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Risk management & derivatives

The Risk Management and Derivatives cluster brings together all activities relating to the modelling, quantification and management of financial risks in companies. Both companies in the financial sector (banks, insurance companies) and industrial companies are considered. In connection with the transformation and transfer of risks, the study of a wide variety of derivative financial instruments is of great importance.

Specific research topics within this cluster include

  • Measurement and management of credit risk
  • Credit derivatives and microfinance
  • Risk measures, risk models and hedging strategies for companies
  • empirical analysis of derivative markets
  • Weather, energy and property derivatives, catastrophe bonds
  • Valuation issues, in particular computational aspects

The chairs of Prof. Dorfleitner (cluster spokesperson), Prof. Hamerle, Prof. Röder and Prof. Sebastian, who have written numerous publications in international journals on the above-mentioned topics, are particularly involved in the cluster.


The following courses can be assigned to this cluster:

  • Financial risk management
  • Derivative financial instruments
  • Financial Engineering
  • Credit risk management

The participants in the cluster work together with practitioners within the framework of cooperation and consulting as well as in the field of training and continuing education, among other things:

  • Expert opinion on the VaR model of a medium-sized bank
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