
Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology), Master of Business Administration (Queensland University of Technology)
Anup Basu is a professor of finance and behavioural/experimental economics. He is the founder and coordinator of QUT Student Managed Investment Fund. Anup’s research has been published in internationally reputed journals and has made significant impact on public policy and industry practice. His work on target date funds has been presented in the joint hearing of the United States Government Department of Labor and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and informed the formulation of the SEC rule on target date funds. Anup’s articles have been cited by the World Bank, IMF policy research report on pension plans, OECD Working Party on Private Pensions, the US Government Accountability Office, the US Senate Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, and the Australian Government's Review (Cooper Review) of the Governance, Efficiency, Structure and Operations of the Australian Superannuation System. The policy impact of his research has received the highest rating in the Australian Research Council's Excellence of Research in Australia (ERA) . Anup has been the lead investigator of a research project on investment in hybrid securities commissioned by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). His research findings have been covered by national/international media including the Financial Times UK, Pensions & Investments, Australian Financial Review, The Australian, The Age and numerous other media outlets. Apart from lecturing in undergraduate and postgraduate finance units at the School of Economics and Finance, Anup regularly teaches the core statistics unit in the MBA and the Executive MBA program run by the Graduate School of Business (GSB). He also runs occasional workshops on Behavioural Economics and Finance for senior executives in the financial services sector. Anup has co-authored two market leading textbooks on Investments (Publisher: McGraw Hill) and Financial Markets (Publisher: John Wiley). Prior to joining academia, Anup served in management positions with large banking and financial services organisations in India and USA for more than eight years. He is a certificated associate and life member of the Indian Institute of Bankers, and member of American Risk and Insurance Association(ARIA), Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and the Brisbane Executive Club. Anup has been a consultant to large investment managers like QIC on dynamic asset allocation and portfolio risk management. He is currently QUT's Academic Staff Representative at UniSuper's Consultative Committee. Research Interests
- Investment strategies and performance evaluation
- Pension Finance
- Psychology and financial decision-making (Role of cognition, emotion, and trust)
- Economic experiments (Regulations, disclosures, behavioural biases)
- Neuroeconomics (Ageing)
Additional information
- Basu, A. & Huang-Jones, J. (2015). The performance of diversified emerging market equity funds. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 35, 116–131. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82173
- Basu, A. & Drew, M. (2015). The value of tail risk hedging in defined contribution plans: what does history tell us. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 14(03), 240–265. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/78127
- Basu, A., Chen, J. & Clements, A. (2014). Are lifecycle funds appropriate as default options in participant-directed retirement plans? Economics Letters, 124(1), 51–54. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70064
- Basu, A. & Andrews, S. (2014). Asset allocation policy, returns and expenses of Australian superannuation funds: Recent evidence based on default options. Australian Economic Review, 47(1), 63–77. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63970
- Basu, A. & Forbes, B. (2014). Does fundamental indexation lead to better risk adjusted returns? New evidence from Australian Securities Exchange. Accounting and Finance, 54(3), 699–728. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57577
- Turvey, P., Basu, A. & Verhoeven, P. (2013). Embedded tax liabilities and portfolio choice. Journal of Portfolio Management, 39(3), 93–101. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57576
- Basu, A., Byrne, A. & Drew, M. (2011). Dynamic lifecycle strategies for target date retirement funds. Journal of Portfolio Management, 37(2), 83–96. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57575
- Basu, A. & Drew, M. (2010). The appropriateness of default investment options in defined contribution plans: Australian evidence. Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 18(3), 290–305. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32506
- Basu, A. & Drew, M. (2009). The case for gender-sensitive superannuation plan design. Australian Economic Review, 42(2), 177–189. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26612
- Basu, A. & Drew, M. (2009). Portfolio Size Effect in Retirement Accounts: What Does It Imply for Lifecycle Asset Allocation Funds? Journal of Portfolio Management, 35(3), 61–72. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32502
- Title
- Financial Decision Making in Late Adulthood
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100264
- Start year
- 2016
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