Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Personal profile

Management role

Programme Director, MSc Real Estate & Facility Management (Co-Programme Manager)

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer Real Estate Management & Finance

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Expertise and research interests

Teaching
- Real Estate Markets
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Investment
- Real Estate Valuation

Research interests
- Real Estate Finance
- Risk in Mortgage Portfolios
- Public Real Estate Markets
- Sustainable Real Estate
- Market Microstructure

Educational background

2013 - 2018: Doctoral Studies in Banking und Finance at the University of Zurich and the Swiss Finance Institute (PhD)

2011 - 2013: Studies in Business and Economics (MSc.) with exchange semester at the University of California Santa Barbara (USA)

Professional milestones

Since 2021 Dr. Thomas Richter is a Lecturer for Real Estate at ZHAW School of Management and Law. Between 2018-2021 he worked as Quantitative Risk Specialist at UBS in Zurich. His tasks included the modeling of default probabilities, loss rates und real estate liquidation values for the real estate loan portfolio. In addition to he had responsibilities in regulatory projects. From 2014 to 2018 he was working as a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Zurich. During his academic studies he also gained first work experience as Information Specialist at the Roche Venture Fund and as a Student Trainee at Deutsche Bank AG.

Membership of networks

• Schweizer Immobilienschätzer-Verband
• Urban Land Institute
• REMMS: Real Estate Meta Rating & Monitoring on Sustainability - Expertengruppe Ökonomie

Projects

• Investing in the modern forestry and timber construction industry / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Implementation and development of a training course on sustianbility in lending / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Nachhaltigkeit für die Thurgauer Kantonalbank / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Sustainable Lending / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Richter, Thomas; Ziegler, Suzanne,

  2022.

  Hypothekarmarktregulierungen : gestern, heute und morgen.

  Swiss Real Estate Journal.

  (24), pp. 60-68.

• Richter, Thomas; Kornsteiner, Tania; Ziegler, Suzanne,

  2022.

  Chancen und Risiken von Hypothekarplattformen.

  Swiss Real Estate Journal.

  2022(25), pp. 50-58.

• Richter, Thomas Julian,

  2022.

  Liquidity commonality in sovereign bond markets.

  International Review of Economics & Finance.

  78, pp. 501-518.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2021.12.001

• Richter, Thomas,

  2022.

  Trading activity in public real estate markets.

  Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

  15(9), pp. 374.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15090374

• Richter, Thomas Julian; Soliva, Eveline; Haase, Matthias; Wrase, Isabelle,

  2021.

  Corporate real estate and green building : prevalence, transparency and drivers.

  Journal of Corporate Real Estate.

  24(4), pp. 241-255.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-05-2021-0016

• Richter, Thomas; Ziegler, Suzanne,

  2021.

  Bankenregulierung, Verschuldung und Immobilienpreise.

  Swiss Real Estate Journal.

  2021(23), pp. 29-36.

• Grimm, Selina; Heck, Alexander; Hohgardt, Holger; Richter, Thomas,

  2021.

  Behavioral Real Estate : der Preis einer Immobilie oder der Wert eines Zuhauses?.

  Swiss Real Estate Journal.

  2021(23), pp. 21-28.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2021.

  Central counterparties and liquidity provision in cash markets.

  Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

  14(12), pp. 584.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14120584

• Richter, Thomas,

  2019.

  Trading, liquidity and regulation in sovereign bond markets.

  Zürich:

  Universität Zürich.

• Richter, Thomas; Soliva, Eveline; Kornsteiner, Tania,

  2022.

  Hypothekar-Plattformen : Fluch oder Segen für die Kunden?.

  MoneyToday.ch.

  Available from: https://www.moneytoday.ch/news/hypothekarplattformen-fluch-oder-segen-fuer-die-kunden

• Richter, Thomas; Höllerich, Johannes,

  2022.

  Immobilien für alle dank Anlage-Tokens : Papiertiger oder digitaler Drache?.

  Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

  pp. 18.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2022.

  Nachhaltige Hypotheken : der vergessene Vermögenswert.

  Nachhaltiges Investment.

  7, pp. 16-17.

  Available from: https://issuu.com/utkmedia/docs/nachhaltiges-investment-23-web-online

• Affolter, Beat; Meyer, Julia; Richter, Thomas; Röthlisberger, Patrick; Schweizer, Andreas,

  2022.

  Nachhaltigkeit in der Kreditfinanzierung.

  Zürich:

  Swiss Sustainable Finance.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25418

• Richter, Thomas; Soliva, Eveline,

  2022.

  Wie grün sind die Gebäude von Grosskonzernen?.

  Schweizer Immobilienbrief.

  2022(343), pp. 8-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25419

• Grimm, Selina; Richter, Thomas,

  2021.

  Wohneigentum und Vorsorge : im Alter ausgesorgt dank Hauskauf?.

  Schweizer Personalversorge.

  2021(6), pp. 96-97.

• Müller, Maximilian; Richter, Thomas; Seiberlich, Ruben,

  2023.

  Relatives Blasenrisiko : empirische Evidenz von Immobilien und Gold.

  In:

  Real Estate Circle, Winterthur, Schweiz, 4. April 2023.

• Müller, Maximilian; Richter, Thomas; Seiberlich, Ruben,

  2023.

  Relatives Blasenrisiko : empirische Evidenz von Immobilien und Gold.

  In:

  Swiss Real Estate Research Congress, Zürich, Schweiz, 11. Mai 2023.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2022.

  Immobilien & Hypothekarplattformen.

  In:

  UBS Investor Club, Zürich, 19. Mai 2022.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2022.

  Mortgages and real estate markets.

  In:

  CERN Finance Club, Zurich, Switzerland, 25. July 2022.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2022.

  Trading activity in public real estate markets.

  In:

  22nd EURAM Annual Conference, PhD Colloquium, Winterthur, Switzerland, 13-14 June 2021.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2021.

  Chancen und Risiken von Hypothekarplattformen.

  In:

  Real Estate Circle, Winterthur, 4. Oktober 2021.

• Richter, Thomas,

  2021.

  Immobilienpreise, Verschuldung und Bankenregulierung.

  In:

  Real Estate Circle, Winterthur, 4. Oktober 2021.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Östberg, Per and Richter, Thomas, The Sovereign Debt Crisis: Rebalancing or Freezes? Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-32.

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