Dr. Nils Tuchschmid is Professor and Director of the Institute of Finance at the School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR). Prior to joining HEG-FR, Nils was Partner and Head of Tactical Trading Strategies at Tages Group. Previously, he was co-head of the Alternative Funds Advisory team at UBS and head of multi-manager portfolios at Credit-Suisse. PhD in Economics from the University of Geneva, he has published numerous articles and research papers, notably on asset management and allocation, alternative investments and performance measurement.
Publications
Journal article
| NAYA, F., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2025). Gender disparities among financial entrepreneurs: The case of hedge funds. Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 6 (2), 191-199. |
| BLANC, S., FRAGNIÈRE, E., NAYA, F., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2025). Option Strategies and Market Signals: Do They Add Value to Equity Portfolios? FinTech, 4 (2). |
| NAYA, F., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2025). Incorporating Alternative Risk Premia into Balanced Portfolios: Provider Selection Matters. The Journal of Beta Investment Strategies, 16 (3), 116-124. |
| NAYA, F., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2024). The Performance of Hedge Funds: Are There Differences in Terms of Gender? Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 17 (11). |
| NAYA, F., RRUSTEMI, J., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2023). Alternative Risk Premia and Market Drawdowns: A Performance Review. The Journal of Beta Investment Strategies, 14 (2), 83-100. |
| NAYA, F., RRUSTEMI, J., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2023). Incorporating Alternative Risk Premia Into Balanced Portfolios: Is There Any Added Value? Journal of Systematic Investing, 3 (1). |
| RRUSTEMI, J., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2020). Facebook' Digital Currency Venture "Diem": the new Frontier … or a Galaxy far, far away? Technology Innovation Management Review, 10 (12), 19-30. |
| TUCHSCHMID, N., NAYA, F. (2019). Alternative Risk Premia: Is the Selection Process Important? Journal of Wealth Management. |
| TUCHSCHMID, N. (2014). Alpha or not Alpha: The Case of the Hedge Fund Industry. Bankers, Markets and Investors. |
| TUCHSCHMID, N. (2013). Non-Fully Invested Derivative Free Bond Index Replication. Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. |
| TUCHSCHMID, N. (2013). Ucits: Can it Bring Funds of Hedge Funds On-Shore? Journal of Wealth Management. |
| TUCHSCHMID, N. (2013). Does Manager Offshore Experience Count in the Alternative UCITS Universe? Journal of Alternative Investments. |
Paper presented at a peer-reviewed conference
| FATEMI, B., KOBRAVI, A., LARRAZ, D., NAYA, F., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2025). Introducing the Cluster-Momentum Portfolio in Alternative Risk Premia Investing. 7th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business, Portugal. |
| BLANC, S., FRAGNIÈRE, E., NAYA, F., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2024). Safeguarding Downside Risk in Portfolio Insurance: Navigating Swiss Stock Market Regimes with Options, Trading Signals, and Financial Products. 6th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business, France. |
| BALDEGGER, R., SCHUEFFEL, P., TUCHSCHMID, N., KAISER, A. (2018). The Impact of Banks on the Internationalization Efforts of SMEs: Help or Hindrance? ACERE Conference 2018, Brisbane, Australia. |
| BALDEGGER, R., SCHÜFFEL, P., TUCHSCHMID, N. (2017). Banks and Internationalizing SMEs: Friends or Foes? EIBA Conference 2017, Milan, Italy. |
| SCHÜFFEL, P., BALDEGGER, R., TUCHSCHMID, N., KAISER, A. (2017). The Role of Banks in the Internationalization Process of SMEs: Blessing or Curse? Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2017, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. |
Book chapter
| FRAGNIÈRE, E., TUCHSCHMID, N., FISCHER, P., RRUSTEMI, J., GUILLOT, O. (2023). Identification of Qualitative Weak Signals Coming from Asset Management Working Practices to Feed Forward-Looking Investment Pension Funds Models. Education, Research and Business Technologies (pp. 81-92). Springer. |
Keynote
| TUCHSCHMID, N. (2023). Incorporating Alternative Risk Premia into Balanced Portfolios: is there any added value ? Wolfsberg, Switzerland. |