Assoc. Prof. Dr Zaheer Anwer

Associate Professor

Department of Economics & Finance
Sunway Business School (SBS)
[email protected]

Zaheer Anwer is equipped with more than 14 years of teaching and industry experience. He holds teaching and research interests in Quantitative Finance, Corporate Finance, Monetary Economics, Investments and Islamic Banking. He has worked in leading Pakistani Universities like University of Management and Technology and The University of Lahore. He has published in journals like Finance Research Letters, Journal of Business Research, Annals of Operations Research, Accounting and Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal and International Review of Economics and Finance.

  1. PhD, INCEIF Malaysia, 2018
  2. MBA, Quaid-I-Azam University, Pakistan, 2002
  1. Finance
  2. Islamic Finance
  3. Business Analytics
  1. Advanced Risk Management, Theories and Practices
  2. Financial Management
  3. Business Finance
  4. Internet and Mobile Banking Operations
  5. Commercial Banking Operations
  6. Fundamentals of Accounting
  7. Islamic Banking and Finance
  8. Risk Management for Islamic Financial Institutions
  9. Research Methods
  10. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
  1. Corporate Finance
  2. Islamic Finance
  3. Monetary Economics
  4. Portfolio Managemen
  1. Anwer, Z., Naeem, M. A., Hassan, M. K., & Karim, S. (2022). Asymmetric connectedness across Asia-Pacific currencies: Evidence from time-frequency domain analysis. Finance Research Letters, 102782.
  2. Anwer, Z., Khan, A., Naeem, M. A., & Tiwari, A. K. (2022). Modelling Systemic risk of Energy and Non-Energy Commodity Markets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of Operations Research
  3. Anwer, Z., Sabit, A., Hassan, M. K., Paltrinieri, A. (2022). Monetary transmissions Mechanism for Islamic Capital Markets: Evidence from Markov Switching Dynamic Regression Approach. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management
  4. Ahad, M., Farid, S., & Anwer, Z. (2022). Designing energy policy in the presence of underground economy: the case of Pakistan. International Journal of Emerging Markets
  5. Anwer, Z., Mohamad, S., Azmi, W., & Hasanov, A. (2021). Product Market Fluidity and Religious Constraints: Evidence from the United States Market. Accounting and Finance.
  6. Anwer, Z., Mohamad, S., Paltrinieri, A., & Hassan, M. K. (2021). Dividend payout policy of Shariah compliant firms: Evidence from United States. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 101422.
  7. Anwer, Z., Azmi, W., & Mohamad, S. (2021). Shariah screening and corporate governance: The case of constituent stocks of Dow Jones US Indices. International Review of Economics & Finance.
  8. Ahad, M., & Anwer, Z. (2021). Asymmetric impact of oil price on trade balance in BRICS countries: Multiplier dynamic analysis. International Journal of Finance & Economics.
  9. Ahad, M., & Anwer, Z. (2021). Do movements in macroeconomic determinants affect American depository receipt prices? Evidence from France. International Journal of Finance & Economics.
  10. Ahad, M., Anwer, Z., & Ahmad, W. (2021). Does Crime-Tourism Nexus hold for Pakistan?. International Journal of Emerging Markets.
  11. Ahad, M., & Anwer, Z. (2020). Asymmetrical relationship between oil price shocks and trade deficit: Evidence from Pakistan. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 29(2), 163-180.
  12. Ahmad, W., Kim, W. G., Anwer, Z., & Zhuang, W. (2020). Schwartz personal values, theory of planned behavior and environmental consciousness: How tourists’ visiting intentions towards eco-friendly destinations are shaped?. Journal of Business Research, 110, 228-236.
  13. Anwer, Z., Azmi, W., Mohamad, S., & Paltrinieri, A. (2020). Why CEOs invest in Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives: evidence on Shariah compliant firms. Applied Economics Letters, 1-8.
  14. Anwer, Z. (2020). Salam for import operations: mitigating commodity macro risk. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research.
  15. Anwer, Z., Khan, S., & Bakar, M. A. (2020). Sharīʿah-compliant central banking practices: lessons from Muslim countries’ experience. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance.
  16. Anwer, Z., Azmi, W., & Mohd, S. M. R. (2019). How do Islamic equities respond to monetary actions?. International Journal of Emerging Markets.
  17. Anwer, Z., Ahad, M., & Imran, M. (2019). Does insurance‐growth nexus hold for Malaysia?. Asian‐Pacific Economic Literature, 33(2), 108-120.
  18. Azmi, W., Anwer, Z., Mohamad, S., & Shah, M. E. (2019). The substitution hypothesis of agency conflicts: Evidence on Shariah compliant equities. Global Finance Journal, 41, 90-103.
  19. Anwer, Z. (2019). Islamic venture capital investment style–opportunities and challenges. Journal of Islamic Marketing.
  20. Anwer, Z., Asadov, A., Kamil, N. K., Musaev, M., & Refede, M. (2019). Islamic venture capital–issues in practice. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance.
  21. Ahad, M., 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 & Finance, 19(2).
  22. Asadov, A., Sori, Z. B. M., Ramadilli, S. M., Anwer, Z., & Shamsudheen, S. V. (2018). Musharakah Mutanaqisah home financing: issues in practice. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 9(1), 91-103.
  1. Received third best paper award at 1st Global Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance 2018 (GCIEF2018), Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
  1. Member Editorial Board Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
  2. Member Editorial Board International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management