Foort Hamelink

Foort Hamelink is a part-time Associate Professor at the Department of Finance in the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He concurrently works at Lombard Odier Investment Managers in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a PhD from the University of Geneva (1996).

His research focuses on real estate finance, international real estate markets, financial risk management, and high-frequency financial data analysis. Key areas include optimizing real estate allocations, assessing cross-sectional return-risk relationships, and analyzing systematic patterns in financial markets.

His articles explore topics such as maximum drawdown in real estate investments, beta dynamics in UK equities, and price volatility around large market moves using Paris Bourse data. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through insights into institutional investment strategies and risk management.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned. He teaches the Real Estate Finance and Investment course (2024-2025). His professional activities include roles at both academia and asset management sectors.