Vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Krisenerscheinungen analysieren Andreas Horsch, Dietmar Schölisch und Stefan Sturm die Anlagepolitik deutscher Lebensversicherer sowie ihre staatliche Beaufsichtigung ebenso wie Reaktionen auf die Krise seitens der Assekuranz und Versicherungsaufsicht.

The FIFA World Cup™ is not only one of the most popular sporting events in the world: it is also famous for the extraordinary amount of sponsorship fees it attracts. To make sense economically, these sponsorship expenses should promise future cash flows that would make the investment...

Wealth transfer effects between stockholders and bondholders on the announcement date of changes in a firm's credit rating have primarily been examined a) for one type of security; b) on US capital markets; and c) by applying standard event study methods. In contrast to these investigations, we...