’s Department of Finance. Prior to his appointment at CUHK, Prof. McGuinness was a faculty member of the School of Industrial and Business Studies, University of Warwick, UK. He has also held, while on leave from CUHK, positions as the National Bank Chair of Finance at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (January-December 1996) and Head of Research at the Hong Kong securities regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (July-December 2000).

Professor McGuinness has taught widely in undergraduate, graduate and executive programmes in the UK, Hong Kong, Mainland China and New Zealand. His research activities are in the area of financial markets, securities analysis and corporate finance. He has published widely, including a book entitled ‘A Guide to the Equity Markets of Hong Kong’ (Oxford University Press, 1999), and has numerous published papers in internationally-refereed journals, as well as several publications in professional and business-style journals. He has also conducted consultancy work pertaining to securities market-related issues in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Professor McGuinness obtained a Ph.D at the University of Leeds (UK), an M.Phil Degree at the University of Cambridge (UK) and a B.A. Honours (First Class) Degree at the University of Newcastle (UK).