Hrvoje Kurtović, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Researcher at University of Lausanne. Interested in financial markets and how investors form their beliefs.
Research Expertise
About
Publications
Tail risks and private equity performance
Journal of Empirical Finance / Jan 01, 2024
Kurtović, H., & Markarian, G. (2024). Tail risks and private equity performance. Journal of Empirical Finance, 75, 101457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2023.101457
Disagreement of Disagreement
SSRN Electronic Journal / Jan 01, 2023
Goulding, C. L., Harvey, C. R., & Kurtović, H. (2023). Disagreement of Disagreement. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4647471
The Risk and Performance of Listed Private Equity
The Journal of Alternative Investments / May 22, 2023
Kurtović, H., Markarian, G., & Breuer, P. (2023). The Risk and Performance of Listed Private Equity. The Journal of Alternative Investments, 26(1), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.3905/jai.2023.1.191
Education
University of Lausanne
Ph.D., Financial Economics / September, 2023
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
M.Sc., Economics / August, 2019
EBS University of Business and Law
B.Sc., Management / July, 2017
Duke University
Visiting Researcher / August, 2020
Indiana University
Visitor / December, 2018
Arizona State University
Visitor / May, 2016
University of South Florida
none, English / December, 2013
Experience
University of Lausanne
Lecturer / September, 2023 — Present
Instructing 1st year bachelor students in “Financial Accounting”
Researcher / September, 2019 — Present
Designed course materials and exams for subjects including Financial Accounting, Capital Market Research, Financial Statement Analysis, and Accounting Theory Collaboratively supervised master student theses in finance and accounting Developed a data sourcing tool that extracts information on 200+ 10-Ks and generates weekly quizzes (used now in several accounting classes throughout the university) Packages: proficiency in SAS, STATA, and Python for advanced data manipulation, analytics, and econometrics Databases: Capital IQ M&A, Compustat, CRSP, Execucomp, I/B/E/S, Markit Short Selling, Preqin, TAQ, Thomson/Refinitiv s12 and s34a
Aleris Rolled Products Germany GmbH
Accounting Working Student / March, 2019 — June, 2019
Conducted economic research to write the economic and risk report for the management report under German commercial code (HGB) Built an overview of expense accruals in Excel for current payables and tracked their development for financial planning purposes
Stabilus GmbH
M&A / Business Development Intern / May, 2018 — July, 2018
Valued European acquisition targets with enterprise values from €7 million to €20 million, using comparable analysis and DCF valuation Involved in initial due diligence on business models, capital structures, and economic environment and created company profiles Examined sales on regions and business units in Excel and PowerPoint for sales managers to check if forecasts need adjustments
Procurement Intern / May, 2015 — August, 2015
Developed a method in Excel to find outsourcing opportunities in Eastern Europe based on provided supplier information Negotiated with suppliers on the basis of mostly self-carried out offer comparisons, price maps, and supplier analyses
Gz-Service am evang. Stift Koblenz GmbH
Marketing Intern / May, 2013 — July, 2013
Updated market analyses for in-patient care of 15 hospitals in the Greater Koblenz area
thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH
Controlling Finance/Invest/Risk Intern / June, 2018 — August, 2018
Supported the team in factorizing receivables and selling them via forfaiting, factoring, and ABS up to €16 million Scrutinized credit limits of over 50 debtors and initiated proceedings with sales managers regarding limit violations Monitored financial instruments in form of derivatives (guarantees and letters of credit) and primary ones (receivables)
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