Sind Finanzinstitute wie Banken, welche sich auf Dienstleitungen im Wealth Management fokussieren, tatsächlich risikoaverser und deren Manager weniger risikoaffin (Bicker, 1996; Eichhorn, 1996; Bessis, 2015; Stulz, 2015)? Die vorliegende Dissertation versucht einen Einblick in den oft als undurchsichtig...

Marktpreisrisiken von industriellen Verbrauchsgütern oder, nach Gutenberg (1983) und Heinen (1992), Repetierfaktoren waren schon immer ein zentrales Thema in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion. Eine zunehmende Intensität von Marktpreisrisiken, wie sie in den letzten Jahren beobachtet...

We propose a semiparametric estimator to determine the effects of explanatory variables on the conditional interquantile expectation (IQE) of the random variable of interest, without specifying the conditional distribution of the underlying random variables. IQE is the expected value of the...

We prove that the Omega measure, which considers all moments when assessing portfolio performance, is equivalent to the widely used Sharpe ratio under jointly elliptic distributions of returns. Portfolio optimization of the Sharpe ratio is then explored, with an active-set algorithm presented...

While risk management gained popularity during the last decades even some of the basic risk types are still far out of focus. One of these is path dependency that refers to the uncertainty of how we reach a certain level of total performance over time. While decision makers are careful in...

Under Solvency II, corporate governance requirements are a complementary, but nonetheless essential, element to build a sound regulatory framework for insurance undertakings, also to address risks not specifically mitigated by the sole solvency capital requirements. After recalling the...

Agricultural income volatility has become a major hurdle for Irish farmers and policymakers to overcome in their drive to increase investment, production and ultimately income in the sector. This paper studies data from 927 farms in the Teagasc National Farm Survey between 2005 and 2013, the...

Under Solvency II, corporate governance requirements are a complementary, but nonetheless essential, element to build a sound regulatory framework for insurance undertakings, also to address risks not specifically mitigated by the sole solvency capital requirements. After recalling the...

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an integrated approach to manage the risks of companies. Despite the wide adoption of ERM into companies' organizational processes, there are neither clear standards for ERM nor ground based theories about the outcome of it. This paper gives an overview of...

Grundlagen einer Projektfinanzierung : Charakteristika und Risikomanagement -- Ursachen einer Krise -- Was tun in der Krise? : Ursachenbezogene und wirkungsbezogene Massnahmen -- Krisenvermeidung bei Projektfinanzierungen -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Autorenverzeichnis

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Introduction to risk management -- Approaches to defining risk -- Impact of risk on organizations -- Types of risks -- Scope of risk management -- Principles and aims of risk management -- Approaches to risk management -- Risk management standards...

GRC als Akronym für Governance, Risk- und Compliance-Management wird gegenwärtig in der Unternehmenspraxis überwiegend als Schlagwort aufgegriffen und durch isolierte, kurzfristige Initiativen umgesetzt. GRC wird mehrheitlich als Bürde gesehen und die Integrationsmöglichkeiten sowie die...

This paper investigates corporate hedging under regret aversion. Regret-averse firms try to avoid deviations of their hedging policy from the ex post best policy, an intuitive consideration if one has to justify one's decisions afterward. The study presents a model of a firm that faces uncertain...

This paper highlights Tajikistan's macroeconomic environment and gives an overview of the financial sector and its stability, and discusses its regulatory, supervisory, crisis prevention, and management framework. The economy of Tajikistan is entering a downturn, and the banking sector is...

The main objective of this doctoral thesis is to contribute to the fields of Finance and Information Management by focusing on an integrated risk and return management for investment projects in the Digital Economy. After introducing the transformation toward digitized value networks, an...

The paper discusses the main challenges and opportunities for attracting both private domestic and foreign capital to foster the growth of concessions projects in the infrastructure sector, and proposes solutions from the Brazilian recent experience and other emerging economies. Given the...