Ran obtained his PhD at Tilburg University earlier this year. He was a visiting scholar at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2015. From 2008 – 2010 he worked as an analysist at Deloitte Beijing after having received an award from the Renmin University of China. Xing’s research interests stretch form mutual funds, price impact of trades, asset pricing, liquidity risk premium, portfolio choice. Ran is a member of TI’s Finance (FIN) research group.