Dr Weikai LI

Dr. Weikai Li is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Singapore Management University. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017. His research areas are empirical asset pricing, climate finance, and sustainable investment. His papers are published in the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Econometrics, and Review of Asset Pricing Studies. His works has been presented in major academic conferences such as AFA, WFA and NBER conferences, and invited talks at financial institutions including Citadel, China Investment Corporation, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Macquarie, PanAgora Asset Management, and Magnum Research.

His papers have received several best paper awards such as the CICF Best Paper Award, the Chicago Quantitative Alliance Asian Academic Competition Research Paper Award, the GRASFI Best Asset Pricing Paper Prize, the Crowell Memorial Award for Best Paper in Quantitative Investments (Second Prize), the FMA Asia Best Paper Award in Investment, and the Asian Finance Association Best Paper Award. His paper has been covered by the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. He was a visiting scholar in Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research in August 2021 and September 2023. He is also a Charted Financial Analyst. At SMU, he teaches investments at undergraduate levels.