Dr Priyantha Mudalige

Biography

Priyantha is a Senior Lecturer in finance; and an active researcher in capital market microstructure, corporate finance and environmental finance. His expertise is primarily in microstructure, and, more specifically, his interest is in investigating investor trading behaviour around news events using intraday high-frequency trading data. Priyantha collaborates with local and international researchers and has extensive experience undertaking multi-disciplinary research. He has published in ranked finance journals, including Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, International Review of Financial Analysis, and International Journal of Managerial Finance. Priyantha has a strong background in econometrics and quantitative analysis using sophisticated statistical programming software including SAS, STAT and Python. Two of his research papers received the Best Paper awards at coveted finance conferences. Priyantha is a registered principal supervisor and has extensive knowledge and experience in supervising higher-degree research students.

He has vast knowledge and experience in coordination and teaching various undergraduate and postgraduate finance courses at Adelaide University, Curtin University and the University of South Australia. His academic leadership contributed to obtaining accreditation for finance programs and managing and mentoring teaching teams in local and overseas campuses to deliver excellence in teaching. As a staunch supporter of cutting-edge technology, Priyantha strives to use the best practices in education through a technology-led approach creating a positive learning environment that accommodates a diverse cohort of students. Priyantha is equally competent in teaching accounting, finance and financial planning courses.

Qualifications

PhD in Finance (AU), B.Sc. Acc&FinMgt(Special) (USJ), MBA (USJ), CPA (AU), Dip (Fin: Planning)

Awards

• 2017 Nominee-Ian Davey Thesis Prize-the University of South Australia
• 2017 Best Paper-SIRCA Award, 30^th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC), Sydney.
• 2016 Best Paper-CFA Institute Asia Pacific, 6th Behavioural Finance and Capital Markets conference, Adelaide.

Teaching Areas

• Portfolio Management
• Business Analysis for Investment
• Financial Planning
• Financial Accounting
• Derivatives Market

Primary Research Area/s

Research Interests

• Capital market microstructure
• Corporate finance
• Environmental finance

Research Supervision Experience

• Informed and uninformed trading in equity trading, trade initiation and behaviour of market dynamic variables.
• Global Short selling activities and volatility, supply-side short-selling constraints and lender behaviour.
• Investor trading behaviour around climate change events, firm-specific announcements.
• Carbon emission, ESG preference and institutional holdings, Firms response to ESG and financial constraints.
• Market manipulations in crisis, the behaviour of retailers and institutional investors.

Publications

Ongoing and current research projects

Under review:

• Girardeau, A.A.J., Durand, B. R., Mudalige, P. 2021. May I have your attention? Investor Behaviour and Climate change, review under International Review of Financial Analysis-(ABDC A).
• Mudalige, P. and Kalev, P. S. 2021. Under the microscope: Trade initiation activities around earnings and takeover announcements in a market with continuous disclosure, review under Global Finance Journal-(ABDC A).
• Vitale, C., Bowyer, D., Nairb, S., Soltys, Mudalige, P., S., Magdziarz. S., Vesty, (2020). Innovative Engagement in WIL Education: Gen Z Readiness an Educator Perspective, review under Journal Studies in Higher Education (ABDC A).
• Girardeau, A.A.J., Durand, B. R., Mudalige, P. 2021. May I have your attention? Investor Behaviour and Climate change, review under Journal of Behavioural Finance-(ABDC A).

Working papers:

• Mudalige, P., Duong, H.N and Kalev, SP (2022). Effects of Short Selling Constraints on Volume-Volatility Relation: International Evidence.
• Ji, Z., , Durand, R., Mudalige, P. 2022. The return and liquidity co-movements in Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.
• Mudalige, P. Damien W, Zhou, H. 2021. Investor trading around ESG Environment news.
• Girardeau, A.A.J., Durand, B. R., Mudalige, P., Etheridge, D.  2021. Climate change and investor sentiment: A study of green bond announcement returns.
• Hung, D, Weizu, S. Chandra, K. and Mudalige, P. 2022. Market manipulation and insider trading

Publications

Journal Articles:

