Welcome
The chair has been founded in 2002 with the kindly support of the DZ BANK Foundation. Since 2004 it has been part of the then newly established Institute for Finance which also includes the Departments of Finance and Banking, Finance and Risk Management, and the Assistant Professorship of Finance.
July 4, 2025: We would like to enable a selected group of students to participate in the annual conference of the German Finance Association (DGF) from September 18-20, 2025 at the University of Hagen. We will cover the participation fees, travel and accommodation costs after selection. An exclusive Women in Finance event will also take place there.
Application: Please send your CV, a current transcript of records and a short informal statement of interest (max. 200 words) explaining why you would like to participate to derivate@fbv.kit.edu by July 20, 2025.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Further Information (German)
02.07.2025: In the upcoming winter semester, we are offering the seminar in Finance (Bachelor) with the topic "The influence of retail traders on stock and options markets" and again our video seminar "Finance in a nutshell". Further information can be found here and on the Wiwi-Portal.
Announcement (German)
May 19, 2025: On May 17, 2025, Prof. Dr. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg and her team were awarded the Faculty Teaching Award by the KIT Faculty of Economics and Management. We are very happy about this award! You can find impressions of the Teaching at our chair on the KIT YouTube channel.
Teaching Awards
April 10, 2025: The review for exams from winter semester 2024/25 will take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at Blücherstraße 17 (building 09.21) in room 320. Further information can be found via the link below.
Further Information (German)
January 20, 2025: In the coming summer semester we are offering a Master's seminar on the "Quantitative Trading Game". You can find the announcement here. The dates of the allocation rounds of the faculty apply.
Seminars
Novemeber 11, 2024: On Friday, November 15, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. on Campus B, Daniel Lenz from DZ BANK AG will give a talk on the current economic situation as part of the "Bond Markets" lecture. We welcome everybody who is interested!
Finance FrontiersOctober 16, 2024: The exam review from the summer semester 2024 will take place on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at Blücherstraße 17 (building 09.21) in room 124. Further information can be found via the link below.
Further Information (German)
October 11, 2024: Our team attended the annual conference of the German Finance Association (DGF) in Aachen. Several of our PhD students gave presentations on their current working paper. The working papers of two PhD students from our research group "Financial Markets and Frictions" even won the Best Paper Award! Congratulations!
Research Unit "Financial Markets and Frictions"