MOHAMED ARIFF, PHD, a professor of finance at Bond University, Australia (and the University Putra Malaysia), is widely considered a specialist on Asian Pacific finance and Islamic finance. Formerly, he served as the elected president of the Asian Finance Association. He is a co-author of Investments and has authored or coauthored 33 other books. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading economics and finance journals.MEYSAM SAFARI, PHD, is a senior lecturer at SEGI University, a private institution in Malaysia. He won a prestigious scholarship from Khazanah Holdings. His scholarly research and teaching is in finance, although he has an engineering background.SHAMSHER MOHAMAD, PHD, is a professor at INCEIF University. After distinguishing himself in professional duties, he served as the dean of the faculty of economics. His teaching includes post-graduate finance subjects and supervising 25 doctoral students to completion.