MOBEEN UR REHMAN
Department of Management Sciences Phone: 92 333 5575385
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Email: Mobeenrehman@[Link]
Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
EDUCATION __________________________________________________________________
PhD Management Sciences (Finance), 2011-15
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST) – Islamabad
Dissertation Title: Determinants of Return’s Co-movement for Effective Portfolio Diversification
among Regional Stock Markets
CFA Level 1 Certification in Progress
MS Management Sciences (Finance), 2009-11
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST) – Islamabad
Master in Business Administration (Finance), 2005-07
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology – Islamabad
[Link] (Double Mathematics & Physics), 2003-05
University of Punjab – Lahore
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (8 YEARS) ________________________________________
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology – Islamabad -
Lecturer (SEPTEMBER 2012 TO DATE)
Currently working as a lecturer in faculty of Business Administration in Management Sciences
Department
Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Evaluation of lectures and contents in Management Sciences department
To carry out research and produce publications, or other research outputs
To supervise or assist with supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students
To participate in the administration of the department’s programs of study and other activities.
To participate in the development, administration and marking of exams and other assessments.
To assist in the development of learning materials and preparing schemes of work.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Meezan Bank Limited, Islamabad – Senior Officer I (APRIL
2008 TO SEPTEMBER 2012)
Creation of Islamic financing/assets
Market existing and potential clients the full complement of Islamic products and services
Direct involvement in conversion process of existing customers from documentation to deal flow
Assist customers in all Islamic Banking effort (financing and deposit)
Creation of awareness on Islamic Banking
Handling of all inward/outward local/foreign remittances
Analysis of Financial Statement of SME/Commercial clients
Handling of Portfolio of SME/Commercial clients
SUBJECTS OF INTEREST ________________________________________________________
Econometrics Fixed Income Securities
Corporate Finance Derivatives
Financial Management Corporate Finance
Financial Statement Analysis Alternative Investments
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SEMINARS PRESENTATION _____________________________________________________
1. Keynote Speaker on How to get published, November 15th 2011, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute
of Science and Technology – Islamabad Campus
2. Keynote Speaker on Managing Your Dissertation From Concept to Completion, January 11th 2012,
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology – Islamabad Campus
ARTICLES IN IMPACT FACTOR/HEC RECOGNIZED JOURNALS ____________________
1. Ahmed, T., Shahzad, S. J. H., & Rehman, M. U., 2016. Risk or Sentiment: Value and Size Premium
under Terrorism. Pakistan Business Review, forthcoming.
2. Shahzad, S. J. H., Zakaria, M., Rehman, M. U., Ahmed, T., & Fida, B. A., 2015. Relationship between
FDI, Terrorism and Economic Growth in Pakistan: Pre and Post 9/11 Analysis. Social Indicators
Research, 1-16.
3. Iqbal, H.T., Rehman, M. and Shahzad, S.J.H., 2014. Analysis of Change in Profitability due to
Reinsurance Utilization and Dependence: Evidence from Non-Life Insurance sector of Pakistan.
Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, 12(1), p. 19-32
4. Rehman, M., 2014. Relationship between Stock Market Volatility And Exchange Rate Volatility,
Pakistan Business Review, 16(1), 34-49.
5. Rehman, M., 2013. Investor Sentiments and Exchange Rate Volatility. Business Review, 8 (1), p. 123-34.
6. Rehman, M., 2013. Investor’s Sentiments and Stock Market Volatility. An empirical evidence from
Emerging Stock Market, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 7 (1), p. 80-90.
7. Rehman, M., 2012. Customer’s tendency towards the selection of Islamic banking system in Pakistan.
African Journal of Business Management, 6(5), p. 2064-070.
ARTICLES IN DOUBLE BLIND PEER REFEREED JOURNALS _______________________
1. Khalid, S. and Rehman, M., 2015. Factors effecting Dividend policy of organizations. Accepted in
International Journal of Information, Business and Management, 7(3), 320-34.
2. Khidmat, W.B. and Rehman, M., 2014. Impact of Liquidity and Solvency on Profitability of the
chemical Sector of Pakistan. Economics, Management, Innovation, 6(3), 3-13.
3. Khalid, S. and Rehman, M., 2014. Factors Driving the Islamic Insurance System in Pakistan, a Social
Perspective Approach. Journal of Social Economics, 1(2), 72-77.
4. Iqbal, H.T. and Rehman, M., 2014. Empirical Analysis of Reinsurance Utilization and Dependence
with respect to its Impact on the Performance of Domestic Non-life Stock Insurance Companies
Operating in the Private Sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Financial Services Management, 7(2), p.
95-112.
5. Khidmat, W.B. and Rehman. M., 2014. The impact of free cash flows and agency costs on firm
performance: An empirical analysis of KSE listed companies of Pakistan. Journal of Financial Engineering,
3(1), 1450027.
6. Khalid, S. and Rehman, M., 2013. Impact of Directors’ Remuneration on Financial Performance of a
Firm. International Journal of Information, Business and Management, 6(1), 180-96.
