| Title | Seminar Finance: Investments |
| Course number(s) | 273012 |
| Offered | WiSe 26/27 |
| Frequency | WiSe only |
| General Topic | Portfolio theory and asset management |
| Target Group | BSc WiWi PO 2017: Areas business (BWL) and economics (VWL) |
| Places Offered | 40 |
| Language | German or English |
| Location | internal Seminar |
| Practice Partner | No |
| Type | Block event |
| Preparation of the Thesis | During the term / during semester break |
| 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. |
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Recommended courses | Programming for Finance (273013) is recommended |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for scientific work |
| General literature | |
| Basic literatur for entry | Yes |
| Methods | An empirical research or a simulation study has to be the core of the paper |
| Software | R / Matlab or similar statistical software is recommended |
| Word processing software | LaTeX (recommended) |
| Page count | 25 (group of 3), 20 (group of 2), 15 (alone) |
| Consultations with supervisor | Multiple possible |
| Performance requirements / Evaluation | Written part 60% / presentation 40%; attendance during presentation session is required |
| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Prokopczuk |
| Supervisor | Bente Dittmann ; 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 |
| Topics | Link |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences |
| Type of advance registration | PDF-Form |
| Time schedule for the first cohort |
| Kick-Off-Meeting | Monday, 03.08.2026, 1:00 p.m., Room 063, Building 1501 |
| Application | by Tuesday, 04.08.2026, 11:59 p.m. by sending this PDF-form to eiglmeier@fcm.uni-hannover.de |
| Topic assignment | by Wednesday, 05.08.2026 (I will send you an email) |
| Binding registration | by Friday, 07.08.2026, 11:59 p.m. by sending the PDF-form to eiglmeier@fcm.uni-hannover.de |
| Start of processing | Upon registration |
| Submission of seminar paper | by Monday, 16.11.2026, 11:59 p.m. by via mail to the respective supervisor |
| Submission of presenation | TBA |
| Presentations | by the end of February 2027 |
| Time schedule for the second cohort |
| Kick-Off-Meeting | Monday, 19.10.2026, |
| Application | by Tuesday, 20.10.2026, 11:59 p.m. by sending this PDF-form to eiglmeier@fcm.uni-hannover.de |
| Topic assignment | by Wednesday, 21.10.2026 (I will send you an email) |
| Binding registration | by Friday, 23.10.2026, 11:59 p.m. by sending the PDF-form to eiglmeier@fcm.uni-hannover.de |
| Start of processing | Upon registration |
| Submission of seminar paper | by Monday, 01.02.2027, 11:59 p.m. by via mail to the respective supervisor |
| Submission of presenation | TBA |
| Presentations | by the end of February 2027 |
