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Jan-Alexander Posth

Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Wealth and Asset Management, Gertrudstrasse 8, CH-8401 Winterthur, Switzerland; e-mail: posh@zhaw.ch

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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About

Dr Jan-Alexander Posth is Professor of Asset Management at the Institute for Wealth and Asset Management at the ZHAW School of Management and Law, with a research focus on GreenTech and AI in Finance. He has a professional track record of over 12 years in the financial industry, where he gained extensive expertise as a risk manager, quant and portfolio manager. Starting at Deutsche Postbank as a credit risk manager, Alexander moved on to Landesbank Baden-Württemberg where he led the fund derivatives trading desk. Joining STOXX Ltd. in 2012, he was responsible for developing smart-beta equity indices before becoming Head of Research and Portfolio Management at a start-up hedge fund in 2015. Alexander changed to ZHAW in 2017 and has been a partner at EconSight AG since 2023; he holds a PhD in theoretical physics.

Research Interests

AI in Finance / asset management, GreenTech, Thematic Investing

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