Finance

Carla Boles joined the Belk College of Business with a primary teaching focus on Business Law. She is a licensed attorney and was an active practitioner for 15 years, working as a law firm associate, in-house corporate counsel, and as a solo practitioner in the area of business litigation. She also served as a Judge […]

Professor Ethan Chiang’s research focuses on empirical asset pricing, portfolio management and performance evaluation, fixed income securities, and financial econometrics. He has published scholarly articles in leading financial economics and asset pricing journals, such as Journal of Finance, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, and Journal of Empirical Finance. His research has been recognized with best […]

Yongqiang Chu is the Director of the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate and Childress Klein Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics and Professor of Finance at the UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business. Chu conducts research in real estate, corporate finance, and banking. His research has appeared in many top finance, real […]

Steven Clark joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 2002 from the University of Virginia where he was a lecturer in the Department of Economics. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Alberta. His areas of expertise include securities and derivatives markets, financial risk management, corporate finance, […]

Renren Dong is a senior financial markets executive and quantitative manager with extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams at Bank of America. As Director and Senior Trader, he manages non-USD balance sheet market risk and strategic investment portfolios, while overseeing a cross-functional team of traders, quants, and technologists focused on FX and interest rate derivatives trading […]

Christy Foster is a banking professional with 27 years of experience leading teams and shaping strategy across commercial credit, loan operations, and small business success. She has held senior leadership roles at United Community Bank, Bank of America, and BB&T, where she focused on improving loan operations and guiding business owners through complex credit decisions. […]

Dr. Yufeng Han joined the Belk College faculty as an associate professor of finance in 2016. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, he served as a faculty member at the University of Colorado Denver and Tulane University. Dr. Han’s primary research interests are empirical asset pricing, investment, mutual funds, and econometrics. He has published in Review […]