Paul Ali was previously a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne and a member of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, University of Melbourne (2002-2004). Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the T C Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland (2000-2001) and a finance lawyer in Sydney.
Courses Taught
LAWS1092 LAWS2024
Current Research Projects
I am currently co-editing a research book on the international law of securitisation, scheduled for publication later this year. I will contribute a chapter (‘Securitising the Weather: Temperature Swaps and Windstorm Bonds’) to this book.The following is a representative list of other work-in-progress:
‘Whole Business Securitization’ in S. L. Schwarcz, Structured Finance: A Guide to the Principles of Asset Securitization. New York: Practising Law Institute (forthcoming).
‘Applying Securitization Technology to Hedge Funds’ in G. N. Gregoriou, G. Hubner, N. Papageorgiou and F. Rouah (eds), Hedge Funds: Insights in Performance Measurement, Risk Analysis and Portfolio Allocation. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons (forthcoming).
‘Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Securitization: Innovation and Fragility.’ Banking and Finance Law Review (Toronto: Carswell) (forthcoming).
Grants
ARC Discovery Project Grant 2005-2007 ($130,000) (‘Corporate Governance and Institutional Investment in the Australian Financial Markets’) (with G Stapledon)
University of Melbourne Internal Grant 2004 ($14,000) (‘Corporate Governance in the Australian Financial Markets’) (with G Stapledon)
Early Career Researcher Grant 2004, University of Melbourne ($8,750) (‘Synthetic Securitisations and the Revolution in Credit Risk Management’)
Prizes
Merit Prize 2003 (Securities Institute of Australia) (for ‘Analysing the Cost of Ethical Investment’)
Journal Affiliations
Editor (Banking & Finance), Australian Business Law Review Editor (Corporate Finance), Company and Securities Law Journal