Prof. Dr., holds the Chair of Banking and Finance at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and is a director of the Research Centre for Development of Savings Banks, Magdeburg, Germany

He holds the Chair of Banking and Finance at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and is a director of the Research Centre for Development of Savings Banks, Magdeburg (Germany). After a training in a bank, he studied Mathematics and Economics and received a doctor's degree with a dissertation thesis on hedging from the University of Ulm (Germany) in 1991. In 1998 he was promoted to professor with a work on downside risk at the University of Mainz (Germany). Prof. Reichling was a visiting professor at the Universities of Ulm (Germany), Innsbruck (Austria), Bolzano (Italy), and Taiyuan (China) and gave guest lectures at universities in Warsaw (Poland) and Moscow (Russia). Preferred research areas are performance measurement, rating, and risk management. Prof. Reichling has a long experience in consulting banks, private equity funds, and auditing companies.

Professional background (selected)

since 10.1999	Full professor and holder of the Chair of Banking and Finance at the University of Magdeburg
	since 05.2007	Director of the Research Center of Development of Savings Banks, Magdeburg
	02.2007-12.2007	Member of the board of directors (CFO) of the house building cooperative "Otto von Guericke" eG, Magdeburg
	04.2006	Visiting professor an the Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, China
	since 06.2000	Lectures at the Academy of National Economy, Moscow, Russia
	10.1999-05.2001	Visiting Professor at the University of Bolzano, Italy
04.1999-09.1999	Associate Professor at the University of Mainz
04.1998-03.1999	Professor at the University of Ulm
	11.1998-01.1999	Visiting Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
10.1991-03.1998	Scientific Assistant at the University of Mainz
	03.1998-03.1999	Lectures at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
04.1989-09.1991	Research Assistant at the University of Ulm

Current fields of research 

Risk management

-  Credit risk  -  Company valuation  -  Risk controlling

Performance measurement

-  Performance of mutual funds  -  Performance-related compensation of portfolio managers

Downside Risk

-  Downside risk-oriented portfolio management

Current fields of research 

2.	Reichling, P.; Bietke, C.; Henne, A. (2007): Risk Management and Rating (in German)
1.	Reichling, P.; Beinert, C.; Henne, A. (2005): Financing (in German)