The FIMA Research Center is the newest addition to the University of Hawai’i’s major research activities focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. University of Hawai’i is the first academic institution in the United States (probably in the world as well) that offers Asian Finance courses at three levels of academic programs: Ph.D., MBA, and undergraduate programs. The FIMA Research Center is spearheading both academic and policy research on financial markets development in the Asia-Pacific region, integrating the academic and practitioner viewpoints. The FIMA Research Center is the home of the premier academic journal, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, which publishes the highest quality theoretical and empirical research on financial markets of the region.

The FIMA Research Center’s activities signify the University of Hawai’i’s long-standing commitment to a better understanding of the Asia-Pacific region.

S. Ghon Rhee