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Dr. Arsalan Haneef Malik

Assistant Professor and PhD Coordinator
Extension
476
Email
arsalan.malik@iobm.edu.pk
Department
Accounting and Finance
Specialization
Finance

About

Arsalan Haneef Malik holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Malaysia Sarawak and a Master's in Finance from Iqra University, Karachi. He is currently employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the Institute of Business and Management. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Malik serves as the PhD Program Coordinator at IoBM and is the Editor of the Pakistan Business Review (Journal), a flagship publication of the Institute of Business Management. His research focuses on financial inclusion, financial stability, institutional quality, and environmental and social sustainability, bridging theory with impactful real-world applications. He has published numerous articles in highly reputable social science journals. His research interests include financial inclusion, financial stability, institutional quality, and environmental and social sustainability. In addition to his teaching career, he has worked in various industries and organizations, including audit and manufacturing firms. Here are a few links that provide access to his research work. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-4850 Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arsalan-Malik-4
Academic Qualification
PhD Finance, Univeristy of Malaysia Sarawak, Pakistan - 2023 MBA, Iqra Unversity Karachi, Pakistan - 2017 Master of Commerce, University of Sindh - 2012 Bachelor of Commerce, University of Sindh - 2010 Certified Accounting Technician, ACCA - 2007
Finance

Rehman, A. U., Malik, A. H., Ramzan, F., Basit, S. A., & Hussain, A. (2025). How the Pre-and Post-COVID Landscape Shapes Environmental Sustainability via Industrialization. Insights from Asia for Latin America. IEEE Engineering Management Review.

Rehman, A. U., Malik, A. H., Hamad, M., Haseeb, M., & Chishty, B. A. (2025). The protective duo: Sukuk and corporate social sustainability as crash risk mitigators. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.

Qayyum, A., Arslan, A., Malik, A. H., Khan, S. N., Rehman, A. U., Asim, M., … & ElAffendi, M. A. (2025). Financial innovation can hamper the sustainable economic growth: A tale of two emerging economies. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 11(1), 100446.

Hussain, A., Malik, A. H., ur Rehman, A., Rehan, M., & Aboya, Y. (2025). Financial Technology and Sustainable Performance of Islamic Banks: A Conceptual Approach Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory. In Digital Technologies for Sustainability and Quality Control (pp. 53-66). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Ahmed, F., Hussain, A., Khan, S. N., Malik, A. H., Asim, M., Ahmad, S., & El-Affendi, M. (2024). Digital Risk and Financial Inclusion: Balance between Auxiliary Innovation and Protecting Digital Banking Customers. Risks, 12(8), 133.

Ahmed, F., Hussain, A., Malik, A. H., & Kamran, N. U. (2024). Fintech Banking Risk Taxonomy and Customer Protection: A Systematic Review. GISRAS Journal of Management & Islamic Finance (GJMIF), 4(2).

Malik, A. H., Jais, M. B., Rahim, S., Rehman, A. U., & Khalid, S. (2023). Significance of environmental sustainability to maintain financial stability: mediating roles of financial inclusion. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 7(4), 1307-1328.

Malik, A. H., Jais, M. B., Md Isa, A. H., & Rehman, A. U. (2022). Role of social sustainability for financial inclusion and stability among Asian countries. International Journal of Social Economics, 49(9), 1324-1348.

Rehman, A. U., Malik, A. H., bin Md Isa, A. H., & bin Jais, M. (2022). Dynamic impact of financial inclusion and industrialization on environmental sustainability. Social Responsibility Journal, 19(5), 906-929.

Malik, A. H., bin Md Isa, A. H., bin Jais, M., Rehman, A. U., & Khan, M. A. (2022). Financial stability of Asian Nations: Governance quality and financial inclusion. Borsa Istanbul Review, 22(2), 377-387.

Rehman, A. U., Malik, A. H., Kanwal, A., & Lashari, N. A. (2022). Wealth at the expense of health: the outcome of environmental degradation. In Finance for sustainability in a turbulent economy (pp. 97-114). IGI Global.

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