Prof. Dr. Daniel Höchle

    Activities at FHNW

    Head of Competence Center Banking & Finance

    Education

    • 2016 CAS Hochschuldidaktik, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
    • 2007 Ph.D. in Finance, University of Basel (Grad. to Dr. rer. pol.)
    • 2002 FAME Certificate, University of Lausanne
    • 2000 M A in Economics and Business Administration, University of Basel

    Professional career

    • Since 02/2017  Professor for Banking and Finance, Institute for Finance (IFF), FHNW School of Business, Basel
    • Since 02/2008  Lecturer for Finance, Department of Finance, University of Basel
    • 06/2014-01/2017  Senior Lecturer for Corporate Finance & Asset Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur
    • 09/2007-05/2014  Portfolio Manager & Quantitative Analyst, AHL/MSS, Man Investments (CH) AG, Pfäffikon SZ
    • 02/2003-08/2007  Teaching Assistant, Department of Finance, University of Basel, Basel
    • 01/2004-03/2007  Contractor, Asset Management Switzerland, Bank Sarasin & Cie AG, Basel
    • 11/2000-01/2003  Assistant Asset Allocation, Bank Sarasin & Cie AG, Basel

    Awards

    • “Engelbert Dockner Memorial Prize” (Best Paper Award) at the WU Gutmann Center Symposium 2017 for paper “Financial Advice and Bank Profits” (co-authored with S. Ruenzi, N. Schaub, and M. Schmid)
    • Best Paper Award at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Finance Association for paper “Why and for how Long Do IPOs Underperform?” (co-authored with M. Schmid).
    • “Fakultätspreis” of the University of Basel for the best dissertation in Economics
    • FAME Certificate, University of Lausanne, “Prize for Outstanding Performance”

    Fields of Research

    • Bank Management
    • Empirical Finance
    • Applied Econometrics
    • Asset Management
    • Lecture "Bank Management", FHNW School of Business (since 2017)
    • Lecture "Corporate Finance 2", FHNW School of Business (since 2017)
    • Lecture "Applied Financial Data Management", WWZ University of Basel (since 2008)
    • Lecture "Corporate Finance & Risk Management", School of Management & Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) (2014 - 2016)
    • Lecture "Advanced Portfolio Theory", School of Management & Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) (2016)
    • 06/2015-01/2017 CTI-Project “Factor Based Asset Allocation
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