Professional and academic background

Since 2015, lecturer for the courses Equity Markets I and II in the Master of Science in Business and Economics program (spring and fall terms, jointly with Prof. Dr. Reto Francioni). In addition, Peter Weber is involved in various research projects in the field of finance and has been consulted as an academic expert for legal cases in the capital markets area, including proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court and the Federal Criminal Court.
In addition to his academic activities, Peter Weber is a member of the management board and managing partner at the family office Arpig AG. In this position, he coordinates the various internal and external family office subject matter experts and is responsible for the entire investment strategy across all asset classes as well as the associated M&A deal pipeline and capital market activities. Before joining the management of Arpig AG, Peter Weber gained more than two decades of experience in the financial sector (banking education with subsequent positions on the stock exchange, in investment banking, corporate strategy, project management, and senior positions in corporate banking with a focus on capital markets and M&A). Peter Weber is a member of a number of boards of directors of private stock corporations and an advisor and steering committee member of a listed company.
Peter Weber studied economics at the Universities of Basel, New York (NYU, Stern) and Heidelberg. He completed his doctorate at the Chair of Financial Market Theory of Prof. Dr. Heinz Zimmermann at the University of Basel in combination with the foreign PhD program of New York University, Stern Faculty.

Selected publications and working papers

“Initial Public Offerings in Germany and Switzerland in the New Millennium: Characteristics and Hypotheses”, co-authored with Rohat Barihas and Heinz Zimmermann, working paper University of Basel 2023.

“Equity Marktets – The Fundamentals of Liquidity”,co-authored with Reto Francioni, working paper University of Basel, 2023.

“Market Liquidity: An Elusive Variable”, co-authored with Reto Francioni, Giuseppe Nuti and Schwartz Robert A., Journal of Portfolio Management 2020. Lead Article.

“Hedge Fund Activism and Information Disclosure, with H. Zimmermann.” European Financial Management Journal.

“Activist Investors and Their Influence on Corporate Governance and Security Prices”, Dissertation University of Basel, November 2013.

“The Price Effects of the Disclosure of Significant Holdings in Listed Companies: The Case of Groups Acting in Concert”, co-authored with Heinz Zimmermann, and Brändli Beat. Swiss Review of Business and Financial Market Law Journal, March 2012, Lead Article.

“Preisreaktionen zeigen Grenzen von Meldepflichten beim Beteiligungsaufbau”, co-authored with Heinz Zimmermann, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, May 2010.

Awards

• Award for the best published paper in the European Financial Management Journal 2013, joint price with co-author H. Zimmermann, June 2014.
• Young Academic Encourage Grant for the best Master’s thesis at University of Basel. Endowed by the Private Bankers of Basel, March 2010.
• Best Master’s thesis at the Department of Economics, University of Basel, in 2009.

Research interests

• Equity markets with a focus on primary markets, price discovery and liquidity
• Corporate finance with a special focus on company valuation and shareholder activism
• Corporate governance of listed companies across economic and legal aspects