Dr Lau Wei Theng completed his PhD in Finance and Master of Business Administration (Major in Finance) from Graduate School of Management of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2008. His Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) was obtained from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Before pursuing the PhD program in UPM, he joined asset management industry and served as an equity analyst, covering analysis of ASEAN markets. He is also a CFA®charterholder. To date, he possesses several years of lecturing experience in the finance-related subjects. His research interests centre mainly on investment and financial markets.