Professor Qingwei Wang

Teams and roles for Qingwei Wang

Head of Accounting and Finance
Professor of Finance
Cardiff Business School

Professor Qingwei Wang holds the Personal Chair of Finance at Cardiff Business School, where he also serves as the Head of the Accounting and Finance section. He is the co-founder and co-director of Cardiff Fintech Research Group, and has previously directed the Cardiff Empirical Finance Group and Centre for China Business Research. Before joining Cardiff in 2014, Professor Wang was a Lecturer in Finance at Bangor Business School, and a researcher at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW, Mannheim, Germany), where he engaged in projects with Deutsche Bank, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, and German Science Foundation.

Professor Wang's research agenda focuses on three areas of finance: Fintech, Sustainable Finance, and Behavioural Finance. His work in Fintech investigates cryptoassets, machine learning applications, and big data investing. In Sustainable Finance, he examines ESG, CSR, greenwashing, and climate risk. In Behavioural Finance, he explores how biases like investor sentiment and attention influence financial decision-making and how technology can amplify or mitigate these human biases to affect financial markets. His contributions to the field are published in internationally recognised journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Empirical Finance, European Financial Management, and International Journal of Forecasting.

Professor Wang's research has been recognised through best paper awards at international conferences and featured in prominent global media outlets, including Bloomberg, Reuters, and Handelsblatt. He serves as an editorial board member of British Accounting Review, an associate editor of Finance Research Letters and The European Journal of Finance, and a Guest Editor for the special issue on “Fintech and Financial Markets” at The European Journal of Finance.

My Public Value Story:

As a Professor of Finance, I view financial markets not only as mechanisms for wealth creation but also as tools for promoting sustainable development and social mobility. I strive to advance education in areas such as sustainable finance and responsible financial innovation. My research in sustainable finance and fintech explores how technology and capital can work together to build a more sustainable future.

I believe that transforming finance into a genuine force for social good requires improving financial literacy and inclusion. To contribute to this goal, I collaborate with local schools and charities to deliver interactive trading simulations and financial literacy workshops, particularly for young people from underrepresented backgrounds. These initiatives aim to broaden participation and inspire the next generation of financial leaders.

Date
Type

2025

Guo, W. et al. 2025. The dual impact of on-chain and off-chain factors on Bitcoin market efficiency. The British Accounting Review 101641. (10.1016/j.bar.2025.101641)
Li, M. et al., 2025. Sell-side financial analyst social network and forecast accuracy. International Review of Economics & Finance 103 104501. (10.1016/j.iref.2025.104501)
Liang, W. , Eshraghi, A. and Wang, Q. 2025. Aggregate investment, economic dynamics, and predictability in the U.S. REIT market. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

2024

Feng, H. , Wang, Q. and Xiao, J. Z. 2024. Venture capital and stock price informativeness: Evidence from China. Financial Review 59 (4), pp.897-922. (10.1111/fire.12392)
Lewis-Cheetham, J. et al. 2024. The impact of transaction costs on forecast-based trading strategy performance. Presented at: CIFEr 2024: IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Hoboken, New Jersey, USA 22-23 October 2024. Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics. IEEE. , pp.1-8. (10.1109/CIFEr62890.2024.10772810)
Nemlioglu, I. , Ding, W. and Wang, Q. 2024. Crypto investing: a new frontier of gambling and addiction?. In: Strong, C. , Martin, B. and Chrysochou, P. eds. Advances in Blockchain Research and Cryptocurrency Behaviour. De Gruyter. , pp.53-66. (10.1515/9783110981551-004)
Song, Q. et al., 2024. Banker directors on board and corporate tax avoidance. Journal of Empirical Finance 79 101551. (10.1016/j.jempfin.2024.101551)

2015

Goddard, J. , Kita, A. and Wang, Q. 2015. Investor attention and FX market volatility. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 38 , pp.79-96. (10.1016/j.intfin.2015.05.001)

2014

ap Gwilym, O. , Kita, A. and Wang, Q. 2014. Speculate against speculative demand. International Review of Financial Analysis 34 , pp.212-221. (10.1016/j.irfa.2014.03.001)
Kuang, P. , Schröder, M. and Wang, Q. 2014. Illusory profitability of technical analysis in emerging foreign exchange markets. International Journal of Forecasting 30 (2), pp.192-205. (10.1016/j.ijforecast.2013.07.015)

2011

Fitzenberger, B. , Kohn, K. and Wang, Q. 2011. The erosion of union membership in Germany: determinants, densities, decompositions. Journal of Population Economics 24 (1), pp.141-165. (10.1007/s00148-009-0299-7)

2010

Dick, C. D. and Wang, Q. 2010. The economic impact of the Olympic Games: evidence from stock markets. Applied Economics Letters 17 (9), pp.861-864. (10.1080/13504850802552291)
Schrimpf, A. and Wang, Q. 2010. A reappraisal of the leading indicator properties of the yield curve under structural instability. International Journal of Forecasting 26 (4), pp.836-857. (10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.08.005)

2009

Wang, Q. 2009. Alternative methods for a forward-looking assessment of potential GDP growth. In: Hauptmeier, S. et al., Projecting Potential Output: Methods and Problems. Physica-Verlag. , pp.141-160.

