Research Impact:
Assistant Professor Dr Leow Hon Wei
Head of Programme, Foundation in Arts
Academic Qualifications
2020 - PhD (Applied Finance), UM
2012 - MBA, UKM
2010 - Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), UKM"
Areas of Interest
1. Chartered Investment and Finance Practitioner (ChIFP)
Awarded body: Asia Pacific Financial Services Association
Year and Country: Jan 2017 & Singapore
2. Syariah Registered Financial Planner (Syariah RFP)
Awarded body: Malaysian Financial Planning Council
Year and Country: March 2015 & Malaysia
3. Certified in Quantitative Risk Management (CQRM)
Awarded body: International Institute of Professional Education and Research
Year and Country: March 2015 & United States
4. CLARITAS Investment Certificate
Awarded body: CFA Institute
Year and Country: Sept 2013 & United States
5. Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Awarded body: Financial Planning Association Malaysia
Year and Country: July 2013 & Malaysia / United States
6. Registered Financial Planner (RFP)
Awarded body: Malaysian Financial Planning Council
Year and Country: June 2013 & Malaysia
- Malaysian Financial Planning Council (ordinary member) (Malaysia)(from 2012 to current)
- International Institute of Professional Education and Research (ordinary member) (US) (Group member) (from 2014 to current)
- Malaysian Finance Association (life member) (Malaysia) (from 2015 to current)
- Malaysian Economic Association (life member) (Malaysia) (from 2015 to current)
- American Finance Association (ordinary member) (US)(from 2016 to 2022)
- Financial Planning Association Malaysia (ordinary member) (Malaysia)(from 2012 to 2016)
- Asia Pacific University Research Development Grant 2022: Design Learning for Education. Start: 28/12/2022; End: 27/12/2023.
- Asia Pacific University Research Development Grant 2021: Integrating the Big Data Driven Insight in Corporate exploration Competency: Resolving Fraud Allegations in Malaysia during Covid-19. Start: 01/11/2021; End: 01/11/2021. Completed.
- University of Malaya Travel Grant, The 13th National Chiao Tung University International Finance Conference, 10 January 2020.
- Bank Negara Malaysia Conference Grant, The 62th ISI World Statistics Congress 2019, Kuala Lumpur, 17 to 23 August 2019.
- A Framework for Retirement Planning Based On Financial Literacy and Wealth Accumulation in Malaysian Households. FRGS/2/2014/SS05/SEGI/02/2. Start: 01/10/2014; End: 30/12/2017. Completed.
- Consolation Prize, The 1st MFPC National Shariah Financial Plan Competition 2015/2016.
- CFA Program Professor Scholarship Award from CFA Institute, 2012
- MyBrain15 PhD Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE), 2015
- First Malaysian won the recognition of CLARITAS Investment Certificate from CFA Institute (Post Global Launch)
- Dean’s Honor List, The National University of Malaysia, 2008
- Wu, W., Leow, H.W., Yang, S.Y., Muda, I., Xu, Z.Y. (2023). Nexus Between Financial Inclusion, Workers’ Remittances, and Unemployment Rate in Asian Economies. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(692), 1-10. Publisher: Springer Nature (WoS SSCI & Scopus Q1 Indexed)
- Tay, L.C., Tan, F.Y., Leow, H.W. (2023). Ability, Motivation, Opportunity-Enhancing HRM Practices and Corporate Environmental Citizenship: Revisiting the Moderating Role of Organisational Learning Capability In Malaysian Construction Companies. International Journal of Business and Society, 24(1), 100-118. Publisher: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. (WoS ESCI & Scopus Q3 Indexed)
- Tay, L.C., Tan, F.Y., Leow, H.W. (2023). Ability, Motivation and Opportunity (AMO)-enhancing HRM Practices and Corporate Environmental Citizenship: The Mediation Effect of Organizational Ethical Climate. Jurnal Pengurusan, 67(1), 1-14. Publisher: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. (Scopus Q4 Indexed)
- Asma, A., Hieu, M. V., Ma, C., Leow, H.W., Monirul, I., and Gniewko, N. (2022). Natural Resources Commodity Prices Volatility and Economic Performance: Evaluating The Role Of Green Finance. Resources Policy (67), 102557. Publisher: Elsevier. (WoS SSCI & Scopus Q1 Indexed)
- Tay, L.C., Tan, F.Y., Leow, H.W. (2022). Organisational Learning Capability: Measurement, Validation, And Application In Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Society, 23(1), 106-117. Publisher: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. (WoS ESCI & Scopus Q3 Indexed)
- Krishnamoorthy., Leow, H.W., Cheok, M.Y. and Tay, L.C. (2022). Book Chapter. The modelling of financial planning in emerging market: An evidence from estate planning. Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, 10(1), 21-42. Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
- Leow H.W. (2021). Corporate Financial Planning: Global Views, Challenges and Solutions. Financial 1st, 3(1), 12-13. (Official Magazine of Malaysian Financial Planning Council)
- Leow, H.W. and Lau, W.Y.(2020). The Interaction Effect of Heuristic Representation on Initial Public Offering Anomaly: Evidence from Flipping Activity. Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 14(1), 3-15. Publisher: University of Wollongong. (WoS ESCI & Scopus Q2 Indexed).
