Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Head Center for Real Estate Management and Finance
• Professor

Focus

• Real Estate Finance
• Public Real Estate Markets
• Mortgage Market Regulation
• Sustainable Real Estate

Teaching

• Real Estate Markets
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Investment & Finance
• Real Estate Valuation

Experience

• Quantitative Risk Analyst
  UBS Group
  2018 - 2021
• Doctoral Researcher
  University of Zurich
  2014 - 2018
• Information Specialist
  Roche Venture Fund
  2011 - 2012
• Student Trainee
  Deutsche Bank
  2007 - 2010

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Banking and Finance
  University of Zurich and Swiss Finance Institute
  2013 - 2018
• Master of Science / Business and Economics
  University of Basel
  2011 - 2013

Continuing Education

CAS Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW School of Management and Law
06 / 2022

Network

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Quantitative study of real estate agent impact on selling price / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Nachhaltigkeitsschulung Zürcher Kantonalbank / Team member / Project ongoing
• Nachhaltigkeitsschulung UBS Switzerland AG / Team member / Project ongoing
• Machbarkeitsstudie Timber Mortgage ("Holzbauhypothek") / Project leader / Project completed
• Investing in the modern forestry and timber construction industry / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Implementation and development of a training course on sustianbility in lending / Project leader / Project completed
• Nachhaltigkeit für die Thurgauer Kantonalbank / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Sustainable Lending / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Ziegler, Suzanne; Richter, Thomas,

  2024.

  Zinsänderungsrisiken im Hypothekargeschäft : Transfer von Kunden zu Banken?.

  Swiss Real Estate Journal.

  (28), pp. 41-48.

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

  2023.

  Relatives Blasenrisiko : empirische Evidenz von Immobilien und Gold.

  Swiss Real Estate Journal.

  (27), pp. 4-13.

• 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.

• Schweizer, Andreas; Kimmerle, Hendrik; Richter, Thomas; Streichenberg, Urs; Affolter, Beat; Döbeli, Sabine; Brunner, Katja,

  2024.

  Swiss Sustainable Lending Market Study 2024.

  Zurich:

  Swiss Sustainable Finance.

  Available from: https://www.sustainablefinance.ch/api/rm/2JBRP6T3C224NS2/ssf-lending-market-study-en-final.pdf

• Boos, Dominik; Richter, Thomas,

  2023.

  Immobilienanlagen von Pensionskassen : Regulierung, Liquidität und Verschuldung.

  Schweizer Personalvorsorge.

  2023(12), pp. 67-68.

• Charrey, Stefano; Federizzi, Thomas; Hecht, Andreas; Kornsteiner, Tania; Richter, Thomas,

  2023.

  Anlegen in die moderne Wald- und Holzbauindustrie.

  Zürich:

  Timber Finance Initiative.

  ISBN 978-3-9525888-0-2.

• 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.

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