Byoung Uk Kang is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He joined the School of Accounting and Finance in 2009, upon completion of his PhD at KAIST Business School. Byoung completed his undergraduate studies also at KAIST.

Byoung’s research interests lie in hedge funds, mutual funds, empirical asset pricing, and financial econometrics (with a focus on copulas and wavelets). His research has appeared in top journals, such as the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and has been presented at leading conferences and universities, including the American Finance Association annual meeting, European Finance Association annual meeting, Harvard University, and London School of Economics.

He is currently teaching Derivative Securities at the undergraduate level, and has taught International Finance and Credit Analysis and Management courses at the undergraduate level and Risk Management course at the MBA level.

• Bachelor of Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Doctor of Philosophy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology