| General Properties |
| Title | Seminar Finance: Risk Management & Derivatives |
| Course number(s) | 273015 |
| in Semester | Summer term 2026 |
| Frequency | each summer term |
| General Topic | Risk Management and Derivatives |
| Target group | BSc WiWi PO 2017: areas BWL and VWL |
| Places Offered | 20 |
| Language | GER or EN |
| Location | internal seminar |
| Practice Partner | No |
| Type | Block seminar |
| Preparation of the Thesis | during the term time / outside term time |
| Requirements and Support |
| Aim | Students write a term paper (Seminararbeit) on different topics of finance and present their work in a final meeting, which also includes group discussion. |
| Prerequisites | Capital Market Theory II: Derivatives (273005) is recommended |
| Supportive prerequisites | Programming for Finance (273013) is recommended |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for scientific work |
| General literature | Hull, John C. Options, Futures and Other Derivatives. Pearson Education (current edition). |
| Basic literatur for entry | Yes |
| Methods | Empirical research or a simulation study are the basis of the paper |
| Software | R / Matlab / Python (recommended) |
| Word processing software | LaTeX (recommended) |
| Page count | 25 (group of 3), 20 (group of 2), 15 (alone) |
| Consultations with supervisor | Several possible (at least three) |
| Performance requirements / Evaluation | Attendance, written part 60% / presentation 40% |
| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Marcel Prokopczuk |
| Supervisors | M.Sc. Marcel Eiglmeier |
| Group Work and Topic Allocation |
| Group work | Required |
| Group size | 2–3 |
| Group allocation | Based on preferences of the students, allocation by the institute if the application in groups of less than 3 students |
| Topics | PDF file |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences |
| Group and topic application | PDF-Form |
| Schedule |
| Kick-off meeting | 22.01.2026 1:00-2:00 p.m. in I-063 |
| Application | by 26.01.2026 11:59 p.m. via email to Marcel Eiglmeier |
| Topic assignment | You will receive an email on 29.01.2026 |
| Binding registration | by 03.02.2026 11:59 p.m. via email to Marcel Eiglmeier |
| Start | Upon registration |
| Introduction to scientific methods | As requested |
| Submission of seminar paper | by 15.05.2026 11:59 via email to Marcel Eiglmeier |
| Presentations | End of May / beginning of June 2026 |
