Prof. Dr. Olaf Stotz

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Professor of Asset Management and Pension Economics

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Olaf Stotz has been Professor of Asset Management and Pension Economics at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since 2008. His research focuses on financial market prices and investor behavior, using state-of-the-art empirical methods and large datasets. A central theme of his work is forecasting future security prices and improving investor decision-making. He has also developed a financial app for retirement planning aimed at the general public.
His research is published in leading academic journals and has practical applications in the financial industry. In his teaching, Professor Stotz focuses primarily on quantitative subjects such as asset management, finance, and statistics.

Before joining the Frankfurt School, Professor Stotz spent several years working in various financial institutions. His work has received several awards. Among other honors, he has been repeatedly ranked among the top 100 most influential economists in the German-speaking world by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ).

Professor Stotz holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (K.I.T.), and earned his doctorate and habilitation at RWTH Aachen University.

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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