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The Centre for Financial Research (CFR) is a research institute at the University of Cologne and conducts independent, cutting-edge research of practical relevance in the area of financial markets. We offer talented students and graduates the opportunity to participate in our research, so that, given adequate abilities and interests, their way into international research may become easier. As a competence centre for finance, the CFR is finding resonance in academia and practitioners. We invite you to be part of the process!

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19th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets - Call for Papers

On March 30th, 2020, the 19th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets will take place. The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2020. Further information can be found here.

CFR Working Paper Accepted for Publication

The CFR Working Paper No. 15-09 "Interfund lending in mutual fund families: Role in liquidity management" by Vikas Agarwal and Haibei Zhao has been accepted for publication in Review of Financial Studies.

CFR Working Paper Accepted for Publication

The CFR Working Paper No. 16-12 "Are Generalists Beneficial to Corporate Shareholders? Evidence from Exogenous Executive Turnovers" by André Betzer, Hye Seung (Grace) Lee, Peter Limbach und Jesus M. Salas has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

CFR Working Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Finance Association

The CFR Working Paper No. 18-01 "The Impact of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Managerial Actions: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry" by Gjergji Cici, Mario Hendriock and Alexander Kempf was accepted for presentation at the American Finance Association (AFA) meeting in Atlanta, USA. In addition, Mario Hendriock was selected to receive an AFA Doctoral Student travel grant to attend the meeting. We are very happy about this success!

18th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets - Call for Papers

On April 1st, 2019, the 18th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets will take place. The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2019. Further information can be found here.

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BVI-CFR Event 2019

The BVI-CFR Event, organised by the CFR and the BVI, takes place in Frankfurt am Main on December 6th, 2019. In the course of the seminar, CFR researchers present their findings from current research projects. Participants of this seminar are executive board members and managers of member companies of the BVI. The event will be held in German.

CFR Research Workshop 2020

The CFR Research Workshop will take place at Deutsche Bundesbank in Düsseldorf on March 2nd, 2020.

The purpose of this event is to intensify the exchange between the researchers at the CFR and the representatives of the funding institutes. Members of the CFR research team report from their ongoing research.

19th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets

The 19th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets, organised by Prof. Dr. Alexander Kempf, will take place at Ampega Asset Management GmbH in Cologne on March 30th, 2020.

The Colloquium addresses both academics and practitioners interested in the field of asset management. The conference language is English. Further information about the event and the Call for Papers can be found here.

German Factors and Test Assets

The Fama-French factors, the Carhart factor and test assets for the German equity market are now available for download. The factors and test assets have been calculated as part of a joint project of the CFR and the chairs of Prof. Alexander Kempf and Prof. Erik Theissen. We hope that this will be a useful and valuable resource to the research community. You can find the data sets here.

CFR Working Paper Series

Bild CFR Working Paper 19-02
Liquidity in the German Stock Market

Thomas Johann, Stefan Scharnowski, Erik Theissen, Christian Westheide, Lukas Zimmermann

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