Dr. Benjamin Moritz
Angestellt, Head of Quantitative Investment Research, FINVIA
Cologne, Deutschland
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Benjamin Moritz
4 Jahre, Juli 2018 - Juni 2022
Executive Partner
HQ Asset Management
Founding member of HQ Asset Management. Which focuses on quantitative / scientific / research-driven investment strategies. Responsibilities: Development and programming of the investment strategies for equity stock selection and global asset allocation.
6 Jahre und 1 Monat, Okt. 2012 - Okt. 2018
Dr. rer. nat. in Statistik (Machine Learning, AI, Textanalyse)
Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich
Thesis Title: Applications of Textual Analysis and Machine Learning in Asset Pricing Chair of Financial Econometrics Institute of Statistics Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Topics - Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing - Relation between Risk and Return - Machine Learning, Textual Analysis Winner of the Best Paper Award at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the German Finance Association
10 Jahre und 2 Monate, Mai 2008 - Juni 2018
Vice President | Investment Research
Sal. Oppenheim
- Strategic Asset Allocation - Global Tactical Asset Allocation - Cross-Sectional Country Equity Allocation - Annual Sal. Oppenheim Investment Outlook - Risk Management - Also extensive portfolio management experience (set-up and management of institutional and mutual funds)
7 Monate, März 2012 - Sep. 2012
Adjunct Professor in Finance
University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Remagen
Lecturer - Mathematics in Finance and Life Science (M.Sc.) Summer Term 2012 - Teaching the Course "Financial Innovations" Topics included: Investment & Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
7 Monate, Sep. 2007 - März 2008
Quantitative Researcher (Intern)
Sal. Oppenheim
Position: full-time internship --- Tasks: collaboration in the development of the 130/30 (Short Extension) Strategy in the active quantitative equity management department (analysis of cutting-edge research papers, backtesting and analysis, capital market analysis, presentations)
5 Monate, Sep. 2006 - Jan. 2007
Credit Risk Analyst (Intern)
Dresdner Bank AG
Position: full-time internship --- Tasks: collaboration in the development of Stress Tests for the overall Credit Risk Portfolio (Basel II) especially building/estimation of macroeconometrical models, performing of scenario analysis and projections onto the Credit Risk Portfolio; macroeconometrical analysis between credit risk and market environment
8 Monate, Nov. 2005 - Juni 2006
Venture Capital Investment Management (Intern)
KfW-tbg Bankengruppe
Position: part-time working student --- Tasks: Student assistant for 3 Fund Manager in the Venture Capital industry, which includes fondscontrolling, further development of an internal risk management system, empirical analysis according to the existing investments
2 Monate, Aug. 2005 - Sep. 2005
Risk Analyst (Working Student)
AXA Versicherungen AG
Position: full-time working student --- Tasks: empirical analysis in risk management in the insurance industry, estimation and analysis of several distribution functions (log-normal, weibull, exponential, extreme value), simulation of jump-diffiusion-processes
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6 Jahre und 1 Monat, Okt. 2012 - Okt. 2018
Financial Econometrics
Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich
Thesis Title: Applications of Textual Analysis and Machine Learning in Asset Pricing
2011 - 2011
Macroeconomics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2010 - 2010
Financial Econometrics and Forecasting
Swiss Finance Institute Geneva
Prof. Francis X. Diebold - Executive Course in Finance 2010
4 Jahre und 4 Monate, Apr. 2004 - Juli 2008
Mathematics, Computational Finance, Economics
University of Applied Sciences Remagen
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Englisch
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