About
We bring together students and industry leaders through events and collaborative research.
Our events are designed to be personal and inspiring, offering the unique opportunity to engage directly with influential figures across the industry.
On the research side, we manage a virtual multi-manager portfolio in close collaboration with leading professors and industry professionals. Together with SGFER at the University of St.Gallen, we conduct market research and publish proprietary investment strategies for both professionals and students alike.
Team
Georg Schäli​
President | Founder
Maximilian Bollinger
Events
Fabio Nänni
Human Resources
Simon Hübscher
Investments
Daniel Margolin
Database
Samira Garcia
Marketing​
Sarah Stölzel
Operations
Ernes Zymberi
Finance
Nico Nänni
Fixed Income
Jan Goldener
Partnerships​
Alexander Vögelin
Analyst​
Valerio Campanale​
Analyst​
Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Dr. Can Gao
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Can Gao is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of St. Gallen. Before joining HSG in 2023, he was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and worked in the financial industry in London. Prof. Dr. Dr. Can Gao's expertise focuses on asset pricing, international finance, and macro-finance. In his recent working paper with co-authors, they introduce a new measure of a government's fiscal position that exploits cointegrating relationships among fiscal variables.
Prof. Dr. Vesa Pursiainen
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Prof. Dr. Vesa Pursiainen is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of St.Gallen and Swiss Finance Institute, as well as an affiliated researcher at Hanken School of Economics. He finished his PhD at the University of Hong Kong in 2020. For the academic year 2019-20, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Zurich and the year 2018-19 at Imperial College London. Prior to pursuing PhD studies, he worked in the financial industry, as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and as an investment professional at Oaktree Capital Management.