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Zhang, Colin

Colin Zhang
  • Position: Associate Lecturer - Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies

Areas of Expertise

  • Life cycle model
  • Financial strategy
  • Optimal control
  • Option pricing

Profile

Mr. Colin (Jinhui) Zhang is an Associate Lecturer in Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial studies. He has years of experience in delivering lectures and tutorials for a broad range of Actuarial and Applied Finance units. Mr. Zhang holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Studies) as well as a Bachelor of Commerce (First class Honours in Actuarial studies) from Macquarie University. He is completing his PhD in Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies at Macquarie University. His research area includes, life cycle model, optimal control, financial strategy and derivative pricing.

Education

  • Bachelor of Commerce: Actuarial Studies (Macquarie University)
  • Bachelor of Commerce: Actuarial Studies with Honours (First Class) (Macquarie University)

Publications

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  • Zhang, Jinhui, Sachi Purcal and Jiaqin Wei. 2017. Optimal Time to Enter a Retirement Village.  Risks, 5(1).
  • Kyng, Timothy, Sachi Purcal and Jinhui Zhang. 2016. Excel Implementation of Finite Difference Methods for Option Pricing. Spreadsheets in Education (eJSiE), 9(3).

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  • Zhang, Jinhui. 2015. Optimal Time to Enter a Retirement Village. International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Liverpool.
  • Zhang, Jinhui. 2014. Optimal Life Insurance and Annuity Demand under Hyperbolic Discounting When Bequests are Luxury Goods. International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Shanghai.
  • Zhang, Jinhui. 2014. Optimal Life Insurance and Annuity Demand under Hyperbolic Discounting When Bequests are Luxury Goods. Quantitative Methods in Finance Conference, Sydney.

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Thesis
  • Submitted in NOV 2016
  • thesis-title: Optimal Consumption, Investment and Insurance Strategy Applications
  • principal-supervisor: Sachi Purcal
  • associate-supervisor: Jiwook Jang