Douglas W. Arner

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Douglas W. Arner
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Professor Douglas W. Arner
Education Drury College (BA covering literature, economics and political science)
Southern Methodist University (JD (cum laude))
University of London (Queen Mary College) (LLM (with distinction) in banking and finance law)
University of London (PhD)
Occupation(s)Kerry Holdings Professor in Law,
University of Hong Kong

Director/Co-founder [1] ,
Asian Institute of International Financial Law

Douglas W. Arner is a Kerry Holdings Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [1]

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He is a Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, and a Non-Executive Director of Aptorum Group [NASDAQ: APM]. [2]

He led the development of the world’s largest massive open online course (MOOC): Introduction to FinTech, launched on edX in May 2018, now spanning every country in the world, as part of the first online Professional Certificate in FinTech. [2] [ better source needed ]

Douglas interviews Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Charles Mok(right) on FinTech. Professor Douglas Arner with Charles Mok.jpg
Douglas interviews Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Charles Mok(right) on FinTech.

Education

He holds a BA from Drury College (where he studied literature, economics and political science), a JD (cum laude) from Southern Methodist University, an LLM (with distinction) in banking and finance law from the University of London (Queen Mary College), and a PhD from the University of London. [2]

Career

Arner was the Sir John Lubbock Support Fund Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London. [2]

Arner joined at HKU in 2000 and was the Director of the Faculty’s Asian Institute of International Financial Law(AIIFL) from 2006 to 2011; he co-founded AIIFL in 1999 along with the LLM in Corporate and Financial Law. [2]

Arner has been a visiting professor or fellow at Duke University, Harvard University, the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, IDC Herzliya, McGill University, Melbourne University, National University of Singapore, Queen Mary University of London, University of New South Wales, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and Zurich University. [2]

Awards

In 2007, he received HKU’s Outstanding Young Researcher Award. [2]

Bibliography

Arner specialises in economic and financial law, regulation and development. [2] He is author, co-author or editor of fifteen books, and author or co-author of more than 150 articles, chapters and reports on related subjects. [2]

Selected works

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Professor Douglas Arner". University of Hong Kong . Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fintech courses put facts at the fingertips". South China Morning Post . 4 January 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Panama Papers reveal Hong Kong's murky financial underbelly". Hong Kong Free Press . 14 April 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Experts discuss how insurtech, GBA bring insurers new opportunities at industry forum". South China Morning Post . 20 December 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "QU awarded international FinTech grant success". Gulf Times . 30 June 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ "FASL conducts 'Professional Certificate in Fintech and Blockchain'". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) via PressReader . 4 November 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Vietnam Blockchain Corporation CEO honoured by Global Academy of Finance and Management". Daily FT . 28 October 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  9. ↑ "FASL and FTAHK signs MOU in Hong Kong". Daily FT . 25 June 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  10. ↑ "FASL conducts 'Professional Certificate in Fintech and Blockchain'". Daily FT . 5 November 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Tokenising securities to raise capital focusing on Sri Lankan upmarket real estate". Daily FT . 17 May 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  12. ↑ "HKU host seminar on STO and RET". Daily News (Sri Lanka) . 27 June 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Hong Kong seminar focuses on STO landscapes in HK, Singapore and Sri Lanka". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) via PressReader . 8 July 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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