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The CFR conducts independent, cutting-edge research of practical relevance in the area of finance. We offer talented students and graduates the opportunity to participate in our research, so that, given adequate abilities and interests, their way into international research may become easier. As a competence centre for finance, the CFR is finding resonance in academia and practitioners. We invite you to be part of the process!

News

New Member on the Advisory Body

We are proud to welcome Christian Bonnen (Kreissparkasse Köln) as a new member of the Advisory Body of the CFR.

New Member on the Advisory Body

We are proud to welcome Dr. Bert Flossbach (Founder and CEO of the Flossbach von Storch AG) as a new member of the Advisory Body of the CFR.

CFR Working Paper Accepted for Publication

The CFR Working Paper No. 11-16 "Management Compensation and Market Timing under Portfolio Constraints" by Vikas Agarwal, Juan-Pedro Gómez, Richard Priestley has been accepted for publication in the "Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control ".

Flossbach von Storch AG new CFR Sponsor

Flossbach von Storch AG joins the circle of CFR supporting members. We welcome this decision.

German Factors and Test Assets

The Fama-French factors, the Carhart factor and test assets for the German equity market are now available for download. The factors and test assets have been calculated as part of a joint project of the CFR and the chairs of Prof. Alexander Kempf and Prof. Erik Theissen. We hope that this will be a useful and valuable resource to the research community. You can find the data sets here.

CFR Seminars

On Thursday, May 24th 2012, Tobias Berg (Humboldt-University Berlin) will give a talk on „Loan officer incentives and the limits of hard information“ in our Research Seminar. The event will take place from 4pm to 6pm in room 610a of the WiSo-building.
You can find the whole program of the CFR Research Seminar here.

CFR Student Group Event

The CFR Student Group and Flossbach von Storch have the pleasure to invite you to a presentation on June 18th 2012. The event will take place at 7pm in room 610a of the WiSo-building. We are looking forward to many participans.
You can find CFR Student Group Events here.

CFR Working Paper Series

Bild CFR Working Paper 12-01
Are Two Business Degrees Better Than One? Evidence from Mutual Fund Managers’ Education

Laura Andreu, Alexander Pütz

Executive Summary | Download

Find more CFR Working Papers
here.

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