Otto Randl

Otto Randl is Professor of Endowment Management at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. He also is an associate faculty at VGSF Vienna Graduate School of Finance. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Calgary (2016), the University of Texas at Austin (2015), and a resident researcher at the University of Salerno (2000).Otto's research focus is at the intersection of asset pricing, financial intermediation, and corporate finance. He has published in the Review of Financial Studies, the Review of Finance, the Journal of Empirical Finance, the Journal of Investment Management, the European Economic Review, and the German Economic Review.Between his academic appointments, he held positions in the asset management industry. He has worked as a free-lance consultant in projects for banks, insurance companies and the public sector.Otto Randl received a Doctorate in Finance (2002) from the University of Vienna, a Postgradual Diploma in Finance from the Center for Central European Markets (2000), and an MSc (Diplom-Ingenieur) in Mathematics from Vienna University of Technology.

Companies

• Professor of Endowment Management WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (2018)
• Co-Head of Research Institute for Captial Markets (ISK) WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (2018)
• Associate Faculty Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF) (2014)
• Academic Director of Professional MBA Finance WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (2019 — 2021)
• Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (2013 — 2018)
• Visitor Haskayne School of Business (2016 — 2016)
• Visiting Scholar McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin (2015 — 2015)
• Head of R&D ZZ Vermögensverwaltung GmbH (2009 — 2012)
• Direktor Anaxo Financial Services AG (2005 — 2009)

Education

• 2017 Habilitation in business administration (Priv.-Doz.) WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
• 1998 – 2002 PhD in economics and social science (Dr. rer. soc. oec., distinction), University of Vienna. Dissertation: Essays in financial economics. Supervisors: Josef Zechner and Engelbert Dockner
• 1998 – 2000 Post graduate diploma in finance (distinction), Center for Central European Financial Markets, Vienna.
• 1992 – 1998 Master in applied mathematics (Diplom-Ingenieur, distinction), Vienna University of Technology.
• 1996 – 1997 Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Le Havre-Caen, France, core study area: industrial management.