7. Iqbal, H.T. and Rehman, M., 2013. Empirical Analysis of Reinsurance Practice with respect to its
Impact on the Performance of Domestic Non-life Stock Insurance Companies Operating in the Private
Sector of Pakistan. IEB International Journal of Finance, 8(1), p. 90-113.
8. Rehman, M. and Khidmat, W.B., 2013. Technical Analysis of Efficient Market Hypothesis in Karachi
Stock Exchange. Studies in Business and Economics, 8(2), p. 60-67.
9. Rehman, M. and Hussain, A., 2013. Helping behavior towards outcome. Interdisciplinary journal of
contemporary research in business, 4(12), 1096-104.
10. Rehman, M. and Anjum, N., 2013. Impact of working capital management towards profitability:
Evidence from cement industry in Pakistan, Asian Economic and Financial Review, 3(3), p. 319-32.
11. Rehman, M., 2013. The role of governance in effective public expenditure management, Public Finance
Quarterly, 58(2), p. 230-37.
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12. Rehman, M. and Hussain, A., 2013. Impact of dividend policy on the firm performance. Asian Journal
of Empirical Research, 3(1), p. 20-9.
13. Rehman, M. and Hussain, A., 2013. Impact of corporate governance on overall firm performance.
Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 4(11), 581-601.
ARTICLES UNDER PEER REVIEW PROCESS _______________________________________
1. Dynamics of Market Integration, Financial Integration and Inflation on international co-movement
patterns. Working paper series.
2. Stock Market Reactions on Returns and Trading Volume: the impact of the Global Financial
Crisis. Working paper series.
3. Dynamics of Foreign Portfolio Equity Holdings, GDP and Interest Rates on International Co-
movement Patterns. Working paper series.
4. Dynamics of market size, trading volume and exchange rates on international co-movement patterns.
Finance Research Letters.
5. Determinants of return co-movement for effective portfolio diversification among regional stock
markets. Singapore Economic Review.
6. Dynamics of Co-Movements among Stock Market Returns, Policy Uncertainty and Implied Volatility.
Panoeconomicus Journal.
7. Heterogeneous Panel Analysis Among Equity Returns: Evidence from the Emerging, Frontier Asian
(EFA) and Developed markets. World Development Journal.
8. Financial Contagion among the Developed and Emerging-Frontier Asian (EFA) Markets. A
Multivariate GARCH Dynamic Conditional Correlation (MGARCH-DCC) Framework. Social Indicator
Research.
9. Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Pakistan: Determinants and Analysis, South Asian Survey.
10. Impact of Capital Structure on Firm’s Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Non-Financial Firms of
Pakistan, Pakistan Business Review.
11. Risk or Sentiment: Value and Size Premium under Terrorism, Journal of Behavioural Sciences.
12. Cointegration and Causal Relationship between Remittance, Export, Foreign Direct Investment and
Growth: A Panel Data Analysis of South Asian Countries, Journal of South Asian Development.
13. Industry Premiums and Systematic Risk under Terror: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan, Pakistan
Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences.
14. Do Economic Growth and Financial Development increase CO2 Emission in Pakistan: An ARDL,
Co-integration and VECM Analysis, International Journal of Global warming.
15. Impact of Remittances on Financial Development in South Asia. Journal of Financial Economics.
16. Investors’ Sentiments and Industry returns: Wavelet Analysis through Squared Coherency Approach
17. Relationship between economic growth, financial development, and worker’s remittances in South
Asia: An analysis by Pooled Mean Group (PMG) framework. Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social
Sciences.
18. Impact of Leverage, Size and Growth on Firms’ Performance. Strategic Management Review.
19. The effect of Risk and Stock Market Volatility on stock return: a study of listed Pharmaceutical
Companies in Pakistan (KSE). Accepted in Pensee journal.
PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES _________________________________________
1. Rehman, M. and Shahzad, J., 2015. Investors’ Sentiments and Industry returns: Wavelet Analysis
through Squared Coherency Approach, forthcoming.
2. Relationship Between Stock Market Volatility And Exchange Rate Volatility, 15th National Research
Conference, Szabist Islamabad, June 22-23, 2012.
3. Investor’s Sentiments and Stock Market Volatility, 14th National Research Conference, Szabist
Islamabad, January 31, 2012.
4. Impact of working capital management towards profitability: Evidence from cement industry in
Pakistan, 12th National Research Conference, Szabist Islamabad, January 19-20, 2011.
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5. Dynamic of Growth and Profit Ability in Banking Sector in Pakistan, 11th National Research
Conference, Szabist Islamabad, June 29-30, 2010.
RESEARCH GRANTS______________________________________________________________
1. Rehman, M. and Shahzad, J., 2015. Investors’ Sentiments and Industry returns: Wavelet Analysis
through Squared Coherency Approach for University of Upper Austria, Austria ($2500)
2. Khidmat, W.B. and Rehman. M., 2014. The impact of free cash flows and agency costs on firm
performance: An empirical analysis of KSE listed companies of Pakistan for University of Oxford, UK
($2000)
REFERENCES___________________________________________________________________
Available upon request