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The 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. (2021), Finance Research Letters, Vol. 40, Article no. 101683, 8 pages
Do FEARS drive bitcoin?
Burggraf, T., Huynh, T. L. D., Rudolf, M., Wang, M. (2021), Review of Behavioral Finance: RBF, Vol. 13 (3), pp. 229-258
Gold, platinum, and industry stock returns
Pham, Q., Rudolf, M. (2021), International Review of Economics & Finance: IREF, Vol. 75, pp. 252-266
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
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
Niklas Julian Kriesten
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Foundations of Finance
Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and Dr. Katrin Baedorf
Teaching Assistant: Marek Becker
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 Simina Cioceanu.
- Asset Management
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leser
Teaching Assistant: Diep Tran - Capital Market Theory
Prof. Dr. Markus Rudolf
Teaching Assistant: Michael Strohmayr - European Banking and the Financial Crisis
Prof. Dr. Axel Wieandt
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Financial Modeling with Excel
Niklas Julian Kriesten
Teaching Assistant: n.a.
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 Simina Cioceanu.
- Managerial Finance
Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and Dr. Katrin Baedorf
Teaching Assistant: Simina Cioceanu
- Allianz Financial Training Program
Contact person: Diep Tran - Awards and Events
Contact person: Diep Tran - Letters of Recommendation1)
Contact person: Meltem Maler - Coordination of Theses
Contact person: Simina Cioceanu - Course Recognition Check
Contact person: Simina Cioceanu - 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 (approx. 3-4 weeks). 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
Research Assistants
- Dr. Michael Adams
- Dr. Nabil Alkafri
- Dr. Janis Back
- Dr. Katrin Baedorf
- Dr. Miriam Begtasevic
- Dr. Mareen Benk
- Dr. Valeria Biurrun
- Dr. Michael Borß
- Dr. 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
- Niklas Julian Kriesten
- 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
- Dr. Quynh Pham
- Dr. Sören Pippart
- Dr. Holger Sachse
- Dr. Ulrich Schacht
- Dr. Jan Peter Schmütsch
- 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
Board of Directors
Airbus - 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 - Dr. Egbert Schark
Managing Director
d-fine GmbH - 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.
Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance –
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