Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Management), University Technology of Malaysia

Master in Applied Statistics (Distinction), University of Malaya

Awards

Best postgraduate award recipient

Others

Passed CFA level III exam on 2017

Tableau Desktop Specialist

Econometrics Analysis

  1. Loo, W.K., Melati, A, and Suresh, R. (2015). The Dynamic Linkage Among The Asian Reits Market, Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 115 – 126. (Scopus-Cited)
  2. Loo, W.K., Melati, A, and Suresh, R. (2016). Integration between the Asian REIT markets and macroeconomic variables. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 68 – 82. (Scopus-Cited)
  3. Loo, W.K., Melati, A, and Suresh, R. (2016). Modeling the volatility of Asian REIT markets. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, pp. 1 – 13. (Scopus-Cited)

 

Machine Learning (Neural Network, Random Forest, Extreme Gradient Boosting)

  1. Loo, W.K. (2019), “Predictability of HK-REITs returns using artificial neural network”, Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPIF-07-2019-0090
  2. Loo, W.K. (2020), ” Performing technical analysis to predict Japan REITs’ movement through ensemble learning”, Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
  1. Loo, W.K. (2015). Modeling the Return and Volatility Behaviour on Asian Countries’ Real Estate Investment Trust, presentation at the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society 21st Annual Conference, 19-21 January 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  2. Jan 2016. Population Studies Unit, University of Malaya.
  3. August 2016. Population Studies Unit, University of Malaya

Area of Interests

Machine Learning

Statistical Data Analysis

Econometrics

Python, R, Java

Equity, Blockchain