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Benedict KOH

Designation Associate Dean (Specialised Masters Programmes), Professor of Finance (Education), Director, Centre for Silver Security
Email: skkoh@smu.edu.sg
Phone: +65 6828 0716
Profile Type Full-time Faculty
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Education

1992 Ph.D. in Finance, Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania
1983 B.B.A. Honours, National University of Singapore

Current Position(s) Held

2010 - Now Professor of Finance (Education)
2010 - Now Associate Dean
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2008 - Now Director, Centre for Silver Security; Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics
2003 - Feb 2013 Director, Master of Science in Applied Finance
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Public Administration Bronze Medal (Pingat Pentadbiran Awam Gangsa)
    awarded by the President of Singapore, 9 August 2012
  • Dean's Teaching Honour List for being one of the top 20 Teaching Faculty in LKC School of Business (SMU) 2012
  • Top 20 Teaching Faculty in LKC School of Business (SMU) 2012
  • LKC School of Business Nominee for SMU's Distinguished Teaching Award 2010
  • Top 20 Teaching Faculty in LKC School of Business (SMU) 2010
  • Dean's Commendation for Teaching Excellence, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 2006
  • Best Paper Award by JAFEE for paper entitled "The Political Economy of Volatility Dynamics in the Hong Kong Stock Market", 2004
  • Dean's Commendation for Teaching Excellence, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 1999 - 2000
  • NUS Overseas Scholarship, 1987 – 1991

Research Interests

  • Pension Systems
  • Corporate Finance
  • Unit Trusts/Mutual Funds

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  1. Longevity Risk Management in Singapore's National Pension System ( Joelle H.Y. Fong, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Benedict S. K. Koh) , 2011, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol 78, Issue 4, 961-982.
  2. What's on the Menu? Included versus Excluded Funds for Singapore's Central Provident Fund Investors (Benedict S. K. Koh and Olivia S. Mitchell), 2010, Pensions: An International Journal, Vol 15, Issue 4, p276-286.
  3. “Collective Investments for Pension Savings: Lessons from Singapore's Central Provident Fund Scheme”, by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH, Olivia S. MITCHELL, and Joelle FONG, 2010, 15(2), Pensions: An International Journal, 100-110.
  4. "Cost Structures in Defined Contribution Systems: The Case of Singapore's Central Provident Fund", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH, Olivia S. MITCHELL, and Joelle FONG, 2008 , 13( 1-2), Pensions: An International Journal, 7-14.
  5. "Investment patterns in Singapore's Central Provident Fund System", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH, Olivia S. MITCHELL, Toto TANUWIDJAJA, and Joelle FONG, 03/2008 , 7( 1), Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 37-65
  6. "A Cardan's Discriminant Approach to Predicting Currency Crashes", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH, W. M. FONG, and Fabrice CHAN, 02/2007 , 26( 1), Journal of International Money and Finance, 131-148
  7. "Corporate Divestitures and Spinoffs in Singapore", by Francis C.C. KOH, Winston T H KOH, and Benedict KOH, 2005 , 2( 1), Journal of Restructuring Finance, 69-79
  8. "The Political Economy of Volatility Dynamics in the Hong Kong Stock Market", by W. M. FONG and Benedict KOH, 2003 , 9( 3), Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 259-282
  9. "Joint Variance Ratio Tests of the Martingale Hypothesis for Exchange Rates", by Benedict KOH, W. M. FONG, and S. OULIARIS, 1997 , 15( 1), Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 51-59

Selected Books and Monographs (Authored or Co-authored)

  1. Personal Financial Planning (Benedict Koh and W. M. Fong), Prentice-Hall, 4 th Edition, 2011.
  2. Personal Investments (W. M. Fong and Benedict Koh), Prentice-Hall, 1 st Edition, 2011.
  3. "Practical Money Skills for Life: Teacher's Guide 2004", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH, Visa International, Singapore , 2004
  4. "Practical Money Skills for Life: Lesson Plans", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH, Visa International, Singapore , 2004
  5. "Managing Your Money: Everything You Need to Know about Personal Finance, 2nd Edition", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH and W.M. FONG, McGraw-Hill , Singapore , 06/2004

Selected Chapters in Books

  1. Longevity Risk and Annuities in Singapore (Joelle H.Y. Fong, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Benedict S. K. Koh), 2010, In “Reorienting Retirement Risk Management”, Oxford University Press: p156-178.
  2. "Anomalies in Asian Emerging Stock Markets", by Seng Kee, Benedict KOH and K. A. WONG, Security Market Imperfections in World Wide Equity Markets, William T. Ziemba, Donald B. Keim, Cambridge University Press, 2000

Last updated on 20 May 2013.

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