Over the past few weeks, we had the privilege of hosting renowned guest speakers in the Alternative Investments/Private Markets Investing Lecture, led by Dr. Kay Müller and Prof. Reiner Braun. Dr. Georg Rindermann from Allianz Re captivated our audience with his insights on Insurance-Linked… [weiterlesen]

This year's Entrepreneurial Finance Association's Annual Meeting was held in Munich on June 10-11. As part of the conference, two CEFS members delivered insightful research presentations: Svenja Barth introduced a novel method to isolate idiosyncratic VC success. Her findings indicated that while… [weiterlesen]

We are pleased to announce that our latest research has been published in Research Policy! The study, titled "Venture Capital and the International Relocation of Startups" by CEFS members Stefan Weik, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, and Reiner Braun, provides the first systematic and reliable data on the… [weiterlesen]

Last week marked the commencement of our CEFS Alternative Investment course for the fourth consecutive time! Held jointly by Dr. Kay Müller, CEO of Allianz Asset Management, and Prof. Reiner Braun, this course offers invaluable insights into the dynamic realm of private capital markets for TUM… [weiterlesen]

CEFS Director Prof. Christoph Kaserer recently co-organized a fireside chat hosted by the Munich Finance Forum eV (MFF), an organization he also serves as a board member. Held bi-annually, this edition was graciously hosted by Munich Re. Distinguished speakers included Nicholas Gartside, Munich Re's… [weiterlesen]

Yesterday, we had the honour to host Prof. Bo Becker from the Swedish House of Finance at our Finance Research Seminar. Bo's insights shed light on a critical aspect of economic dynamics: the relationship between bank branch closures and lending to SMEs.   In his latest research (together… [weiterlesen]

We are thrilled to announce that CEFS alumna Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck has been appointed as Clinical Associate Professor of Management at Stern Business School at NYU Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Prof. Scheck was a Research Assistant at the Chair of Entrepreneurial Finance at TUM, where she… [weiterlesen]

We proudly announce that our CEFS scientific director, Prof. Ann-Kristin Achleitner, will be a keynote speaker at the 84th Annual Conference of the Association of Business Administration Professors (VHB) held from 6-8 March 2024 at the Leuphana University Lüneburg. In her opening speech on… [weiterlesen]

We are delighted to share that the new CEFS research paper titled “Limited Partners versus Unlimited Machines: Artificial Intelligence and the Performance of Private Equity Funds” authored by Prof. Reiner Braun (CEFS), Prof. Ludovic Phalippou (Oxford) and Prof. Florencio Lopez de Silanes (SKEMA)… [weiterlesen]

As part of the BMBF sponsored research project 'Biotech Ecosystem Germany' led by Dr. Svenja Jarchow, our full course program 'Realizing Biotech Innovation – A Business Guide for Scientists' has been launched. The program consists of three stand-alone courses that complement each other. It is… [weiterlesen]