Karl Weinmayer
Short Bio
Dr. Karl Weinmayer is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Department of International Management at Modul University Vienna. Before coming to MU he held a position as teaching and research associate at the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance at the Vienna University of Economics and Business where he graduated from his PhD in 2017. His current research is focused on Sustainable Finance, as well as Blockchain-related developments in Finance, such as crypto-currencies. In these areas, amongst other things he is interested in questions related to asset management and portfolio optimization and his work has been published in the field of Operations Research. His other research interests include commodity markets, CO2 markets and credit risk management. He also has been teaching a number of entry-level and advanced finance and accounting courses for the past 7 years. Furthermore he has industry experience in the field of investment banking and he has been working as an external analyst in the areas of financial, banking and utility regulation. Since 2017, he is also the co-founder of the Vienna-based fintech company Fincredible GmbH developing digital solutions in the area of credit rating analysis.
Research Interests
- Social and Sustainable Finance
- Socially Responsible Investing
- Impact Investing
- Asset and Fund Management
- Asset Pricing
- Credit Risk Management
- CO2 markets
- Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
Awards
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2016 : Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)
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2017 : Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)
Research Output
- 2022
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"Efficiency of Socially Responsible Investments in the Context of Portfolio Management"2022
Author(s): Karl Weinmayer, Margarethe Rammerstorfer
Publication date: 2022
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"Finanzierung und Impact Investments"2022
Author(s): Karl Weinmayer, Margarethe Rammerstorfer
Publication date: 2022
- 2021
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"Environmental Portfolios - Evidence from Screening and Passive Portfolio Management"2021 in: Sustainability. Volume: 13. Issue number: 22
Author(s): Karl Weinmayer, Margarethe Rammerstorfer, Julian Amon
Publication date: 1. 11. 2021
Volume: 13
Issue number: 22
Electronic version(s), related files and links: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212647
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"Passive ESG Portfolio Managemernt - The Benchmark Strategy for Socially Responsible Investors"2021 in: Sustainability. Volume: 13. Issue number: 16
Author(s): Karl Weinmayer, Margarethe Rammerstorfer, Julian Amon
Publication date: 21. 8. 2021
Volume: 13
Issue number: 16
Electronic version(s), related files and links: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169388
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"Stock Market Reactions and ESG disclosure in the Context of Negative ESG Events"2021
This paper analyses stock market reactions after the occurrence of major negative corporate environmental, social or governance (ESG) events and the possibility of mitigating these effects through the upfront provision of ESG information in firms’ annual reports. For this purpose, we follow a three-step procedure. First, we analyse the major ESG-related events gathered from REPRisk® data via event study analysis. Herein, we cover a window of 2 to 21 days. Second, we collect all annual reports of the firms mentioned in the covered period over the entire time horizon and conduct a textual analysis to examine firms’ disclosure of ESG information. Finally, we draw conclusions from the two approaches and show that firms with more upfront ESG information are better protected against negative market reactions after the occurrence of a negative ESG event. Specifically, we show that for firms with more upfront ESG disclosure, the market reactions are more positive. Our results also confirm that such events leads to an adjustment of the subsequent year’s ESG disclosure in the annual reports.
Author(s): Karl Weinmayer
Publication date: 2021
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