Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit aktuellen Fragestellungen rund um Investitionen in Private Equity. Der erste Artikel bietet Investoren einen strategischen Ansatz zur Erreichung der gewünschten Asset Allokation. Es wird empfohlen, neue Commitments einzugehen in Höhe der 1) Ausschüttungen,...

Emerging markets equity indexes are usually seen as high return with a high degree of volatility associated with them. However, this should not be the case, if you choose high-quality firms that have increasing returns and lower volatility. The intent of this paper is to introduce the risk...

The paper analyses the global spillovers of the Federal Reserve's unconventional monetary policy measures. First, we find that Fed measures in the early phase of the crisis (QE1) were highly effective in lowering sovereign yields and raising equity markets, especially in the US relative to other...