Dr. Julija Bistrova, CFA, is an Associate Professor at Riga Technical University. She also works as a financial analyst, responsible for the research department of asset management company Alphinox. She has experience as a researcher in various studies dedicated to the macroeconomic development of emerging markets. Her research interests include earnings plausibility, stock market investments, corporate governance, and economic growth. In 2014, she received a doctoral degree in economic sciences from Riga Technical University.