AUT - Kartick Gupta

Dr Kartick Gupta

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extn. 5051

Email: kgupta@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

•    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Finance, 2010
•    Master of Arts (M.A.) in Finance & Investment, 2006
•    Bachelor of Commerce with Honours (B.Com.(Hons.)) in Accountancy, 2004
•    Passed all 3 Levels of CFA exam, 2011

Memberships and Affiliations:

FMA, EFA
China Scholars Network in New Zealand

Teaching Areas:

• Corporate Finance
• Supervising BBus(Hons) and MBus dissertation

Research areas:

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Finance topics
• Market Anomalies

Research Summary:

Kartick joined the Finance group of the AUT University in July 2009.  He is an active researcher and has published his findings in several international refereed journals. He also presented his work at major conferences around the globe. His main research interests are in the areas of corporate governance, financial crisis and stock market anomalies.

Kartick holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Waikato and M.A. in Finance & Investment from the University of Nottingham.

Current Research Projects:

• Corporate Governance
• Financial Crisis
• Idiosyncratic risk and performance
• Implied cost of equity and political connections
• Momentum Returns

Schedule:

Attended:
18th Annual MFS, Rome, Italy, AsianFMA, Queenstown, New Zealand; IIM, Kolkata, India; IGIDR, Mumbai, India; FMA, New York, USA; FCGS, Melbourne, Australia; NZFC, Auckland, New Zealand; TAPMI, Manipal, India; AsianFA-NFA, Yokohama, Japan; AFBC, Sydney, Australia;  IIM, Indore, India; SMU, Singapore.

Publications:

Gupta, K., Locke, S., and Scrimgeour, F., International comparison of returns from conventional, industrial and 52-week high momentum strategies, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 20: 423-435 (2010).

Locke, S. and Gupta, K., Applicability of contrarian strategy in the Bombay stock exchange, Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 8: 165-189 (2009).

Locke, S. and Gupta, K., The return to initial public offerings: A Sino-Indian comparison, Venture Capital, 11: 255-277 (2009).

Cave, J., Gupta, K., and Locke, S., Supply-side investments: An international analysis of the return and risk relationship in the travel and leisure sector, Tourism Management, 30: 665-673 (2009).

Locke, S. and Gupta, K., The performance of entrepreneurial companies post-listing on the New Zealand stock market, Venture Capital, 10: 87-110 (2008).

Awards:

2012- Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award- Joint Winner for the Overall Faculty of Business and Law.

2012- Best Teaching Award for the Finance Department.

2011- Best Paper Prize- 9th International Conference on Corporate Governance, Birmingham, U.K.

2011- Asian Investment Management Research Prize- Second place, sponsored by CFA Institute, Asian FMA, Queenstown, New Zealand

2011- 2nd best paper award at the International Finance Conference, IIM Kolkata, India

2010- Invited paper- Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Conference, Mumbai, India

2010- AUT School of Business and Law Contestable Research Grants

2006 & 2008- University of Waikato Contestable Research Grants

2006- NZ Postgraduate Award for travel to Singapore

2006 to 2009- University of Waikato Doctoral Scholarship