Florian Weigert

I am Full Professor and Chair of Digital Finance at TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich (Germany).

I am Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and University of Mannheim (Germany), as well as Research Fellow at the Centre of Financial Research Cologne (Germany).

I worked as Full Professor of Financial Risk Management at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). I obtained my Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Mannheim (Germany). I was Visiting Scholar at New York University, Georgetown University, Georgia State University, and the University of Texas at Austin (all USA).

Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: Florian Weigert
Office: Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany

News:

I am now Professor of Digital Finance at Technical University of Munich!

Our paper "The Value of Financial Advisors in M&A Negotiations" is forthcoming in Finance Research Letters, 2026.

Our paper "Unobserved Performance of Hedge Funds" (Journal of Finance, 2024) received the award for the best article published in the field of alternative investments 2025 from the Bundesverband Alternative Investments (BAI). 

Our paper: "A Bayesian Stochastic Discount Factor for the Cross-Section of Individual Equity Options" is forthcoming in the Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, 2025.

Our paper: "Extreme Weather Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns"  is forthcoming in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2025.

Our paper: "Social Media-Based Attention and the Cross-Section of Cryptocurrency Returns"  is forthcoming in the Journal of Banking and Finance, 2025.