Prof. Dr. Olaf Stotz

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Professor of Asset Management and Pension Economics

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Personal Details

Professor Dr. Olaf Stotz holds a Professorship of Asset Management and Pension Economics since September 2008.

Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management from University of Karlsruhe in 1995. MSc in Corporate and International Finance from University of Durham/ UK in 1996. Between 1996 and 2001 Mr. Stotz worked in the financial services industry. His last position at the institutional Asset Management Division of Union Investment involved the responsibility for equity and portfolio research and the management of the product development team.

Between 2002 and 2003 he worked as a research associate at the University of Aachen. PhD in Finance in 2003 on "Active Portfolio Management based on Mispricings in Risk Premia". His PhD thesis was awarded by the 1st price of the "Deutsches Aktieninstitut" and the "Acatis Value Preis". Between 2003 and 2008 Mr. Stotz was assistant professor of Finance at the University of Aachen. He finished his Habilitation (Venia Legendi in Economics and Business Administration) in 2008 ("Essays on Financial Markets").
The research interests of Mr. Stotz are Asset Management, Behavioral Finance, Empirical Finance, and Pension Finance. His research has been published by various academic journals, has been discussed in the financial press and is applied in the financial industry. From 2013 to 2018, the widely recognized newspaper FAZ has included Mr. Stotz in the TOP 100 economists in Germany.

Asset Management bezeichnet die Verwaltung von Vermögen. Ein Asset Manager stellt ein Portfolio (d.h. eine Mischung aus Wertpapieren) zusammen, welches den Zielen und der Risikoeinstellung des Anlegers entspricht. Die meisten Anleger verfolgen das Ziel, viel Rendite (d.h. hoher Vermögenszuwachs) bei geringem Risiko (d.h. möglichst kein Geld zu verlieren) zu erreichen.

Wertpapiere am Kapitalmarkt, die eine hohe Rendite erwarten lassen, sind aber meist auch mit einem hohen Risiko verbunden. Die Kunst des Asset Managers besteht also darin, das Portfolio zu finden, welches bei einem geeigneten Risikolevel die höchsten Renditechancen verspricht.

Asset management is the administration of assets.
Depending on the investor’s goals and their willingness to take risks, an asset manager compiles a portfolio. Security papers, that promise a high return are usually rather risky.

A skilled asset manager thus should create a portfolio which balances out an appropriate level of risk with suitable returns.
This task can be compared to the work a chef does when assembling a multiple course menu for his guests.

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