Maria Hossain Sochi, CFA

Maria Hossain Sochi, CFA

Texas Tech University

BA 273, Rawls College of Business

Lubbock, TX, 79409

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Education

PhD in Business Administration, Finance Concentration 2017- Present

Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, USA

Master of Science- Finance December 2015

Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, USA

GPA: 4.00 out of 4.00

Thesis: “A Test of Market Efficiency When Short Selling is Prohibited: A Case of the Dhaka Stock Exchange”. Supervisor: Dr. Steve Swidler

Master of Business Administration -Finance June 2013

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

GPA: 3.96 out of 4.00

Bachelor of Business Administration December 2011

University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

GPA: 3.99 out of 4.00

Professional Certification

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program

CFA Institute, Virginia, USA

Charter Awarded on June 5, 2017

Level III: Pass, June 2014;

Level II: Pass, June 2013;

Level I: Pass, June 2012

Associate Member, CFA Society Bangladesh

Professional Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2017- Present

Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University

Assistant Professor February 2017- Present (on study leave)

Department of Finance, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Lecturer May 2014-February 2017

Department of Finance, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Analyst February 2016-May 2016

The STEPS.org

Independent ResearcherJanuary 2015-Present

LankaBangla Securities Limited, Bangladesh

Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2014 – December 2015

Department of Finance, Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, USA

Research Analyst July 2013-May 2013

Associates for Development Services Ltd. Bangladesh

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Intern January 2012-April 2012

Treasury, Global Markets, Citi NA, Bangladesh

Research Papers

“An Analysis of Speed of Stock Price Adjustment to Market Wide Information”; Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies 2016.
“Association Between Firm Characteristics and Financial Disclosure: Evidence from Companies Listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange”; ISSN 1817-5090, Volume-44, Number-5, September-October 2016,The Cost and Management Journal, The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh
“Implications for Emerging Market Efficiency When Short Selling is Prohibited”, with Dr. Steve Swidler; Accepted in the 2017 Paris Financial Management Conference and 25th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society.
"Behavioral Factors Influencing Investment Decision of the Retail Investors of Dhaka Stock Exchange: An Empirical Study", January-February 2018, The Cost and Management Journal, The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh.
“What impacts IPO Underpricing? Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange”, with Raisul Islam;International Journal of Business and Management (IJBM), March 2018.

Grants, Awards and Honors