• Pham, H., Mudalige, P., Ramiah, V., Moos, I., and Nguyen, V. 2024. The Effects of Free Trade Agreements on the Stock Market: Evidence from Vietnam, The Public Library of Sciences One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294456
• Mudalige, P., Duong, H.N., Kalev, PS &, Gupta, K. 2020. Who Trades in Competing Firms around Earnings Announcements? Pacific-Basin Finance Journal vol. 59, 1-16. ('A' – ABDC).
• Banerjee, R., Gupta, K., Mudalige, P. 207. Do environmentally sustainable practices lead to financially less constrained firms? International evidence. International Review of Financial Analysis, Article in press, ('A' – ABDC).
• Mudalige, P, Kalev, PS & Duong, HN 2016. Individual and institutional trading volume around firm-specific announcements. International Journal of Managerial Finance vol. 12, no. 4, 422-444. ('A'- ABDC).
• Pham, H., V. Nguyen, V. Ramiah, P. Mudalige, and I. Moosa. 2019. "The Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Singapore Stock Market." Journal of Risk and Financial Management vol. 12, 175.

Conference papers

Girardeau, A.A.J., Durand, R., Mudalige, P. (2022) ‘May I have your attention? Investor Behaviour and Climate change’, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (FMCG) Conference             Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Banerjee, R., Gupta, K., Mudalige, P.  (2018)  ‘Do environmentally sustainable practices lead to financially less constrained firms? International evidence, International Conference on Energy Finance (ICEF), Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Banerjee, R., Gupta, K., Mudalige, P.  (2018)  ‘Do environmentally sustainable practices lead to financially less constrained firms? International evidence, Financial development and inclusion workshop, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S., Duong, H.N. and Gupta, K. (2019) ‘An investigation of the impact of timing of the release of firm-specific announcements on trade initiation, The 31st Asian Finance Association Conference, The University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S., Duong, H.N. and Gupta, K. (2019) ‘An investigation of the impact of timing of the release of firm-specific announcements on trade initiation, Finance Day, the School of Economics, Finance and property Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S., Duong, H.N. and Gupta, K. (2016) ‘An investigation of the impact of timing of the release of firm-specific announcements on trade initiation, The 6th Finance Colloquium of Centre for Applied Finance and Economics University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.

Mudalige, P. Kalev, P.S.,  Duong, H.N. and  Gupta, K. (2017) Individual and institutional informed trading in competing firms around earnings announcements, The 8th Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (FMCG) ,Wellington, New Zealand.

Mudalige, P. Kalev, P.S.,  Duong, H.N. and  Gupta, K. (2016) Individual and institutional informed trading in competing firms around earnings announcements, The 1st INFINITI Conference on International Finance ASIA-PACIFIC. Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

Mudalige, P. Kalev, P.S.,  Duong, H.N. and  Gupta, K. (2016) Individual and institutional informed trading in competing firms around earnings announcements, 5th Financial Planning and Personal Finance Symposium Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.

Mudalige, P. Kalev, P.S.,  Duong, H.N. and  Gupta, K. (2016) Individual and institutional informed trading in competing firms around earnings announcements, 6th Behavioural Finance and Capital Markets conference, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S.,  and Duong, H.N. (2013) ‘Individual and institutional trading volume around firm-specific announcements, 30th Spring International of the French Finance Association conference Emlyon Business School, France.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S.,  and Duong, H.N. (2013) ‘Individual and institutional trading volume    around firm-specific announcements, 11th INFINITI International Conference, SciencesPo Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S.,  and Duong, H.N. (2013) ‘Individual and institutional trading volume    around firm-specific announcements, 26th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC) UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

Mudalige, P., Kalev, P.S.,  and Duong, H.N. (2013) ‘Individual and institutional trading volume    around firm-specific announcements, 3rd Behavioural Finance and Capital Markets conference University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.

Ad hoc Journal Reviewer

• Journal of Economic Survey-(ABDC A)
• International Review of Financial Analysis-(ABDC A)
• Finance Research Letters-(ABDC A)
• Financial Planning Research Journal-(ABDC B)
• Quantity and Quality

Editorial Board Member

• International Review of Financial Analysis

Memberships

• CPA Australia
• Financial Planning Association
• Financial Planning Academic Forum