Education

Current Position(s) Held

Awards, Recognition and Honors

• Letson Memorial Prize - Head of Graduating Class, 1975

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

• "Stochastic Dominance Analysis of Asian Hedge Funds", by Kok Fai PHOON, W.K. WONG, and H.H. LEAN, 2008 , 16 , 3, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 204-223
• "Further Evidence on the Approximation of Confidence Intervals for Sharpe Style Weights: the Case of Australian Listed Managed Funds", by Kok Fai PHOON, J. WICKRAMANAYAKE, and J. WATSON, 2008 , 5 , 1, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 62-79
• "A Heuristic Approach to Hedge Fund Allocation", by Kok Fai PHOON, V. FANG, and V. YI, 2008 , 10 , 4, Journal of Wealth Management, 42-52
• "Moments Analysis in Risk and Performance Measurement", by Kok Fai PHOON, D. LEE, and C.Y. WONG, 2006 , 9 , 2, Journal of Wealth Management, 54-65
• "Equitable Performance Fee for Hedge Funds", by Kok Fai PHOON, D. LEE, and S. LWI, 2004 , 13 , 2, Journal of Investing, 31-41
• "Investing in Hedge Funds: Risks, Returns and Pitfalls", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and D. LEE, 08/2002, 47, 1, The Singapore Economic Review, 153-171
• "Market Timing Abilities of Fund Managers: Parametric and Nonparametric Test", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and C.H. TAN, 01/1993, 2, 2, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 155-166
• "Synergistic Gains from Corporate Acquisitions and the Impact on Shareholders' Wealth", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and T.M. TAN, 1992, 18, 2, Securities Industry Review, 1-12
• "Tests of Rational Bubbles using Cointegration Theory", by Kok Fai PHOON and K.G. LIM, 1991, 1, 2, Applied Financial Economics, 85-87
• "Testing the Warrant Pricing Model", by Kok Fai PHOON and K.G. LIM, 1991, 35, Economic Letters, 451-455

Selected Books and Monographs (Authored or Co-authored)

• "Bank Credit Evaluation Model", by Kok Fai PHOON and F. KOH, 1992

Selected Chapters in Books

• "Entries", by Kok Fai PHOON, Encyclopedia of Alternative Investments, G.N. Gregoriou, ChapmanHall- CRC/Taylor Francis Group, 2008
• "Moments Analysis in Risk and Performance Monitoring in Funds of Hedge Funds", by Kok Fai PHOON, D. LEE, and C.Y. WONG, Fund of Hedge Funds: Performance, Assessment, Diversification and Statistical Properties, G.N. Gregoriou, Elsevier Press, 09/2006
• "Investing in Hedge Funds: Risks, Returns and Performance Measurement", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, W. KOH, and D. LEE, Hedge Funds: Insights in Performance Measurement, Risk Analysis, and Portfolio Allocation, Gregoriou, Hubner, Papageorgiou and Roauh, 09/2005
• "CTA Strategies for Returns-Enhancing Diversification", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and D. LEE, Commodity Trading Advisors: Risk Performance, Analysis and Selection, Gregoriou, Karavas, Lhabitant and Rouah, John Wiley and Sons, New York , 09/2004
• "Equitable Performance Fee", by Kok Fai PHOON, D. LEE, and S. LWI, Hedge Funds: Strategies, Risk Assessment, and Returns, G.N. Gregoriou, V.N. Karavas and, Beard books, Washington D.C., 2003
• "Closed-End Funds in Singapore: Risk, Performance, Net Asset and Price Discounts", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and E.H. ONG, The Second International Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets, Hong Kong, 1991
• "An Empirical Study of Capital Structure Behavior of Firms in Singapore ", by Kok Fai PHOON and F. KOH, Third Pacific Basin Conference, Seoul , 1991
• "New Issues: Rationing-adjusted Initieal Returns and the Winner's Curse", by Kok Fai PHOON, M.C. LOKE, F. KOH, and T. WALTER, Investment Analysis and Management, Saw, S.H., Singapore University Press, 1990
• "The Performance of the Four Investment Trusts listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and J.M. TAN, Investment Analysis and Management, Saw, S.H., Singapore University Press, 1990
• "Prediction of Corporate Takeovers: An Empirical Analysis of Singapore Firms", by Kok Fai PHOON, F. KOH, and K.S. NG, Investment Analysis and Management, Saw, S.H., Singapore University Press, 1990