Timm Pfeil, MSc

PhD Candidate
Department of Banking and Finance
+43 512 507-73104
timm.pfeil@uibk.ac.at
w.4.05 (SOWI)
by appointment
Research Interests
- Machine Learning
- Asset Pricing
- Return Prediction
Education
Currently: PhD. Economics and Statistics, University of Innsbruck
MSc. Banking and Finance, Universität Innsbruck (2020 - 2022)
- University of Augsburg (2020 - 2021)
BSc. Economics, Universität Frankfurt (2017 - 2020)
- Certificate of Proficiency for Overseas in Finance - University of Auckland (2019)
Academic Service
Student Representative, Doctorate/PhD Programme SoWi, University of Innsbruck (2025 - present)
Advisory Board Member, Academic Exchange Association (2024 - present)
Teaching
Winter Semester 2024/2025
- Financial Institutions, Financial Innovations and Fintechs – Bachelor Course, Universität Innsbruck
- Mathematics – Bachelor Course, Universität Innsbruck
Conferences and Presentations
Discussant, Machine Learning Mutual Fund Flows, 30th Annual Conference, German Finance Association (DGF), Aachen (Sep 2024)
Current Research Projects
FX Forecast Disagreement: Investigating disagreement as a priced risk factor in foreign exchange markets
Penalised Portfolio Models: Developing a penalised regression-based extension of Global Minimum Variance Portfolios