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Methodological Competence
  • Understand and apply fundamental valuation concepts: No-arbitrage pricing vs. expectation pricing
  • Analyze pricing models and decide on their suitability for a given situation
  • Combine basic instruments to achieve desired payoff structures/decompose payoff
structures into their basic components
  • Use Greek variables in risk management and financial engineering
Professional Competence
  • Understand risk management as an important function in financial institutions
  • Identify, measure and manage financial risks
  • Select and apply appropriate risk management techniques
  • Know how derivatives and derivatives markets work
  • Use derivatives to achieve desired payoff profiles/risk positions
Professional Competence
  • understand the most important concepts of financial risk
  • know why and where financial risks matter
  • understand the logic of the risk management process
  • know the standard types of financial derivatives and assumptions behind their valuation
  • describe pros and cons of different types of derivatives
  • know the most prominent decision theories
  • understand how rational solutions may be achieved by using classical decision models
  • understand the differences between decision under certainty, risk and ignorance
  • know different levels of market efficiency and their implications
  • understand how information is processed on financial markets
  • solve decision problems by using DT models and methods.
  • find the strategic aspect of a problem and transform it into a simplified problem.
  • can explain non-cooperative game theory
  • analyze decision situations.
  • evaluate Investments with EUT, MV and PT, explain and interpret the assumptions of these methods.
Personal Competence
  • repeat the contents of lectures and exercises in a self-organized way
  • assess their own learning progress during lectures
  • identify their own strengths and weaknesses
  • tolerate different opinions and working styles
Social Competence
  • critically evaluate their point of view on new methods and discuss pros and cons in class
  • defend their stance in discussions
  • Show that their ability to stick to a project throughout a full term.They keep an overview over the project and don`t get lost in details.
Methodological Competence
  • select the right type of Blockchain for a given task
  • evaluate the concepts of Bitcoin and Altcoins
  • select and apply the right token category for tokenization processes
  • devise suitable financial concepts using innovative financial methods
  • evaluate Fintech concepts from a financial and technological point of view
  • Know how to write a paper about the project according to scientific writing principles.
  • Understand the logic and drivers behind current economic developments in financial services.
  • Summarize and explain their findings in a presentation about the project.
  • Evaluate the outcomes of their project
Professional Competence
  • understand the most important concepts of blockchain
  • know why and where innovative finance methods matter in the wealth management process
  • understand the logic of tokenization
  • know the standard types of FinTechs and their importance
  • describe pros and cons of different cryptocurrencies
  • apply the methods on a complex project and are able to present the findings in a report about the project
Social Competence
  • understand and critically discuss the arguments of fellow students
Methodological Competence
  • know how to use a range of instruments to control the capital structure of a corporation.
  • choose suitable financing and investment tools
  • use methods and models on unknown decision situations.
  • calculate optimal solutions and interpret them.
Professional Competence
  • know the most prominent rules for Capital Budgeting and Structuring
  • understand the consequences of changes in the capital structure
  • know a variety of financing tools and their applicability
  • know how to value a company
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