Nirav Parikh

Dr. Nirav Parikh

Lecturer, Finance

Details

  • College: Economics Finance & Marketing
  • Department: Economics Finance & Marketing
  • Campus: City Campus Australia
  • nirav.parikh@rmit.edu.au

About

Nirav Parikh is a Lecturer in RMIT's School of Economics, Finance and Marketing. He has 16 years of professional experience in wealth management, portfolio management, stockbroking and investment analysis.

Dr Parikh is a finance researcher. He completed his PhD in Finance at RMIT University in 2017 and since then has been working as a Lecturer for RMIT.

Dr Parikh's research area is finance with a focus on developing countries. Through his work, he aims to explore and understand the impact of regulatory changes in Initial Public Offers (IPOs) on underwriter behaviour and investor participation, and its effect on IPO pricing. His research also examines the relationship between corporate governance practices in IPO firms and investor behaviour.

Research fields

  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3501 Accounting, auditing and accountability

Supervisor projects

  • Essays on Downside Risk: Evidence from Board Diversity, CEO Traits, and Social Networks
  • 28 Jul 2021
  • An Empirical Investigation into Financial Market Integration and Capital Mobility: The Case of ASEAN+3
  • 24 Nov 2020
  • Governance Mechanism for Financial Markets: Fund Concentration and Risk-Taking in Tournament
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Family Involvement and Corporate Risk-Taking in China’s Family Firms
  • 6 Dec 2018
  • The Impact of Oil Prices on Stock Prices: Market, Sector, and Firm Level Analysis
  • 10 Oct 2018
  • Ownership Structure, Board Attributes and Firms Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from Saudi Arabia
  • 3 May 2018
  • Founder-CEO Firms in Australia (2007–2021): Performance and Voluntary Successions
  • 1 May 2018

Teaching interests

Teaching responsibilities:
• Investment
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Markets

Supervisor Interests
Initial Public Offerings, Corporate Governance, Investments, Emerging Financial Markets, Financial Markets Regulation
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.