Mengqian joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2023 as a Lecturer in Finance. She received a PhD and MSc in Finance from the University of Manchester. Her research interests lie in empirical corporate finance, including cash holdings, corporate financing decisions, securities issuance, SEOs, stock market reactions, and firm performance. Mengqian serves on the Early Career Editorial Board of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. She also acts as a reviewer for the British Accounting Review, The European Journal of Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics, and Economic Modelling, among others.

Mengqian is a member of the School's Finance research cluster

Areas of expertise:

• Corporate finance
• Securities issuance
• Cash holdings
• Corporate financing decisions
• SEOs
• Stock market reactions

Mengqian is also interested in FinTech, green finance, and ESG. 

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• ASBS Esteem Building Grant, University of Glasgow, 2025
• Wards Trust Grant, University of Glasgow, 2025
• The Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk, The University of Manchester, 2022
• EFA Travel Grant, European Finance Association, 2022

Mengqian is looking to supervise PhD theses in the broad areas of corporate finance.

• Sun, Rongting
  Fintech Innovation and Risk Management
• Zhang, Zhaolin
  Corporate Finance and Artificial Intelligence in Financial Markets

Mengqian has taught courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Current courses

• Masterclass Econometrics Session (PhD)
• International Financial Management (UG)
• Foundations of Finance (UG)

Past courses

• Corporate Finance and Valuation (MSc)
• Behavioural Finance (MSc)
• Corporate Finance (UG)
• Financial Markets and Institutions (UG)
• Investment Analysis (UG)
• Financial Reporting (UG)