Olaf Stotz

Olaf Stotz is a Professor of Asset Management and Pension Economics at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since 2008. His research focuses on financial market prices, investor behavior, and empirical finance using large datasets.

• Education: Industrial Engineering (KIT), Doctorate & Habilitation (RWTH Aachen)

Research interests include:

• Forecasting stock prices and improving investor decision-making
• ESG exposure and realized returns
• Trust in pension product recommendations
• Impact of macroeconomic news on equity markets
• Low interest rates and pension system challenges

Publications span topics like mutual fund performance, hedge portfolios, dividend futures, and behavioral finance. His work appears in journals such as Review of Financial Economics, Journal of Asset Management, and Journal of International Money and Finance.

Scientific awards include being ranked among the top 100 most influential economists in the German-speaking world by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ).