Institute of Financial Analysis
Presentation
The Institute of Financial Analysis (IAF) is the teaching and research unit of the University of Neuchâtel (bachelor, master, PhD, continuing education) in finance and accounting .
The fields of interest of its members are:
- Asset pricing
- Corporate finance
- Corporate governance
- Disclosure regulation
- Financial valuation
- Pension funds and institutional investors
- Portfolio management
- Risk management
- Sustainable finance
Chairs
- Financial Accounting: Prof. Fiechter
- Finance: Prof. Michael Hasler
- Corporate Finance: Prof. Carolina Salva
- Financial Risk Management: Prof. Florian Weigert
Ethics in Finance Award 2024
Swiss Doctoral Program Network in Accounting Research
Credit Swiss Award for Best Teaching
Congratulations to Prof. Peter Fiechter on receiving the 2023 Award from the Credit Swiss Foundation
Recent publications
- Peter Fiechter, Wayne R. Landsman, Kenneth Peasnell and Annelies Renders "Do industry-specific accounting standards matter for capital allocation decisions?", Journal of Accounting and Economics (forthcoming).
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Florian Weigert, Turan G. Bali, Heiner Beckmayer and Mathis Mörke, "Option Return Predictability with Machine Learning and Big Data", Review of Financial Studies, 2023