Overview
Hanxiong joined the Bangor Business School as a Senior Lecturer in Finance in 2024. Hanxiong was previously a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Surrey. Hanxiong’s research areas are in: corporate governance, FinTech, and financial economics. He has published in the Journal of Corporate Finance; European Financial Management; European Economic Review; British Accounting Review; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments amongst others. He was an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of a large credit union in the UK from December 2021 to January 2024. Hanxiong is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification holder and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Qualifications
- PhD
- Professional: CFA
- Professional: FRM
- Professional: SFHEA
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2026
- E-pub ahead of printDoes Ownership Matter for Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Banks? Evidence from China
Zhang, H., Ji, J., Chen, L. & Zhang, H., 28 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2025
- E-pub ahead of printCEO social class origins and risk taking
Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., 22 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Financial Management. 32, 1, p. 156-179 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- PublishedLabor investment inefficiency and LGBTQ+-friendliness
Schopohl, L., Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., Oct 2024, In: International Review of Financial Analysis. 95, Part B, 103469.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe role of board age diversity in the performance of publicly listed fintech entities
Katsiampa, P., McGuiness, P. B. & Zhang, H., 2024, In: European Journal of Finance. 30, 11, p. 1295-1326
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedPhD CEOs and firm performance
Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., 2022, In: European Financial Management.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe performance of UK stock recommendation revisions: Does brokerage house reputation matter?
Chen Su & Nathan Lael Joseph, 1 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedUK Vice Chancellor compensation: Do they get what they deserve?
Lucey, B., Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., Jul 2022, In: British Accounting Review. 54, 4, 101108.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedFemale CFOs, leverage and the moderating role of board diversity and CEO power
Schopohl, L., Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., 7 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Corporate Finance. 71, 101858.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedStock market manipulation in an emerging market of Turkey: How do market participants select stocks for manipulation?
Viktor Manahov, Hilal Ok Ergün & Abdullah Yalaman, 21 Mar 2021, In: Applied Economics Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedA Time-series Bootstrapping Simulation Method to Distinguish Sell-side Analysts’ Skill from Luck
Chen Su, 29 Sept 2020, Handbook of Financial Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Technology. Lee, C. F. & Lee, J. C. (eds.). World Scientific Publishing Company
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedDo momentum and reversal strategies work in commodity futures? A comprehensive study
Andrew Urquhart, 15 Oct 2020, In: Review of Behavioural Finance.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPolitical uncertainty and sentiment: Evidence from the impact of Brexit on financial markets
Andrew Urquhart & Robert Hudson, 1 Oct 2020, In: European Economic Review.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe time-varying performance of analyst recommendation revisions: Do market conditions matter?
Chen Su & Robert Hudson, 2 May 2020, In: Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments. p. 65-89
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedForecasting financial markets using high-frequency trading data: Examination with Strongly Typed Genetic Programming
Manahov, V. & Zhang, H., 2019, In: International Journal of Electronic Commerce. 23, 1, p. 12-32
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIs Bitcoin a hedge or safe-haven for currencies? An intraday analysis
Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., 2019, In: International Review of Financial Analysis. 63, p. 49-57
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPairs trading across Mainland China and Hong Kong stock markets
Zhang, H. & Urquhart, A., Apr 2019, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics. 24, 2, p. 698-726
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe performance of technical trading rules in socially responsible investments
Urquhart, A. & Zhang, H., Sept 2019, In: International Review of Economics & Finance. 63, p. 397-411
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedDoes an aging population influence stock markets? Evidence from New Zealand
Hettihewa, S., Saha, S. & Zhang, H., 16 Oct 2018, In: Economic Modelling. 75, p. 142-158
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOn the investment value of sell-side analyst recommendation revisions in the UK
Su, C., Zhang, H., Bangassa, K. & Joseph, N. L., 9 Aug 2018, In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 53, p. 257-293
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPerformance ranking (dis)similarities in commodity markets
Zhang, H., Auer, B. R. & Vortelinos, D. I., 11 Jan 2018, In: Global Finance Journal. 35, p. 115-137
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedInvestigation of institutional changes in the UK housing market using structural break tests and time varying parameter models
Zhang, H., Hudson, R. S., Metcalf, H. & Manahov, V., 2017, In: Empirical Economics. 53, p. 617-640
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedIdentification of house price bubbles using user cost in a state space model
Zhang, H., Hudson, R. S., Metcalf, H. & Manahov, V., 2015, In: Applied Economics. 47, 56, p. 6088-6101
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review