Alpha Anak Ngadan

Discipline Lead (Finance)

Mr. Alpha Anak Ngadan

PhD Student, CMBA (Finance), BBA (Hons) Finance
Lecturer

Contact Details
Tel: +60 85 630100 Ext:2071
Location: Heron 2 Room 31
Fax: +60 85 630088
Email: angadan@curtin.edu.my

Academic History

  • PhD Student, Curtin University Malaysia (2016 – present)
  • Corporate MBA (Finance), University Malaysia Sarawak (2007)
  • BBA (Hons) Finance, University Technology MARA, Malaysia (2004)

Awards

  1. Teaching: Students’ Choice Award, Finance and Banking (S2 2019)
  2. Excellence in Teaching Award in Evaluate, Curtin University Malaysia (2016)

Research Interest

  • I currently specialise in the following specialities:
    1. Behavioural finance
    2. Momentum
    3. Herding behaviour

Selected Research Funding & Research Projects

  1. Funder: Curtin University Malaysia (FOB Research Fund) (1st February 2021-31st January 2022)
    Title: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Stock and Bond Market Returns.
    Amount: RM3,500
    Team members: Dr. Rubaiyat Ahsan Bhuiyan (PI), Dr. Changyong Zhang, Alpha Anak Ngadan, Tanusree Chakravarty Mukherjee and Dr Adamu Abbas Adamu.
  2. Funder: Ministry of Higher Education (Fundamental Research Grant Scheme) (2019)
    Title: Modelling Growth-Maximizing Oil Rent Threshold for Malaysian Knowledge Based Manufacturing Sector
    Amount: RM80,500
    Team members: Dr. Ramez Abubakr Badeeb (PI), Dr. Abey P. Philip, Alpha Anak Ngadan, Tanusree Chakravarty Mukherjee
  3. Funder: Ministry of Higher Education (Fundamental Research Grant Scheme) (2018)
    Title: Information-Seeking Behaviour of the Rural Dwellers in the Digital Age: The Savolainen’s Model
    Amount: RM75,000
    Team members: Dr. Nga Huong Tiew (PI), Dr. Pauline Poh Ling Ho, Mr. Alpha Anak Ngadan, Dr. Ching Seng Yap, Dr. Changyong Zhang
  4. Funder: Ministry of Higher Education (Fundamental Research Grant Scheme) (2017)
    Title: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model to Mitigate Damage Costs from Biosecurity Risk: The Malaysian Agriculture Sector
    Amount: RM50,500
    Team members: Dr. Oladokun Nafiu Olaniyi (PI), Dr. Kenneth R. Szulczyk, and Mr. Alpha Anak Ngadan
  5. Funder: Curtin University Malaysia (FOB Research Fund) (2017)
    Title: Financial literacy among the aborigines: An empirical study for the case of financial literacy in Sarawak
    Amount: RM6,500
    Team members: Dr. Oladokun Nafiu Olaniyi (PI), Tanusree Chakravarty Mukherjee, Mr. Alpha Anak Ngadan
  6. Funder: Curtin University Malaysia (FOBH Research Fund) (2016)
    Title: In-between worlds: Perceptions of the displaced indigenous people affected by the construction of the Batang Ai dam towards their way of life
    Amount: RM3,000
    Team members: Dr. Hah Foong Lian (PI), Mr. Terry Justin Dit, Mr. Peter Jamba, Mr. Alpha Anak Ngadan

Selected Publications

A. Book Chapter

B. Journal Publications

  1. Yap, C. S., Tiew, F. N. H., Ngadan A. A., & Ho, P. L. (2020). Information needs and information-seeking behaviour of rural dwellers in Sarawak, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 25(2), 77-94.

C. Conference Proceedings

  1. Ngadan, AA. (2017). Momentum profits and herding behaviour in emerging Asian equity markets and real estate
    investment trusts – Borneo Research Colloquium (BREC) 2017, 6-7 November
  2. Ngadan, AA. (2016). Momentum Profits and Herding Behaviour in Emerging Asian Equity Markets and Real Estate Investment Trusts – North Borneo Research Colloquium (NBRC) 2016, 18-19 April
  3. Ngadan, AA. (2014). The Financial Performance of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) from the Behavioural Finance Perspective: A Case of REITs in Malaysia – UNIMAS Postgraduate Colloquium 4-5 September
  4. Ngadan, AA. (2013). REITs Performance: An analysis from the Behavioural Finance Perspective – 1st Borneo Research Education Conference (BREC).
  5. Ngadan, AA. (2013). Financial Performance of Real Estate Investment Trusts from the Behavioural Finance Perspective: A Case of Malaysia – UNIMAS Postgraduate Colloquium 5-6 September.
  6. Ngadan, AA. (2011). Behavioural Finance and its contribution to the Global Financial Crisis 2008 – Malaysian Stock Market – Curtin Postgraduate Colloquium, Miri Malaysia.

Professional Associations

A lifetime member of the Malaysian Finance Association (MFA)