BIOGRAPHY

Research Focus:

Corporate Finance with a primary focus on ESG and Sustainability, Real Estate Finance

Education:

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ph.D. in Real Estate                   2023/08

Johns Hopkins University, United States

Master of Science in Finance           2014/09

University of British Columbia, Canada

Bachelor of Commerce with Honors, Major in Finance     2012/05

Professional Experience:

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Five year working experience in the investment management industry

RESEARCH

Conference Papers:

Banking Relationships and Information Asymmetries, Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trust (Tien Foo Sing and Zhi Min Zhang) - July 2021 AREURA/AsRES Conference, Singapore, Virtual Conference; July 2021 GCRES Conference, Singapore, Virtual

The Impact of ESG Coverage, Evidence from Commercial Real Estate Green Asset Acquisition Activities (Tien Foo Sing and Zhi Min Zhang) (presented at AREURA 2023) - January 2023 ASSA/AEA Conference, Poster Session, New Orlean, United States; July 2023 AsRES/GCRES Conference, Hong Kong, China

Awards & Honors:

NUS Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore

Deans Honor Roll, University of British Columbia

TEACHING

Tutorial Instructor

Real Estate Securitization

Real Estate Finance

Introduction to Capital Market

Investment Theory/ Applied Financial Market

Empirical Finance (MBA)

Corporate Finance (MBA)

Risk Management and Financial Engineering