Research interests

Fintech
Machine learning and big data investing
Behavioral Finance
Investment Strategies
Climate change

Invited talks and seminars

Bangor University, University of Bath, Centre for European Economic Research (Germany), European Central Bank, University of Glasgow, Goethe University Frankfurt, Heriot-Watt University, Loughborough University, University of Reading, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Sun Yat-sen University, Xiamen University, University of Bremen, Wales Tech Week.

Visiting Research

Centre for European Economic Research, University of Freiburg, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, University of Bremen

Current Teaching commitments

Market Microstructure and Electronic Trading (Postgraduate module leader)

Previous Teaching commitments

Research Topics in Finance (Postgraduate module leader)
Market Microstructure and Trading System (Postgraduate module leader)
International Corporate Finance (Postgraduate module leader)
International Corporate Finance (Undergraduate module leader)

Academic Employment

Personal Chair in Finance, Cardiff Business School, August 2022 - present
Reader in Finance, Cardiff Business School, September 2019 - July 2022
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Cardiff Business School, September 2014 - July 2019
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance, Bangor Business School, March 2010 - August 2014
Research Fellow, Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany, September 2005 - January 2010

Qualifications

PGCert in Higher Education, 2014
Ph.D. in Finance, University of Mannheim
M.A. in Economics and Management Science, Humboldt University at Berlin
LL.B. in International Economic Law, Fudan University
B.A. in Economics, Anhui Normal University

Current administrative roles

Head of Accounting and Finance
Co-director of Cardiff Fintech Research Group

Past administrative role

Director of Centre for China Business Research
Director of Cardiff Empirical Finance Group
MSc Finance Programme Director
Academic Misconduct Co-ordinator
Member of the Research Commitee

Editorial board member of:

Media contributions

Television interviews: Phoenix CNE
Research featured in: Bloomberg, Reuters, Handelsblatt, WirtschaftsWoche, Europe Business & Lifestyle (invited article)

Recent public talks

Keynote at the conference “China’s Financial Openness and Development in the PostCovid-19 Era”, virtual, 2021
Panel talk, “Blockchain Research: Digital Assets and beyond”, Wales TechWeek, 2020
Panel talk, ESRC Sparking Impact Workshop on "Unlocking the potential of blockchain", Cardiff, 2019

External examiner

Postgraduate in Finance & Management at University of Bristol
Msc programme in finance at Open University
Msc programme in macro and monetary economics, and finance at Birmingham University (2017-
2021)

Refereeing

Grant reviewer: ESRC, Swiss National Science Foundation, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Cardiff University
Journals: British Journal of Management, British Accounting Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, International Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Financial Stability, European Journal of Finance, Accounting Horizons, Quantitative Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Review of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Economics and Statistics, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Central Bank Review

Honours and awards

Best AFS Paper Award at the AFS 2025 Conference, 2025
Best Paper Award at the 8th China Finance and Accounting Conference, 2024
Best (PhD) Paper Award at the 2024 Edinburgh World-Class Workshop in Fintech and Sustainable Finance, 2024
EFMA-WRDS Best Conference Research Award Nominations, 2024
Best Paper Finalist Award at the 21st China Symposium on Empirical Accounting, 2022
Best Paper Award at the 22nd BAFA SIG-AFEE Workshop on Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 2022
Best Academic Programme finalist, Fintech Wales Awards, 2021, 2022, 2023
Best Paper Award, 12th Global Business and Social Science Research Conference, 2016

Professional memberships

Member of Society for Experimental Finance
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Research Associate of Centre for European Economic Research, Germany

Please note that due to a large number of existing PhD students, I am currently unable to accept new ones.

PhD supervision interests:

Fintech, including cryptoassets, machine learning and big data investing
Investor sentiment, investor attention and information acquisition
Investment strategies
Climate change

Additional Current PhD students:

James Lewis-Cheetham

Placements of past PhD students:

Bangor University, Cardiff University, University of Southampton, University of Northampton, Greenwich University, Groningen University, etc.

PhD examinations:

Bangor University, Birmingham University, Cardiff University (internal), Durham University, IFHE University, Newcastle University, Strathclyde University, Swansea University, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.