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Tram Vu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Banking and Finance at Monash Business School, Monash University, with over 14 years of teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She specializes in bank management, global banking, and credit analysis while integrating sustainability principles and business ethics into her curriculum, earning the Monash Business School Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2018.
Her educational background includes:
- PhD from Monash University
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) from Monash University
- Bachelor of Finance from the University of Adelaide
Tram's research centers on debt contracting, loan syndications, financial intermediation, corporate governance, and climate finance, with particular focus on how climate risks influence debt markets. Her work examines covenant design, lender behavior, and environmental risk pricing through empirical analysis of private debt contracts, reflecting growing intersections between finance and sustainability.
Recent publications (2020-2024) reveal a pronounced shift toward climate-related financial research, especially drought risk pricing and weather derivatives in loan contracts, demonstrating how environmental factors increasingly shape debt structuring and risk management practices in banking.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence (2018)
Research funding supports her investigation of financial intermediation dynamics through grants including:
- 2020-2021: 'Does Hedging Affect Loan Contract Design? Evidence from Weather Derivatives' (Chief Investigator)
- 2011-2012: 'Australian syndicated loans: Domestic and international banks' funded by the Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (Primary Chief Investigator)
She actively engages with public discourse through media contributions like the 2020 feature 'How climate change impacts the cost of loan', which has influenced policy discussions and garnered significant academic attention.
