The main aim of the course is to provide a thorough understanding of the private equity approach and the hedge fund industry. Both industries have experienced very significant growth rates in the recent past and play a prominent and still growing role in financial markets but also in the funding of companies as well as their operations. The underlying philosophy of the module is to carve out the special features and mechanisms of these key players in the financial markets by comparing them to other investors and to the conventional corporate finance approach.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
This course is offered in the part-time Master in Finance program and may be attended on a “no credit” basis by individuals not enrolled in the program.
Course participants are visitors who are not responsible for assignments and do not take an exam. As the number of seats in the course is limited, we recommend to register online early.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Walz holds the Chair of Industrial Organization at Goethe University, and is co-Director of the PhD Program in Economics. Uwe received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tübingen in 1991 and completed his habilitation at the University of Mannheim in 1995. Prior to joining the faculty of Goethe University in October 2002 he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Bochum (1995-1997) and at the University of Tübingen (1997-2002). Furthermore, he was a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics and at the University of California at Berkeley. Uwe is one of three founding directors of the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe) and research professor at the center for European Economic Research (ZEW). His current research focuses on private equity, entrepreneurial finance and contract theory as well as on the economics of network industries. Uwe has published widely in international journals, most recently on venture capital topics and organizational design. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the Journal of International Economics, the European Economic Review, and the Journal of Public Economics. Uwe won ‘GBS Excellence in Teaching’ awards in the Duke Goethe Executive MBA program and in the Executive Master in Finance and Accounting program.
Course materials will be provided in electronic form.
English
Campus Westend of Goethe University Frankfurt.
A GBS certificate of participation is awarded upon completion of the course.
€ 1,900 (fee is exempt from VAT). The fee for GBS students or alumni amounts to € 800.
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