Gunnar Niemann

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Research Assistant

M. Sc. Gunnar Niemann

Faculty of Economics and Management
Chair in Banking and Finance
Universitätsplatz, 2, Building 22 A, 308

Work experience:

since 10/2020 PhD candidate, Chair in Banking and Finance, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
06/2019 - 09/2020 Students assistant, Financial markets Department, Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Germany
01/2012 - 07/2012 Full-time employment as a banker
08/2009 - 01/2012 Apprenticeship as a banker

Education:

since 10/2020 PhD candidate, Department in Banking and Finance, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
10/2018 - 09/2020 Master study program "Financial Economics", Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
08/2015 - 07/2016 Bachelor study program "Economics", Universitat de València, Spain
09/2013 - 09/2018 Bachelor study program "Economics", Universität Kassel, Hessen, Germany

Summer term 2026:

  • Scientific Project: Biodiversity Risk in Financial Markets
  • Capital Budgeting (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Capital Markets (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar

Winter term 2025/2026:

  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar 

Summer term 2025:

  • Scientific Project: Climate Risk in Financial Markets
  • Capital Budgeting (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Capital Markets (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Unternehmensbewertung (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar

Winter term 2024/2025:

  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Academic Methods
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar 

Summer term 2024:

  • Scientific Project: Asset Management
  • Capital Budgeting (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Capital Markets (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar

Winter term 2023/2024:

  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar 

Summer term 2023:

  • Scientific Project: Household Finance
  • Capital Budgeting (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Capital Markets (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar

Winter term 2022/2023:

  • Security Analysis (Vietnamese-German University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
  • Scientific Project: Performance Measurement
  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar 

Summer term 2022:

  • Scientific Project: Quantitative approaches to asset allocation
  • Capital Budgeting (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Capital Markets (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar

Winter term 2021/2022:

  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar 

Summer term 2021:

  • Scientific Project: Time-varying risk aversion
  • Capital Budgeting (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Capital Markets (Otto-von-Guericke Business School)
  • Bachelorabschlussseminar
  • Bachelor Thesis Seminar
  • Master Thesis Seminar

Winter term 2020/2021:

  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Academic Methods: Quantitative Approaches
  • Master Thesis Seminar
  • Household finance
  • Portfoliomanagement
  • Active asset management
  • Time varying risk aversion

 

Publications:

  • Niemann, G. (2024). Decomposing Countries' Consumption in Active Portfolio Management: A Black–Litterman Application. The Journal of Portfolio Management [JourQual B; ABDC A; SJR Q2]50(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2024.1.616
  • Niemann, G., Reichling, P. & Zbandut, A. (2026). Cross-Section of Index Option Rates of Return and Elasticity Dynamics on the EU and US Markets. International Review of Economics & Finance [JourQual C; ABDC A; SJR Q1]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.104928

     

  • Dreusch, D., Niemann, G. & Reichling, P. (2026). Do Banks Learn from Natural Disasters? Evidence from the U.S. Financial Sector. European Financial Management [JourQual B; ABDC A; SJR Q1]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.70056

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