Nirav Parikh

Dr. Nirav Parikh

Senior Lecturer (Education Focused)

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Nirav Parikh is a Senior Lecturer at RMIT's School of Economics, Finance and Marketing. He has 16 years of professional experience in wealth management, portfolio management, stockbroking and investment analysis.

Dr Parikh is a finance researcher. He completed his PhD in Finance at RMIT University in 2017 and since then has been working as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at RMIT.

Dr Parikh's research area is finance, focusing on developing countries. His work aims to explore and understand the impact of regulatory changes in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on underwriter behaviour, investor participation, and IPO pricing. His research also focuses on corporate governance practices in IPO firms, Climate Finance, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Research fields

  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 350202 Finance

UN sustainable development goals

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 5 Gender Equality

Academic positions

  • Senior Lecturer
  • RMIT University
  • Finance
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jan 2025 – Present
  • Deputy Head of Discipline (Finance)
  • RMIT University
  • Finance
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2024
  • Program Manager - Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) program and Coordinator for Undergraduate Major in Finance
  • RMIT University
  • Finance
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jul 2020 – 30 Jun 2022
  • Lecturer
  • RMIT University
  • Finance
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Mar 2017 – 31 Dec 2024

Degrees

  • Masters Level, Accountancy
  • RMIT University
  • Australia
  • 2012
  • Doctorate Research, Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Unknown
  • Australia
  • 2012

Supervisor projects

  • Essays on Downside Risk: Evidence from Board Diversity, CEO Traits, and Social Networks
  • 28 Jul 2021
  • An Empirical Investigation into Financial Market Integration and Capital Mobility: The Case of ASEAN+3
  • 24 Nov 2020
  • Governance Mechanism for Financial Markets: Fund Concentration and Risk-Taking in Tournament
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Family Involvement and Corporate Risk-Taking in China’s Family Firms
  • 6 Dec 2018
  • The Impact of Oil Prices on Stock Prices: Market, Sector, and Firm Level Analysis
  • 10 Oct 2018
  • Ownership Structure, Board Attributes and Firms Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from Saudi Arabia
  • 3 May 2018
  • Founder-CEO Firms in Australia (2007–2021): Performance and Voluntary Successions
  • 1 May 2018

Teaching interests

Master of Finance 

 

• Financial Decision Making

• Portfolio Management

 

Bachelor of Business


• Equity Investment and Portfolio Management 
• Sustainable Finance and Investments 

 

 



Research interests

  • Initial Public Offers
  • Corporate Governance
  • Emerging Financial Markets
  • Climate Finance 
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

 

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