Regression analysis has shown that recovery rates are determined by a variety of conditions at the time of default. These conditions can be broken into five major categories: (1) a security's seniority within the capital structure of the defaulting firm, (2) the type of default event, (3)...

Mergers and Acquisitions research often focuses on the prices paid, as a multiple of earnings or cash flow, by strategic acquirers for their targets. These multiples are salient to this body of research, as they form the basis of company valuation on a theoretical and practical level. A variety...

Mergers and Acquisitions research often focuses on the prices paid, as a multiple of earnings or cash flow, by strategic acquirers for their targets. These multiples are salient to this body of research, as they form the basis of company valuation on a theoretical and practical level. A variety...

Eine langfristige und nachhaltige Steigerung des Unternehmenswerts als zentrales Unternehmensziel fordert eine konsequente, wertorientierte Ausrichtung aller Unternehmensteile und -aktivit?ten. Das Risikomanagement, welches stets im Rahmen einer integrierten Betrachtung von Ertrags- und...

Der weltweite Einbruch der Aktienmärkte – beginnend im Jahr 2000 – sowie die Bilanzskandale im Jahr 2002 katapultierten Finanzanalysten ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit. Kritisiert wurde und wird dabei in erster Linie die mangelnde Objektivität von Researchstudien, die von...

Investment Banking is an American synonym of Merchant Banking . Merchant Banking originated in the 13th century in the European countries . As far as the origin of this term is concerned , it is told that earlier Merchants used to attend to extending of loans and arranging finance for trade but...

Die Weltwirtschaftskrise des Jahres 1929 beendete ein „goldenes Zeitalter“. Sie veränderte nachhaltig die internationale Völkergemeinschaft, unter anderem in Bezug auf den Welthandel, die Finanzströme und die Arbeitslosigkeit. Die Auswirkungen unserer heutigen Krise scheinen vergleichbar,...

This study uses the newly available data from the CFTC to investigate the market impact of futures trading by large hedge funds and CTAs. Regression results show that there is a positive relationship between the trading volume of large hedge funds and CTAs and market volatility. However, a...

Firms that emerged from Chapter 11 as public companies have tons of characteristics. The first essay analyzes their post bankruptcy performance, duration effect, and the quality of their projection information. While the sample's post bankruptcy performance does show improvement, their...

This dissertation consists of four stand-alone research papers which investigate various aspects of hedge fund performance and optimal portfolio choice. The first chapter of this thesis deals with the problem of unobserved hedge fund returns after delisting. It is a joint work with Prof. Jens...