Previously supervised thesis projects (selection)
Effects of hybrid bonds on corporate credit ratings
Blockchain based promissory note loans – A systematic web review
The Syndicate: Anti-Competitive Conduct and the Syndicated Loan Market Legal Analysis and Risk Remediation
Reverse factoring as a form of shadow banking: An assessment
Digital wealth management with robo-advisors for mass-market customers
Implementation of sustainability criteria in green bond issuances
Securitization in the context of commodity trading
Analysing the Disruptive Potential of FinTech in Supply Chain Finance
An investigation of the relationship between valuation multiples and underlying value drivers in the European industrials sector
Valuation of intangible assets: An analysis of practical limitations with a primary focus on monetary valuation methods for intangible assets
Crowdfunding with mezzanine capital – a comparison of German platforms from investors’ perspective
Codebox: Development of a business model for a template-based MVC code generation platform
Price volatility in the cryptocurrency market
Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) as a new financing mechanism for startups: Evidence from PropTech ICO’s
Sovereign bond-backed securities: A tool to enhance financial stability?
Financial Model Auditing Standards: An analysis of a methodical framework based on large-scale investment projects
Reshaping Creative Jobs: Implications of digitalisation for advertising agencies
The securitisation of catastrophe risks: Alternative risk transfer through catastrophe bonds
A comparison of venture capital and crowdinvestment from an entrepreneurial perspective
The new leasing standard “IFRS 16”. An analysis of the effects on the financial statement, balance sheet figures and financial covenants
Ship Finance in Germany prior and post the financial crisis in 2008. A comparative study of alternatives of ship finance and their dependency on economics
Potential effects of the amendment to the laws governing financial services supervision on the German real estate market
SIFI’s and the Too-Big-To-Fail Dilemma – A self-fulfilling prophecy?
Loan Origination by European Investment Funds – Analysis of Selected Obstacles
An Analysis of Rating Methodologies for European Securitisations backed by Non-Performing Residential Mortgage Loans
Funding of Direct pension Obligations within a Contractual trust Arrangement: A comparison of Asset- and Cash-Based Funding
Specifics of the Digitalization of Payment Transactions and Implications for Selected Types of Banks
Irrational investor behaviour – An original approach to capital markets based on the AnimusX Survey
Takeover defence regulation in the context of M&A transations
Trade finance under Basel III: A critical evaluation
Proprietary trading and the Volcker rule: An analysis of recent regulatory proposals
Regulation of Fintechs: Crowdinvesting as potential new source of financing for SMEs
Regulatory impact assessment of EU bail-in rules
Sustainability of contingent capital as an effective regulatory instrument to increase the stability of financial institutions
Bridge facilities and jumbo M&A financings: A derivation of key take-out time determinants
The Economic Impact of Brexit on the European Union, the United Kingdom and the Leading Financial Centre of London
The influence of blockchain technology on transaction costs in a financial context
Capital adequacy, bank lending and credit supply: A critical analysis of the proposed Basel III framework
Project finance of onshore wind farms via profit participating rights under the German Renewable Energy Sources Act
Computation of Merchant Indifference Test, Multilateral Interchange Fees for the German card payment market and critical evaluation of mandated interchange fee regulation by the European Commission
The role of synergy controlling along the process of an M&A transaction
Capital adequacy framework of Basel III, implications on bank lending and potential macroeconomic effects
Funding a startup: A comparison of crowdfunding and venture capital
Crowdfunding: An alternative funding channel for non-profit organizations in comparison to traditional forms of financing
Regulation of market makers in the EU in light of the EU proposal for a financial transaction tax
Regulation of shadow banking
Crowdfunding and valuation
Project finance of CSP plants – A case-based analysis of structures and key obstacles
Regulatory reforms on OTC derivatives markets – An analysis of EMIRs impacts on the FX market
Exchange traded funds: Comparison and evaluation of physical and synthetic index replication in the European market
Visualisation of financial implications (VOFI) and its relations to the dynamic capital budgeting methods
Comparison of the suitability and impact of venture capital companies, business angels and crowdfunding as forms of financing for technology-oriented start-ups in their earliest phases
Ring-Fencing of Investment Banking – Consequences and Critical Evaluation of the Liikanen Proposal
The impact of Basel III on lending and its macroeconomic impact against the benefits of a stabilized banking system
Risk Management with Container Freight Derivatives
Forward Freight Agreements: Futures and Swaps – Possibilities to Hedge Against the Risk of Volatile Freight Rates
Shadow banking: A terminological survey
Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets – Exemplified by the Case of Indonesia
Export of Renewable Energy Systems under the OECD Consensus
Sovereign Debt Crisis and Syndicated Leveraged Buy Outs
EFSF and ESM: An analysis with respect to structured finance elements
Naïve diversification versus optimal asset allocation
Loan security in project finance transactions – The problem of overcollateralisation under German law
Impact of French insolvency regime on LBO acquisition structures
Availability of Terrorism Risk Insurance in the German Market
Political Risk Insurance. An analysis of the availability of PRI for German companies
Credit Default Swaps, Central Counterparties and Systemic Risk
True sale securitisation of auto loans.? An analysis of the Driver programme (Volkswagen Bank GmbH)
EU Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies in the Aftermath of the Financial Crises
Synthetic Securitization of Project Finance Portfolios
Circular Credit Risk Management. A Comparison of VR Circle and WGZ Loop
Whole Business Securitisation
Project Finance under the OECD Consensus Framework
Political Risk and Project Finance: An Analysis of the Dabhol Power Plant Project
Commodity Futures, Non-speculative Hedging Strategies and Coffee Trading