Asma Mobarek is Associate Professor in the Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University, Sweden. She also worked in the University of Botswana and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, in her early career. Her research interests are in market efficiency, market integration, and co-movement.Sabur Mollah is Associate Professor of Finance at Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University, Sweden. He previously taught at Leeds University, UK; University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; and University of Botswana. His current research focuses on market contagion and co-integration during crisis and the failure of corporate governance in large banks during global crisis.