The CFR Working Paper No. 23-01 "Deep Parametric Portfolio Policies" by Frederik Simon, Sebastian Weibels and Tom Zimmermann has been accepted for publication in "Management Science".

The Executive Board of the Fördergesellschaft Finanzmarktforschung has appointed Professor Tom Zimmermann as an additional director to the CFR's Board of Directors. Professor Zimmermann is Professor of Data Analytics at the University of Cologne and has been a member of the CFR's research team since 2020. His research focuses in particular on topics in the fields of investments and portfolio management in conjunction with machine learning and artificial intelligence, and he will continue to expand this area of focus as a director at the CFR.

The CFR Working Paper No. 24-06 "Non-Standard Errors in Carbon Premia" by Tobias Bauckloh and Victor Beyer has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Banking and Finance.

We are proud to welcome Daniel Metzger at the CFR. Daniel Metzger is Professor for Finance at the University of Cologne.

We are delighted that CFR-sponsored assistant professor Dr. Tobias Bauckloh has received the Junior Teaching Award from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences for his course “Sustainable Finance” at the University of Cologne. Congratulations on this success!