- Leow, H.W. and Lau, W.Y. (2020). Book Chapter. Impact of Oversubscription Ratio and Trading Volume on IPO First Three-day Initial Return. Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance, 8, 163-175. Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Leow, H.W. and Lau W.Y. (2020). Impact of the Founder on the IPO Flipping Activity in Malaysian Main Market and ACE Market during GFC. Indonesian Capital Market Review, 12(2), 69-84. Publisher: Universitas Indonesia. (ESCI Indexed).
- Leow, H.W. (2020). Book Review. Profiting from the World’s Economic Crisis. Journal of Wealth Management and Financial Planning, 7(1), 82-84. Publisher: Malaysian Financial Planning Council. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS/Non-ERA).
- Leow H.W. (2020). FinTech Startups: The New Trend in Investment Planning for Businesses. Financial 1st, 2(1), 16-17. (Official Magazine of Malaysian Financial Planning Council)
- Stanley Yap, P.L., Chok N.V., Seow K.C and Leow H.W. (2019). Modelling Perceived Value, Trust, Satisfaction and Consumer Commitment: An Analysis of Fast Moving Consumer Goods in Malaysia. Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, 11(2). 185-196. (ERA-Indexed)
- Leow, H.W. and Lau W.Y. (2018). The Impact of Global Financial Crisis on IPO underpricing in Malaysian Stock Market, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 21(4), December 2018. Publisher: World Scientific Publishing. (WoS ESCI & Scopus Q2 Indexed)
- Leow, H.W. and Lau W.Y. (2018). The High-Low Intraday Performance of Initial Public Offerings during Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Malaysian Stock Market. Indonesian Capital Market Review, 10(1), 1-23. (WoS ESCI-Indexed)
- Leow, H.W. and Lau, W.Y. (2018). Special Purpose Acquisition Company IPO as an alternative tool of financing to traditional IPO: case studies from an emerging market. Alternative Investment Analyst Review, 7(1). (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS/Non-ERA)
- Tee W.C. and Leow H.W. (2018). How EPF Dividend Distribution Benefits Retirement Planning? Financial 1st Vol 2. pg 12-13. (Official Magazine of Malaysian Financial Planning Council)
- Board Member of Examination Board (EB): Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC) ( July 2023 to June 2025)
- Head of Judges: Sustainable & Inclusive Finance. Organiser: AKPK, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (November 30, 2023)
- Committee Member of Examination Quality Control Board: Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC)(July 2023 to June 2025)
- Chairperson: Accounting and Finance Research Transformation in Digital Era. Organiser: Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (November 07, 202
- Evaluator For Islamic Financial Advisor Representation Syllabus : Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC)(August 02, 2023
- Deputy Director: National Financial Wellbeing Summit 2023. Organiser: Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation. (March 20, 2023).
- Committee Member: The 30th Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. Organiser: Rutgers University, USA. (May 13-15, 2022).
- Board Member of Examination Board (EB): Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC)(August 2021 to June 2023)
- Speaker For Industry Talks: Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK)(September 18, 2021)
- Speaker for workshop “Your Investment Strategy During Pandemic and Post Pandemic” Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC) Penang Chapter. (August 08, 2021)
- Senior Independent Chief Financial Advisor Advance Financial Advisory (licensed by Securities Commission Malaysia and Bank Negara Malaysia)(July 2018 to June 2021)