Qiong Ji Ph.D, CFA, FRM

Assistant Professor

Dr. Qiong Ji 【计琼】 (FHEA, CFA, FRM) is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Intelligent Finance and Business (IFB) at Xian-Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU). Qiong received her PhD from the University of Liverpool.

Her research articles appeared in international journals such as Journal of Banking and Finance, among others. Qiong's current research centers around the role of venture capital, asset pricing, corporate governance, corporate investment, and innovation. Other interests include FinTech, crash risk, and climate change.


  • Ph.D in finance - University of Liverpool
  • MSc in Economics and Finance - University of Liverpool
  • BSc in Financial Mathematics - University of Liverpool and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University


  • July 2021 to present, Assistant Professor, School of Intelligent Finance and Business, Xian-Jiaotong Liverpool University
  • February 2021 to May 2021, concurrently service at Qianhai Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau
  • June 2020 to January 2021, concurrently service at Shenzhen Branch of People's Bank of China
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Qianhai Financial Holdings - 2020 to 2021


  • Corporate finance
  • Innovation
  • Asset pricing
  • Venture capital


  • Yin, H.Y., Zhang, J.K., Zhong, Z., Ji, Q. (2022) Academic workstations and corporate green innovation,International Review of Economics & Finance, in press
  • Ji, Q., Quan, X., Yin H., & Yuan, Q. (2021) Gambling Preferences and Stock Price Crisk: Evidence from China. Journal of Banking & Finance, 128, 106158.
  • Quan, X., Xiao, H., Ji, Q., & Zhang, J. (2020). Can innovative knowledge management platforms lead to corporate innovation? Evidence from academician workstations in China. Journal of Knowledge Management, 25(1), 117-135
  • Ji, Q., Ding, X., & Murinde, V. Towards Resolving the Partner Selection Problem in VC Syndication (working paper)
  • Ji, Q., Ding, X., & Murinde, V. How does venture capital experience affect portfolio firms’ long-run performance? (working paper)
  • Ji, Q., & Jin, X. Possible component investing (working paper)
  • Ji, Q., Ding, X., & Murinde, V. Venture capital and corporate investment (working paper)


  • DING, XIAOMING, YANG, CHI-YIH & JI, QIONG 2014, 'Venture Capital performance and exit mechanism: evidences from Suzhou (in Chinese)' in (eds) Collections of Excellent Social Science Studies (Suzhou), Association of Suzhou Philosophy and Social Science


  • Selected conference
  • Ji, Q., & Jin. X. Exploring Stock Return Predictability: Regularized Mean-Variance Asset Allocation Perspective, 2023 FMA European Conference
  • Ji, Q., & Ding, X. Venture Capital and firm investment efficiency, High Tech Small Firm 2017 Annual Conference, held by Free university Amsterdam, Netherlands;
  • Ji, Q., & Ding, X. Can Venture Capital Mitigate Overinvestment and Underinvestment of Portfolio Firms, Accounting Horizon 2017 Annual Conference
  • Ji, Q., & Ding, X. How Does Venture Capital Experience Affect Portfolio Firm's Long-Run Performance, Australia Financing and Banking Conference, 2018 Annual Conference


  • BOC Fintech Industry Fund, Principal Investigator, 2023
  • XJTLU SURF, Principal Investigator, 2023
  • XJTLU Research Development Funding, Principal Investigator, 2022.
  • Core member, Hang Seng fund, on REITs (2020/2021)
  • Core member, Shenzhen Institute of Finance fund, on Cross-border REITs (2020/2021)
  • Core member, Shenzhen Institute of Finance fund, on the impact of COVID-19 on macro economy and industrial chain (2020/2021)
  • Core member, Futian Financial Bureau, on RegTech (2020)
  • Core member, Authority of Qianhai Fund, on supervision of E-finance (2020)
  • Core member, Social Science Research Project of Jiangsu Province (Youth), on venture capital at Jiangsu (2014/2015)
  • Core member, Suzhou Social Science Foundation Project, on performance of Suzhou venture capital (2013/2014)
  • Core member, Jiangsu Social Science Foundation Project, on performance of venture capital (2013/2014)


  • IFB peer review coordinator, 2021
  • Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee, 2022
  • Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee, 2021
  • IFB Student-Staff Liaison Committee, 2021


  • IFB202TC Enterprise Resource Planning
  • IFB301TC Final Year Project
  • IFB102TC Managerial Accounting Essentials


  • IFB211TC Value Chain Analysis
  • IFB104TC Project Management
  • BUS303 Final Year Project
  • ACF107 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
  • ACF 210 Financial Management


  • Certified PMP
  • EFA
  • FMA
  • AFA
  • FRM
  • CFA


  • IFB Entrepreneurialist of the Year Award, 2023
  • 江苏省金融青年联合会第二届委员会委员
  • 西交利物浦大学优秀党员
  • 苏州工业园区先进典型青年,2019
  • PhD student Travel grant, America Finance Association (AFA)
  • Postgraduate Scholarship
  • National Encouragement scholarship
  • Suzhou Dushu Lake Scholarship
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