Michael James Aitken
Michael J. Aitken | |
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| Born | 1957 Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Massey University, University of New South Wales |
| Known for | Commercialising academic research; empirical measures of the quality of financial and health markets; SIRCA, Thomson Reuters Tick History, SMARTS, Market Quality Framework, Market Quality Dashboard, HiBIS, I+Plus |
| Awards | Outstanding manuscript award, AAANZ (1991), Best manuscript in Australian Journal of Management (1995), BHERT Award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Education and Training (1999), SIRCA Prolific Career Contribution to Financial Markets Research (2009), Prime Minister ICT Exporter of the Year (2010), Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Finance, Accounting, Microstructure, Financial Markets, Financial Regulation, Entrepreneurship |
| Institutions | Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre, Macquarie University, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney |
| Thesis | The Effects of Deregulation on the Australian Securities Industry |
| Website | www.cmcrc.com |
Michael James Aitken is a New Zealand author who specializes in the area of security market microstructure and design. He is listed among the top 1000 authors publishing in the finance literature over the last 50 years. His research has contributed to the understanding of market microstructure and its impact on market efficiency and, in particular, on market integrity.
This results in great part from his role in the design of information systems for real-time fraud detection in securities markets (e.g., insider trading, market manipulation).