Staff Profile

Dr. Feng Yun David 馮云博士

MCom (Acct&Fin) UoA, MPhil UoA, PhD UoA
CFA Level One

Senior Lecturer
Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration

Biography

Dr. Yun (David) Feng is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. He is a scholar specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and machine learning applications in finance. Dr. Feng holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Adelaide and has published his research in leading academic journals.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

Accounting Principals and Methods
Mergers and Acquisitions
Machine Learning
Large Language Model (LLM) and Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Corporate Finance

Academic & Professional Experience

Prior to his current role as a Research Fellow at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Dr. Feng was a Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, where he taught courses in derivatives and risk management. His professional experience also includes extensive work as a research assistant and a period as a Lecturer in Accounting at Shanghai Normal University.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Peng, X., Qian, L., Wang, Y., Feng, Y., Xiang, R., He, Y., Ren, Y., ... & Xie, Q. (2025). MultiFinBen: A Multilingual, Multimodal, and Difficulty-Aware Benchmark for Financial LLM Evaluation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.14028.
Wang, L., Zhao, Y., Feng, Y., & Liu, X. (2025) . Does executive compensation negatively affect managerial ability? Evidence from inside debt. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. (Accepted)
Feng, Y., Liu, C., & Yawson, A. (2023). Economic shocks, M&A advisors, and industry takeover activity. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 82, 102156.
Wang, L., Sui, X., Feng, Y., Zhang, H., & Zhang, B. (2023). The Role of Non-Managerial Inside Debt in Firm Risk and the Cost of Debt. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 59(9), 3076-3093.

Selected Professional & Community Services

Editorial Assistant at International Journal of Managerial Finance from (2021-now)
Ad Hoc Referee: Finance Research Letter; Accounting & Finance; International Journal of Managerial Finance
Visiting Scholar at SME M&A Research and Education Center, Kobe University (Japan) in 2023

Modified Date: 08 Oct, 2025
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