Finance-led research—the cluster’s foundations.

Xiaolu connects academic finance with industry practice. Her research examines corporate and asset-pricing questions through bond-market evidence, machine learning, sustainable finance and the Chinese capital market.

A CFA charterholder, she previously worked as a portfolio manager and credit rating analyst. Her research funding totals A$610,000.

Yiwen studies how machine learning and textual information can explain and forecast financial-market behaviour, with a focus on narrative signals, corporate bonds and sustainable finance.

Her work contributes to the cluster’s capability in data-driven market research and the translation of empirical evidence into useful tools for investors and institutions.