Institute of Strategic Management and Finance
Faculty of Mathematics and Economics · Ulm University
Empirical and theoretical research in banking, financial intermediation, asset management, and decentralised finance, led by Prof. Dr. Andre Guettler.
This site publishes the teaching materials — slide decks, syllabi, assignments, and reading lists — for the courses we run each semester. Graded materials, announcements, and exam registration live in Moodle. The official institute homepage with research, publications, and theses is at https://www.uni-ulm.de/mawi/smf.
Courses
Research in Finance
Master- and PhD-level introduction to empirical finance research: R workflow, data handling, statistical analysis, and academic publishing.
Prof. Dr. Andre Guettler · Oliver Padmaperuma
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Finance Project — Asset Management
Hands-on Master project class: portfolio construction with linear and regularised regressions, plus a prediction-markets case study.
Prof. Dr. Andre Guettler · Oliver Padmaperuma
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Emerging Technology & Finance
Bachelor-level survey of agentic AI, blockchain, fintech, RegTech, and CBDCs, taught flipped-classroom with token-based peer grading.
Prof. Dr. Andre Guettler · Oliver Padmaperuma
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Meet the team
The cards below show everyone you may meet during a course or term — teaching faculty, doctoral candidates, the secretariat, and our student assistant.
Research focus
The institute’s published work clusters around four themes:
- Banking & financial intermediation — credit allocation, public guarantees, loan-officer behaviour, regulatory effects.
- Crypto & decentralised finance — Bitcoin Ordinals & inscriptions, NFTs, DeFi risk, agentic AI in finance.
- Asset management & mutual funds — portfolio construction, manager behaviour, prediction markets.
- Credit ratings & corporate finance — rating accuracy, valuation, financial-statement quality.
Selected recent publications
- Guettler, A. & Wiedenmann, A. (2026). Bitcoin Ordinals and Inscriptions. Journal of the British Blockchain Association 9, 1–12.
- Guettler, A., Naeem, M., Norden, L. & Van Doornik, B. (2024). Pre-Publication Revisions of Bank Financial Statements. Journal of Financial Intermediation 58, 101073.
- Gropp, R., Guettler, A. & Saadi, V. (2020). Public Guarantees and Allocative Efficiency. Journal of Monetary Economics 116, 53–69.
- Behr, P., Drexler, A., Gropp, R. & Guettler, A. (2020). Financial Incentives and Loan Officer Behavior. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 55, 1243–1267.
- Gropp, R., Gruendl, C. & Guettler, A. (2014). The Impact of Public Guarantees on Bank Risk Taking. Review of Finance 18, 457–488.
Visit & contact
For students
Moodle — graded materials
Studiensekretariat — exam registration
Helpdesk — IT issues
Course advisors — academic guidance