Rate My Professor Abdullahi Ahmed

Abdullahi Dahir Ahmed is a Professor in Wealth Management and Head of Department of Financial Planning and Tax in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, College of Business and Law at RMIT University. He earned his PhD from the University of Melbourne. Recognized as a leading academic in financial planning, wealth management, and financial services, Ahmed has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on topics including behavioural finance, individual investor decision making, governance of financial institutions, capital market development, wealth management, financial market reforms and firm behaviours, capital flows and market integration, international banking, and international macroeconomic policy. His research specializations encompass asset pricing, risk management, sustainable finance, and governance of emerging market corporations. Additional research interests include the microstructure of financial markets, risk and portfolio management, and the impacts of financial-technology innovations in developing economies. Designated research fields comprise financial institutions including banking, banking finance and investment, household finance and financial literacy, international finance, investment and risk management, corporate governance, financial econometrics, and financial economics.

Ahmed contributes to the advancement of financial planning education as a committee member of the Financial Planning Academic Forum, which drives the development of university-level financial planning programs. He has taught postgraduate courses such as advanced financial advisory practice, managing of financial institutions, wealth creation and estate planning, and business research methods. As a supervisor, he has guided seven PhD students to completion and currently supervises five on projects addressing financial literacy and performance measurement systems, digital transformation and ESG divergence, dynamic linkages between Chinese and global emerging markets, country-level transparency and financial secrecy impacts on trading rules, financial inclusion in Indonesia, IFRS innovation and disclosure quality in the GCC region, agency theory and financial literacy, financial wellbeing and debt-taking behaviour of Australian households, incentives transparency and culture in global IPO underpricing, stock buyback programs on equity incentives, legitimacy of Australian financial services licensing, and dynamic financial linkages and volatility transmissions between China and international markets. Key publications include 'Australians' Financial Wellbeing and Household Debt: A Panel Analysis' (2021, Journal of Risk and Financial Management), 'The Bitcoin-agricultural commodities nexus' (2024, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics), 'Dependency structure and volatility connectedness among China-ASEAN stock market' (2026, Financial Innovation), 'Quartile risk dependence between clean energy markets' (2025, Current Issues in Tourism), and 'Impact of political risk and economic growth on the tourism-led growth hypothesis' (2023, Tourism Economics). His scholarship informs policy and practice in financial markets and investor behaviour.