Founded by academics from Asia, North America and Europe, ABFER is an independent research organization based in Singapore. Aiming to promote Asia-Pacific oriented financial and economic research at local and international levels, ABFER connects prominent academic researchers, practitioners and public policy makers around the globe to enhance the research capabilities and development of strong clusters of finance and economics research groups in academic and other institutions in Asia-Pacific.

Taking up this new role, Prof. Hung will develop stronger ties with leading universities and research institutions in Asia, thus steering towards advancing finance and economics research capacities and agendas.