{"id":2203,"date":"2022-01-12T18:20:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/?page_id=2203"},"modified":"2024-12-03T13:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:08:48","slug":"corporate-finance-financial-markets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/en\/research\/corporate-finance-financial-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Finance &#038; Financial Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-bg-parallax\" data-bg-align=\"center top\" data-direction=\"down\" data-mute=\"false\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-velocity=\"-0.1\" data-mobile-enabled=\"false\" data-break_parents=\"0\" data-bg-image=\"https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/media\/bg_forschung2.svg\" data-bg-repeat=\"false\" ><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-down vhfull nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-animated fusion-custom-z-index\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-z-index:2;--awb-padding-top-small:100px;--awb-min-height:calc(100vh - 84px);--awb-min-height-medium:70vh;--awb-min-height-small:65vh;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/media\/bg_forschung2.svg&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.8\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-end fusion-flex-align-content-flex-end fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:30px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-right:100px;--awb-margin-bottom:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-right-medium:100px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:25px;--awb-font-size:50px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;IBM Plex Sans&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.16;\">Corporate Finance &amp; Financial Markets<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fontMobil20\" style=\"--awb-font-size:22px;--awb-line-height:1.5;--awb-text-transform:none;--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;IBM Plex Sans&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:300;\"><p>This research area is focused on corporate finance and recent developments in financial markets. The importance of capital market financing compared to traditional bank financing will continue to grow. Therefore, the research area \u201cCorporate Finance and Financial Markets\u201d deals with a variety of issues such as corporate governance, securities trading and the structuring and pricing of financial instruments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow:10px 10px 30px 0px 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src=\"https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/media\/Bruehl-klein-2024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Volker Br\u00fchl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/media\/Bruehl-klein-2024-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gfk-cfs.de\/media\/Bruehl-klein-2024-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Prof. Dr. Volker Br\u00fchl<\/span><span class=\"person-title\">Managing Director<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Tel.: <a href=\"tel:06979830055\">069\/798-30055<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:volker.bruehl@hof.uni-frankfurt.de\">volker.bruehl (at) hof.uni-frankfurt.de<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-custom-z-index\" 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style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:50px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:40px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.8\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Current research topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corporate Governance<\/li>\n<li>Financial Management<\/li>\n<li>Asset Pricing<\/li>\n<li>Securities Trading<\/li>\n<li>Financial Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Mergers &amp; Acquisitions<\/li>\n<li>Equity Capital Markets<\/li>\n<li>Debt Capital Markets<\/li>\n<li>Asset Backed Securities<\/li>\n<li>Private Equity<\/li>\n<li>Risk Management<\/li>\n<li>Credit Ratings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column kontaktboxshadow fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow:10px 10px 30px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.8\" 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