M. Shahin Sarwar is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Business Administration in Finance and Banking at the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). He obtained his PhD in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where his doctoral research examined insider investment horizons and their role in information asymmetry in financial markets using large-scale financial datasets. His research has been presented at several international conferences.

 

He holds an MBA in Finance from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, where he graduated first in his class, and also completed an exchange program in MSc in Finance at EDHEC Business School, France. He previously earned both his MBA from Bangladesh University of Professionals and BBA from Daffodil International University.

 

Dr. Sarwar’s research interests include empirical corporate finance, insider investment horizons, insider trading, investor portfolio choice, financial technology, and information asymmetry in capital markets. In addition to his research activities, he teaches finance courses at both undergraduate (BBA) and postgraduate (MBA) levels, including financial management, investment management, international finance, financial institutions and markets, quantitative methods in finance, and advanced research methodology and econometrics.

S.S.C, রহনপুর এ বি সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
H.S.C, বিজ্ঞান নিউ গভর্নমেন্ট ডিগ্রি কলেজ, রাজশাহী
Honors, ড্যাফোডিল ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি
Masters, এশিয়ান ইনস্টিটিউট অফ টেকনোলজি, থাইল্যান্ড
Masters, বাংলাদেশ ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ প্রফেশনালস

1. (1) Chowdhury, A., Sarwar, M, and Hamid, M (2019). Effects of Corporate Disclosure on Share Price Movement: An Empirical Study on Listed Companies in Dhaka Stock Exchange. Frontiers in Management Research, 3(3)

2. (2) Sarwar, M, and Chowdhury, A. (2015). Performance Analysis of General Insurance Companies: A Case Study on Bangladesh. BUP Journal, 1 (3), 33-43

3. (3) Sarwar, M., (2015). Investors Attitude towards Mutual Fund: A Study in Dhaka City. Bangladesh Journal of MIS, 7 (2)

4. (4) Sarwar, M., and Darwin, C. (2016). Investors Attitude towards the Stock Market: A Study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, 4(5)

1. (1) British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Conference with Doctoral Masterclasses 2023. Sheffield, UK. Present paper titled “The Reaction of Stock Returns to Insiders’ Investment Horizon.”
(2) World Class Workshop in Finance, The University of Edinburgh, UK. Present paper titled “The Reaction of Stock Returns to Insiders’ Investment Horizon.”

1. Information asymmetry, insider trading, insider investment horizon, insider personal portfolio, investor portfolio choice, big data, machine learning in finance, behavioral finance, and climate finance.