I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Valach

I.2 - Name

Vladimír

I.3 - Degrees

CFA, PhD., MBA, Ing.

I.4 - Year of birth

1964

I.5 - Name of the workplace

KEF, FMUK

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Odbojárov 10, P.O.BOX 95

I.7 - Position

Assistant Professor

I.8 - E-mail address

vladimir.valach@fm.uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18119

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Economics and Management

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0002-3261-6219

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

VŠE Bratislava, Open University Business School, ACI ACIFMA, CFA Institute

II.b - Year

1989, 2004,2013, 2015

II.c - Study field and programme

Foreign Trade, Business Management, Financial Markets, Financial Analysis

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

VŠE Bratislava, Open University Business School, ACI ACIFMA, CFA Institute

II.b - Year

1989, 2004,2013, 2015

II.c - Study field and programme

Foreign Trade, Business Management, Financial Markets, Financial Analysis

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University Bratislava

II.b - Year

2018

II.c - Study field and programme

Management

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Assistant Professor	Comenius University Bratislava	2020 -
External lecturer	FMUK, BIVŠ Praha, Paneurópska VŠ, Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita	2012-2020
Head of Treasury and Financial Markets	Volksbank Bratislava	2006-2010
Chief Investment Officer, Member of the Board	PDS, DSS a.s.	2004-2006
Head of Treasury and Financial Markets	ING Bank Bratislava	1991-2004
Chief Executive Officer	ING Barings o.c.p.	1998-2002

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other	IV.b - Name of the institution	IV.c - Year
CFA Institute Professional Learning Program	CFA Institute	2024,2023,2022,2021
Data Scientist with R track	DataCamp	2019
Quantitative Analyst with R track	DataCamp	2018
Six Sigma Black Belt	International Six Sigma Institute	2018
Financial Valuation and Modeling in Excel	Udemy	2017
Practical skills modules: Analyst skills	CFA Institute	2024
Practical skills modules: Financial modeling	CFA Institute	2024

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.2.a - Name of the study programme	V.2.b - Degree	V.2.c - Field of study
Study Program Advisor	2	Finance

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Introduction to Financial Management	Management	1	Economics and Management
Portfolio Management	Management	1	Economics and Management
Corporate Valuation	Management	2	Economics and Management
Ethics in Investment Markets	Management	1	Economics and Management
Management of portfolios	Management	2	Economics and Management
Investments in Stock Markets	Management	2	Economics and Management
Practical Financial Markets	Management	2	Economics and Management
Financial Derivatives	Management	2	Economics and Management
CFA Research Challenge	Management	2	Economics and Management
Oceňovanie podnikov	Management	2	Economics and Management
Corporate Valuation 2	Management	2
Financial Analysis and Financial Management of Companies in Europe	International Management	2	Economics and Management

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Valach,V.- Bohdalová,M. (2015). Utilization of Interest Rate Swaps in Managing Interest Rate Position of a Bank.

In: Scientia Iuventa [elektronický zdroj]. - Banská Bystrica : Belianum, 2015. - ISBN 978-80-557-0858-4. - S. 606-615 [CD-ROM]

Bohdalová, M. - Bohdal, R. – Valach, V. (2016). Short term prediction of gas prices using time series analysis. In: Proceedings ITISE 2016. - Granada : Godel Editorial, 2016. - ISBN 978-84-16478-93-4. - S. 59-70

Application of fundamental screening in active portfolio management Vladimír Valach, Samuel Funtek, Mária Bohdalová

Economics, management & business 2023: contemporary issues, insights and new challenges [elektronický dokument] : 8. international scientific conference. - : 1. vyd. ISBN 978-80-555-3215-8. - Prešov : Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity, 2023. - S. 744-754 [USB-key]

V2_002 Valach, Vladimír, Kontra, Martin, Bohdalová, Mária. Testing the efficiency of futures markets with price action and technical indicators In: Economic and social development: 113th international scientific conference on economic and social development: Book of proceedings . Varazdin: Varazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agency, 2024, s. 72-79 [online]. ISSN 1849-7535. https://www.esd-conference.com/past-conferences. [angličtina]

V2_003 Valach, Vladimír, Paciga, Filip, Bohdalová, Mária. Application of sector rotation in active portfolio management for US and EU stock markets [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.12955/peb.v4.389 In: CBU international conference on innovations in science and education 2024: Proceedings of CBU in economics and business. Praha: CBU Research Institute, 2024, s. 22-29 [online]. ISBN (online) 978-80-908813-9-6. https://ojs.cbuic.cz/index.php/peb/article/view/389/677. [angličtina]

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Application of fundamental screening in active portfolio management Vladimír Valach, Samuel Funtek, Mária Bohdalová

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position	VII.b - Name of the institution, board	VII.c - Duration
Faculty advisor for CFA Research Challenge	CFA Institute Slovakia	2021,2022,2023,2024
Grader-CFA Institute research challenge	CFA Institute Slovakia	2016-2018

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Co-author of the study structure of the trajectories Financial Analytics and Financial Analysis of Investments.

Prepared and teacher of the following subjects during the period 2020-2024:

1. Financial markets (Bc)

2. Portfolio management (Bc)

3. Financial reporting and analysis (Bc)

4. Ethics of infestations in financial markets (Bc)

5. Portfolio management (Mgr)

6. Investing in stock markets (Mgr)

7. Practical Financial Markets I (Erasmus)

8. Practical Financial Markets II (Erasmus)

9. Financial derivatives (Mgr)

10. Financial analysis and financial management of enterprises in Europe (Fr)

11. Diagnostics and Management of European Companies (Fr)

12. CFA Research Challenge (Mgr)

13. Investment analysis (Erasmus)

14. Corporate valuation (Bc)

15.Corporate valuation 2 (Mgr)

Date of last update

2025-02-27

Name and surname:	Ing. Vladimír Valach, PhD., CFA, MBA
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava