The Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance and the Center of Asset and Wealth Management are pleased to announce that a team of five students will represent WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in the CFA Institute Research Challenge 2020/2021.
Read moreThe Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance was established in 1988. Our research and teaching focus on capital market theory and financial intermediaries.
In addition to our commitment to research and teaching, we are involved in several other activities. From the executive education program WHU on Finance in Frankfurt, to the Campus for Finance – WHU New Year's Conference, and our collaboration with the WHU Finance Society, the chair engages extensively with the wider finance community.
Contributing to cutting-edge research –
Take a look at some of our publications.
Cryptocurrencies and the low volatility anomaly
Burggraf, T., Rudolf, M. (Pre-Print), Finance Research Letters, 101683, Article no. 0
Do FEARS drive Bitcoin?
Burggraf, T., Huynh, T. L. D., Rudolf, M., Wang, M. (Pre-Print), Review of Behavioral Finance: RBF
Co-authorship patterns in business and economics: a social network analysis
Maler, R., Rudolf, M., Seidens, S. (2020), Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol. 1
Feedback trading: strategies during day and night with global interconnectedness
Kusen, A., Rudolf, M. (2019), Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 48, pp. 438-463, Article no. 438
Seasonal stochastic volatility: implications for the pricing of commodity options
Arismendi, J., Back, J., Prokopczuk, M., Paschke, R., Rudolf, M. (2016), Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 66, pp. 53-65, Article no. 53
The illiquidity discount of life insurance investments
Kümmerle, R., Rudolf, M. (2016), Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft = German Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 105, pp. 255-287, Article no. 255
Here you can find the courses of the Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance, information on bachelor and master theses and the contact persons for various topics.
- Bank Management
Professor Dr. Axel Wieandt
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Financial Modeling with Excel
Julian Kriesten
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Foundations of Finance
Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and Dr. Katrin Baedorf
Teaching Assistant: Diep Tran
If you are a student and would like to write your bachelor thesis at the Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance, please read the information provided in the documents below. Should you have further specific questions, please contact Julian Kriesten.
- Asset Management
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leser
Ansprechpartner: Diep Tran - Capital Market Theory
Prof. Dr. Markus Rudolf
Ansprechpartner: n.a. - European Banking and the Financial Crisis
Prof. Dr. Axel Wieandt
Ansprechpartner: n.a. - Financial Modeling with Excel
Julian Kriesten
Ansprechpartner: Julian Kriesten
Sie möchten Ihre Masterarbeit am Allianz Stiftungslehrstuhl für Finanzwirtschaft schreiben? Bitte setzen Sie sich mit Julian Kriesten in Verbindung. Informationen und Themenvorschläge finden Sie auch in den folgenden Dateien:
- Managerial Finance
Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and Dr. Katrin Baedorf
Teaching Assistant: Meltem Maler
- Allianz Financial Training Program
Contact person: Diep Tran - Awards and Events
Contact person: Diep Tran - Coordination of Theses
Contact person: Julian Kriesten - Course Recognition Check
Contact person: Julian Kriesten - Letters of Recommendation1)
Contact person: Konstantin Ignatov - WHU Finance Lab and Refinitiv Eikon
Contact person: Konstantin Ignatov
1) Letters of Recommendation can only be issued if the following requirements are fulfilled: The student (1) has a current average grade of 1.5 or better and (2) has completed a module of Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and received a grade of 1.3 or better. Please note that the processing of a request can take some time. Thank you for your understanding.
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Chairholder
Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf
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Personal Assistants
Honorary Professors
Professor Dr. Paul Achleitner
Professor Dr. Hartmut Leser
Professor Dr. Axel Wieandt
Sparkasse Koblenz Assistant Professor of Finance
Assistant Professor Dr. Sebastian Seidens
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Research Assistants
- Dr. Michael Adams
- Nabil Alkafri
- Dr. Janis Back
- Dr. Katrin Baedorf
- Dr. Miriam Begtasevic
- Dr. Mareen Benk
- Dr. Valeria Biurrun
- Dr. Michael Borß
- Tobias Burggraf
- Dr. Ralf Conen
- Dr. Christopher Daniel
- Dr. Alexander Deneke
- Dr. Marius Iven Dethleffsen
- Dr. Astrid Eisenberg
- Dr. Marc Engelbrecht
- Dr. Nils Ernst
- Matthias Feldhues
- Dr. Johannes Frankenfeld
- Dr. Frank Guse
- Dr. Matthias Held
- Dr. Benedikt Himbert
- Dr. Carsten Horn
- Markus Hüren
- Samah Ibrahim
- Dr. Matthias Jäkel
- Juniorprofessor Dr. Julia Kapraun
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Keiber
- Dr. Joachim Koch
- Dr. Ilja Konoplev
- Dr. André Kronimus
- Dr. Tim Krume
- Dr. Friedrich Kruse
- Dr. Ruth Kümmerle
- Dr. Alex Kusen
- Dr. Marc-Olivier Lücke
- Dr. René Maler
- Dr. Benjamin Meiers
- Dr. Detlef Mertens
- Dr. Sebastian Mönninghoff
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Muck
- Dr. Jörg Niebergall
- Dr. Marcel Omachel
- Dr. Christoph Pavel
- Quynh Pham
- Dr. Sören Pippart
- Dr. Holger Sachse
- Dr. Ulrich Schacht
- Dr. Jan Peter Schmütsch
- Assistant Professor Dr. Sebastian Seidens
- Dr. Volker Seiler
- Dr. Konstantin Storms
- Dr. Danny Stutz
- Sina Timm
- Dr. Valentin Ulrici
- Dr. Marco Vietor
- Dr. Marc Wierzbitzki
- Dr. Sabine Winkler
- Dr. Kai Winselmann
- Dr. Christian Zaum
- Dr. Daniel Zipser
- Dr. Karl-Georg Altenburg
- Professor Gunter Dufey, PhD
Emeritus at University of Michigan - Stephan Gemkow
- Christian U. Haas
CEO
PTV Group - Martin Korbmacher
Managing Associate
Event Horizon Capital & Advisory GmbH - Rudolf Matter
- Dr. Thorsten Reitmeyer
Senior Partner
BLC Berg Lund & Company - Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf
Chairholder Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management - Stephan Johannes Theissing
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Allianz SE - Johannes Züll
Chairman of the Management Board
Studio Hamburg Gruppe
WHU Campus for Finance is a succesful and professional student initiative founded in 1999 in cooperation with the Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance.
Working under the motto "Uniting the World of Finance", financial experts, business representatives, and students exchange ideas in a series of lectures, panel discussions, and workshops.
WHU Finance Society is the student finance club of WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. With more than 500 members and as WHU’s oldest student association, WHU Finance Society has created a platform of exchange for ambitious students who are interested in finance.
The Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance has supported WHU Finance Society for many years. Assistant Professor Dr. Sebastian Seidens acts as the Academic Director of the student association.
Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance –
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Read moreWe are pleased to announce that our doctoral student Quynh Pham has achieved an excellent 2nd place at the ACATIS-Value-Prize 2020 with her paper “Stock Return Predictability: Evidence Across US Industries”. This is the second consecutive year that a paper from Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance wins…
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