Campus for Finance

The Campus for Finance eV is a, by students of the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and the " Chair of Finance" WHU Markus Rudolf, in 2004, was established club for alignment and promotion of student- organized Campus for Finance Conference at WHU in Vallendar. The club will host the " Campus for Finance - New Year's Conference ", the " Campus for Finance - Research Conference " and the " Campus for Finance - Private Equity Conference " from. Goal and motto of the association is " Uniting the World of Finance".

Genesis and development

The Campus for Finance was founded in 2001 as a student initiative and organized since the " New Year's Conference ". The first " New Year's Conference " was held in the same year under the title " Old / New Economy - One Finance " instead. In 2003, in addition, the " Research Conference " was launched in 2006 and the " Private Equity Conference " in life. As part of the development of the conferences of the association " Friends of Campus for Finance eV " was founded in 2004 from the student initiative founded out. Members of the association are to a current and former student organizing team of conferences and other persons who have worked in a special way for the "Campus for Finance". The board of the association consists of 8 members whose current Chairman Christopher Basner is. In addition, a 10 -member " Board " exists under the chairmanship of Markus Rudolf.

Thematic orientation

The Association hosted by the Campus for Finance conferences dealing with three different thematic priorities. The " New Year's Conference " is the oldest and largest conference of the Campus for Finance and annually brings together representatives from industry, research and government together to discuss current issues with students from business and financial markets. The " Research Conference " will focus on the financial and economic research and offers academics a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent publications and research projects. The " Private Equity Conference " deals with private equity as a special form of equity financing and treated annually current developments and challenges in the private equity industry. All Conferences unites the common claim a platform for the exchange in the field of finance and finance- oriented research to create.

New Year's Conference

The conference provides a forum for presentations and discussions of academics, entrepreneurs as well, politicians and students. The conference is a platform for mutual exchange at the interface between academic work and practice. The conference theme changes annually and makes reference to current issues in the financial industry. Central elements of the English conference include presentations by company representatives and academics as well as workshops, discussion panels, Entrepreneurial Talks and a gala dinner. Since 2010, a corporate program is offered at the conference.

Topics of past conferences

  • " Sustainable Finance -? How to benefit from global mega trends ", 2012
  • " Financial vs. Real Economy -. ? Two Sides of the Same Coin", 2011
  • "Finance 2020 - Perspectives on Tomorrow 's Markets ", 2010
  • " Behavioral Finance - How to account for irrationality ", 2009
  • " New Horizons for Financial Markets - Investing in a Changing World" in 2008
  • "Future of Banking - Between Markets and Institutions ", 2007
  • " Fixed Income - Lending, Borrowing and Taking Risk", 2006
  • "Options and Futures: How Derivatives Shape Corporate Risk Management", 2005
  • " Corporate Finance - How to Create Value ", 2004

Private Equity Conference ( PEC)

The Campus for Finance - Private Equity Conference is an international financial conference at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. It takes place every year since 2006 in spring in Vallendar near Koblenz and instead eV by students of the WHU in cooperation with the " Foundation Chair of Finance " by Markus Rudolf and the Campus for Finance. aligned. The " Campus for Finance - Private Equity Conference " is one of the largest student- organized private equity conferences in Europe. The conference provides a forum for presentations and discussions of academics, entrepreneurs as well, politicians and students. The conference is a platform for mutual exchange at the interface between academic work and practice. The conference theme changes annually and makes reference to current issues. Central elements of the English conference include presentations by company representatives and academics as well as workshops, discussion panels, Entrepreneurial Talks and a gala dinner.

Topics of past conferences

  • "Private equity 2.0 - Redefining the industry 's chessboard ", 2012
  • "Value Creation - Exploiting this Decade 's Opportunities", 2011
  • "Finance 2020 - Perspectives on Tomorrow 's Markets ", 2010
  • " Behavioral Finance - How to account for irrationality ", 2009
  • " New Horizons for Financial Markets - Investing in a Changing World" in 2008
  • "Future of Banking - Between Markets and Institutions ", 2007
  • " Fixed Income - Lending, Borrowing and Taking Risk", 2006
  • "Options and Futures: How Derivatives Shape Corporate Risk Management", 2005
  • " Corporate Finance - How to Create Value ", 2004

List of former speakers (selection)

  • Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance
  • Jean -Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank
  • John Forbes Nash, Jr., Princeton University, Nobel Prize 1994
  • Reinhard Selten, University of Bonn, Nobel Prize 1994
  • Robert Aumann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Nobel Prize 2005
  • Hans -Paul Bürkner, CEO Boston Consulting Group
  • Alexander Dibelius, CEO Germany, Austria, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe Goldman Sachs
  • Eckhard Cordes, CEO Franz Haniel and Metro Group
  • Axel Weber, President of the German Bundesbank
  • Jochen Sanio, President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( BaFin)
  • Peter Wuffli, former CEO of UBS
  • Hilmar Kopper, former CEO of German Bank AG

Reception in science

Posts in the series " Campus for Finance" were taken up in the scientific discussion. Thus the paper " How to Pay a non -family managers in a Family Firm - a Multi -task Principal -agent Analysis" by Jörn Block and Joachim Henkel at the " Campus for Finance - Research Conference 2009 " that are affecting the fee schedules of executives. The lecture on " Rational International Investment " by Campbell Harvey, held at the " Campus for Finance - New Year's Conference 2003 " was further discussed.

Reception in the media

On the " Campus for Finance - New Year's Conference 2010 " commented Alexander Dibelius, Germany chairman of the investment bank Goldman Sachs, the opinion " ... banks have no obligation to promote the common good ". For this, he earned considerable criticism from both politics and society as well as from colleagues and produced a considerable media coverage. Especially in connection with the high tax subsidies for the banking industry around the world due to the international financial crisis, this statement has been questioned. Even the talk of Wieandt was a lively echo, as he went on the plans of the Hypo Real Estate to set up a "bad bank". The participation of John F. Nash Jr. at the conference earned high media interest, which found expression both in newspaper articles as well as in numerous interviews.

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