Matthias Pachler

Administration of the private investment firm including client contacts and developing tax strategies for the owner. Management of a private account trading stocks, derivatives and foreign exchange in several time horizons (Main assets: Dow Jones Industrial Average Mini Future, Dax options, EUR/USD and EUR/CHF). Since 2011 involved in the acquisition activities of the firm (real estate).

Supervised core finance class for master students, developed final exam and created lecture notes. Topics: equilibrium market models, APT, security and market analysis, equity vs. debt, information asymmetry, agency problems.

Monitored automatically generated orders and adjusted positions in case of disparities of system and account quantities and conducted spread analysis.

Worked in the department Sales & Trading for Austria and Germany, including intensive client contact, secondary market trades, creating term sheets on products linked to equities, commodities and hybrid payoffs and preparing client presentations/pitch books.

Supply chain management (MBA program), option trading and pricing, Hong Kong and Chinese economy and the impact of different currency systems on economies.

Graduated with distinction, thesis: “Short Term Mean Reversion” for Qimco QST - Equlilibrium Fund. Electives: asset pricing, financial engineering, stochastic processes, time series analysis. Co-founder Finance Club Graz and member of the executive committee.

Thesis: “Futures” including valuation, hedging and clearing of financial and commodity futures. Scholarship for 2009 Banking Symposium at the European Forum Alpbach, including discussion with Myron Scholes.