Professor Jerry Parwada
PhD (Finance), MBA (Finance) - Edith Cowan University
MPhil (Higher Education) - University of New South Wales
BCom (Finance Hons Cum Laude) - National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Leadership Course - The Wharton School
Graduate - Australian Institute of Company Directors
Dr Jerry Parwada is a Professor of Finance at UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia. He served as Head of School - Banking and Finance at UNSW from 2011-2017 and as Director of Academic Strategy 2019-2022. His research specializes in investment management and financial markets. Among several governance roles, Jerry has been instrumental in the launch of the Adviser Ratings Licensee Rating system in Australia and is the Chair of its independent Ratings Committee. He is a member of the FINSIA Industry Council for Institutional Markets and serves as an independent non-executive director of a not-for-profit and a central bank.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- 2016-2022 Australian Research Council Linkage Grant ($169,000)
- 2015-2017 Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI) (CAD$352,000)
- 2013-2015 Centre for International Financial Regulation ($160,000)
- 2010- Australian Stock Exchange - Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre Corporate
- Governance Research Centre ($1,000,000)
- 2010-2011 Go8 Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme ($40,000)
- 2007 UNSW John Yu Fellowship to Europe ($6,000)
- 2007 UNSW, Early Career Research Grant ($10,000)
- 2006 Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, Research Grant ($18,000)
- 2007 Best Discussant Award, Financial Services Institute
- 2007 – Financial Services: Imports or Exports, New York
- 2007 UNSW Australian School of Business Non-Professorial Research Achievement Award
Building on his core research area of investments and financial markets, Jerry conducts both academic- and industry-oriented research. His research has attracted more than $1.5 million in funding from major grant making bodies such as the Australian Research Council as well as private entities like the Australian Securities Exchange and the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (Canada). In the area of policy-making, Jerry has contributed to major commissions of inquiry, including the Commonwealth of Australia, Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry; the Commonwealth of Australia, Financial System Inquiry; and the Federal Treasury, Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation.
In his contributions to academia, Jerry is a member of the editorial boards of the following journals: Journal of Financial Stability (Elsevier); Investment Analysts Journal (Taylor & Francis) and Review of Business (St Johns University, New York). He is a regular member of leading international conference committees, including the European Finance Association and Society of Financial Studies.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMISSIONS/INQUIRIES
- Commonwealth of Australia, Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking,
- Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, Written Submission, October 2018.
- Commonwealth of Australia, Financial System Inquiry, Written Submission, August 2014.
- Federal Treasury, Draft legislation, draft regulations and explanatory material pertaining to amendments to
- the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation, Written Submission, February 2014.
INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT
- 2019- Chair, External and Internal Ratings Committees, Adviser Ratings
- 2014- Finsia – Institutional Markets Industry Council
- 2012- Credit Suisse Endowment Advisory Council
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
- Bargain hunters drive market into black (Sydney Morning Herald, August 10, 2011)
- The Governance Effect of the Media’s News Dissemination Role (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, March 30, 2015)
- Why Entrepreneurs Bring Benefits to Corporate Boards (Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2016)
- The Hidden Way Our Politics Skew Our Investing Choices (Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2016)
- New quality of financial advice rating system to probe licensee governance (Australian Financial Review, July 30,2018)
- New financial adviser competency rankings out soon (Australian Financial Review, February 28, 2019)
- Zimbabwe Establishes Monetary Policy Committee in Stability Bid (Bloomberg, September 11, 2019)
My Research Supervision
Raphael Jonghyeon Park (UNSW Business School)
Martin Bakundana (Rozetta Institute)
Qobolwakhe Dube (Rozetta Institute)
Primrose Gurira (Midlands State University)
My Teaching
- FINS2643 Wealth Management
- FINS3630 Bank Financial Management
- FINS5512 Financial Markets and Institutions
- MFIN6205 Financial Risk Management for Financial Institutions