Prof. Vitaly Orlov

Vitaly Orlov is Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of St.Gallen. Professor Orlov has also been a Visiting Professor at Columbia Business School and Georgia State University. Before his academic career, he worked for several years at Citigroup. His recent research has received several awards, including a Best Paper award from the American Association of Individual Investors.

Professor Orlov studies mutual funds from a variety of original behavioral perspectives. Through the prism of asset management, his research provides new insights on the investment performance and importance of managerial background and highlights the common mistakes many investors and fund managers make. Concerning sustainable investing, he works on determining what asset managers think about responsible investing and investigates whether fund managers take advantage of ESG-responsible investing styles in an attempt to deceive investors.

• Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
  • Behavioral Finance and Neurofinance
  • Portfolio Management
• Financial Institutions
  • Institutional Investors and Funds