Xiaolu Hu

Xiaolu is a senior lecturer in finance at the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing. Xiaolu joined RMIT in 2018 after receiving her PhD in finance at RMIT. Before completing her PhD, Xiaolu worked as a portfolio manager and credit rating analyst in leading organizations in China. Xiaolu acquired her Master's degree from Tsinghua University (PBC School of Finance) and her Bachelor's degree from the Central University of Economics and Finance. Her research areas are empirical corporate finance, empirical asset pricing, the bond market, machine learning and the Chinese capital market. She has published papers in leading journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, British Accounting Review and Energy Economics. Dr Hu has attracted more than $350,000 in internal and external research grants. She is partnered with several financial institutions and is also a CFA charterholder. Xiaolu is also the leader of the RMIT Financial Markets and Sustainability Group.

Awards:

• Best Paper Award 2023, AFAANZ Annual Conference
• Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, 2023
• Dean’s Education Award, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, 2022
• Outstanding Reviewer Award 2022, AFAANZ Annual Conference
• Rozetta Best Paper Prize at the 34th Australian Finance and Banking Conference, 2021
• Outstanding Teaching Recognition 2020-2021, School of EFM, RMIT University

Ad-hoc reviewer for A*/A journals: Journal of Corporate Finance, Energy Economics, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Accounting & Finance; European Financial Management; International Review of Economics and Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Emerging Markets Review, Finance Research Letters, Economic Modelling, Australian Journal of Management, Journal of Clean Production, Journal of Accounting Literature.