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Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation provides a donation to PolyU to establish Endowed Professorship in Accounting and Finance

Sustainable development is a topic of great importance to society today. Over the years, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has focused on interdisciplinary research in order to provide innovative solutions to societal challenges. Founded by several eco-conscious and tech-savvy corporations, Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation (the Foundation) recognises the opportunities for promoting sustainable development within the discipline of Accounting and Finance. The Foundation has therefore made a generous donation to establish an Endowed Professorship in Accounting and Finance in order to support PolyU’s ongoing contributions in the area of sustainable development. Prof. LU Haitian, Professor of the School of Accounting and Finance, has been appointed as the Endowed Professor. To express its sincere gratitude for the Foundation’s generous support, PolyU held an appreciation lunch on 13 July, hosted by PolyU President, Prof. Jin-Guang TENG who expressed his heartfelt appreciation to the Foundation for its trust and support. He remarked that the establishment of the Professorship was a great example of the collaborative efforts made by the University and industry, and that PolyU would further leverage its interdisciplinary research strengths for the advancement of sustainable finance. With the aim of encouraging ground-breaking research related to sustainable technologies and corporate strategies on environment, social and governance (ESG) criteria, the Foundation acknowledges PolyU’s research contributions in sustainable development. Mr Adrian WANG, Chairman of the Foundation, said, “The Foundation is honoured to establish an Endowed Professorship and will work with PolyU to create a win-win situation for industry and the environment.” Prof. Lu’s scholarly achievements span law, finance, accounting and other disciplines. He was one of the founding members of the Center for Economic Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Finance of PolyU Faculty of Business, which has become an international knowledge hub for cutting-edge research in green finance and Fintech. “The Endowed Professorship will advance my pursuit of innovative financial solutions for our society’s most salient sustainability challenges, especially in the ESG field,” said Professor Lu. With the support of donors, the Endowed Professorship Scheme recognises the achievements of distinguished researchers in their specialist disciplines and enables the Endowed Professors to explore and advance cutting-edge research projects for the betterment of mankind. We hope that like-minded philanthropists will also witness the powerful impact of the Endowed Professorship Scheme in the appointment of the professorship. Please browse the Scheme website for more information.

2022 Asian Finance Association AsianFA Annual Conference

2022 Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) Annual Conference June 27 - 29, 2022 (Mon-Wed) Hong Kong SAR, China   The Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) invites submission of research papers on finance to the Association's 2022 Annual Conference. The conference will be hosted by the School of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong during June 27 - 29, 2022. The conference provides an open platform for finance scholars worldwide to present their recent research and exchange ideas and information on new developments in finance research. The majority of the sessions will include papers selected through open competition. In addition, there will be several invited sessions where leading researchers in different areas will be invited to present their latest work. A doctoral consortium will be held as part of the 2022 AsianFA Annual Conference.   KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Wei Xiong, Trumbull-Adams Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University; Academic Dean, School of Management and Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen   TOPICS: The theme of the conference is on frontiers of finance research in the post-pandemic world. Papers in all areas of finance are welcome, including corporate finance, asset pricing, market microstructure, behavioral finance, financial institutions, financial crisis, international finance, and emerging capital markets. Accepted papers are eligible for several categories of best paper awards.   DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: Doctoral students are welcome to present their dissertations at the consortium which will be led by leading scholars. A travel grant of USD1000 will be awarded to selected doctoral presenters at the consortium.   CONFERENCE SPECIAL ISSUES: Pacific Basin Finance Journal Special Issue, edited by Steven Wang, Robin Chou, Walid Saffar, and Shaojun Zhang (Authors will be given the details on how to submit their 2022 AsianFA Conference papers, including the doctoral consortium, for publication in the special issue when they receive the AsianFA conference paper acceptance decisions. The submission deadline to PBFJ Special Issue is August 31, 2022. All submitted papers will go through the normal review process for the PBFJ. Please send email to jchia@hawaii.edu for further enquiries.) International Review of Finance Special Issue on the theme "ESG, Carbon Finance, and Sustainable Investing", edited by Dragon Tang BEST PAPER AWARDS: The conference will offer multiple categories of best paper awards. The awards in each category will be decided on by an Award Committee. These awards include: Three best paper awards sponsored by the Asian Finance Association (USD1000 each). Four best paper awards sponsored by the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (USD1000 each). Two best doctoral paper awards for the doctoral consortium sponsored by the School of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (USD1000 each). More awards to be announced. PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Paper status: only completed papers (both conference and doctoral consortium) will be considered. Submission format: a blind copy of the manuscript and a separate file for the cover page containing the paper title, the abstract and author information. Only PDF or MS-Word versions are accepted. Submission for Conference: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/AsianFA2022/ Submission for Doctoral Consortium: email to asianfa.dc@polyu.edu.hk Submission deadline: February 20, 2022 Decision communication: April 15, 2022 ENQUIRES: Please send email to asianfa.conf@polyu.edu.hk (AsianFA Annual Conference) asianfa.dc@polyu.edu.hk (AsianFA Doctoral Consortium  

Dr Jimmy Jin’s team wins Silver Medal at 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days

AKKMORE®, a product by Bo InnoHealth, recently won the Silver Medal in 2022 International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva. Bo InnoHealth Biotechnology (PolyU Academic-led Start-up), was led by Dr Jimmy JIN, Associate Professor from the School of Accounting and Finance, and his former PostDoc, Dr Gail Chang. Bo InnoHealth was also awarded the Tech Launchpad Fund of HK$1,650,000 under TSSSU by Innovation and Technology Commission. Bo InnoHealth is committed to knowledge transfer and lab product commercialization.  The company has developed novel microencapsulation technology with mushroom cells as wall material to make probiotics microcapsules and artificial spores. This technology can protect probiotics against heat and pressure, and enables probiotics of different species to be applied in more application scenarios, such as snacks, hot drinks and pet food. More details:  https://www.polyu.edu.hk/media/media-releases/2022/0328_polyu-wins-six-prizes-at-2022-inventions-geneva-evaluation-days/ https://www.polyu.edu.hk/kteo/polyventures/impactful-startups/bo-innohealth/?fbclid=IwAR37EYkWo0rSOI5JaoBR-o21F3PRzrDZcZ3oIAtZ0sDX0FRZmgeQroxnKjI

Our students achieve successfully in Tax Debate Competition

  Four of our AF students has teamed up to participate in Tax Debate Competition 2022 organized by The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK) scoring as a first-runner up in this competition. The team was made up of Leung Chun Kit, Ngai Yee Ting, Wong Wing Tung, Yeung Yat Hei and coached by Mr Percy Wong.   This Tax Debate Competition has been organized yearly since 2015. Such competition in the means of debate is not only showing the professional knowledge about tax system of the participants who are from different backgrounds, but also this could attract more students to be a tax accountant after their graduation. Through having the debate with the students from different universities, the students could exchange more ideas in different aspects related to tax system in Hong Kong. Such that, they could build up valuable relationships with professionals and gain different insights in their career planning.