Dear Finance Club Members, 

We are happy to announce the presentation of Prof. Dr. Peter Schwendner with the title "Machine Learning Applications in Finance". 

Peter Schwendner is a Professor and Head of the Institute of Wealth & Asset Management at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), School of Management and Law, Switzerland. His interests are financial markets, asset management and machine learning applications. After completing a doctorate in physics in 1998 for his research at Max Planck Institute in Goettingen, he collected 15 years of work experience in the financial industry as an MD and head of quantitative research at Sal. Oppenheim and as a partner at Fortinbras Asset Management. He holds the CFA charter and FRM certification. 

The full description can be found on the ZHAW web page:

https://www.zhaw.ch/de/ueber-uns/person/scwp/