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Annual report 2009 Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Content Welcome!............................................................................................................................................................4 An international institution ....................................................................................................................7 Frankfurt School opens a branch in Nairobi........................................................................................7 The Frankfurt School receives support from the Dr. Werner Jackstädt Foundation................................7 Frankfurt School students awarded a STIBET scholarship ....................................................................8 Frankfurt School and UNEP open the Collaborating Centre for Sustainable Energy & Climate Finance..................................................................................................................8 Syrian Fund for Project Finance ..........................................................................................................9 Frankfurt School and CEIBS set up the German Centre of Banking and Finance in Shanghai................9 Frankfurt School opens an office in Beijing.......................................................................................10 Frankfurt School welcomes its new Master of International Business students...................................10 Sub-Saharan Africa’s first Masters programme in microfinance .........................................................10 Tajik Agricultural Finance Framework (TAFF)....................................................................................11 New partner universities..................................................................................................................11 International exchange of lecturers and students..............................................................................11 €qualifise ........................................................................................................................................12 Guest lectures .................................................................................................................................12 Microbanking Summer Academy......................................................................................................12 Housing Finance Summer Academy..................................................................................................13 Research .............................................................................................................................................14 Prof. Dr. Michael H. Grote and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kliemt: new Vice-Presidents of Teaching and Research .........................................................................................................................................14 Prof. Dr. Christina E. Bannier, Prof. Dr. Michael H. Grote and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kliemt in the Handelsblatt ranking .......................................................................................................................14 New assistant professor at the Frankfurt School ...............................................................................14 Inaugural lectures............................................................................................................................15 Research projects.................................................................................................................................18 Remittances from Austria – a Frankfurt School team analyses money transfers made by immigrants in Austria ......................................................................................................................18 Identification of efficiency drivers in processes..................................................................................18 KreditSim – new developments in an electronic version....................................................................18 Process laboratory to improve operational process control................................................................18 German Centre of Banking and Finance at the CEIBS .......................................................................19 Research into behavioural finance and marketing.............................................................................20 Alternative Asset Classes.................................................................................................................21 Liquidity Risk...................................................................................................................................21 Neurolinguistics: From Glasgow to Tokyo.........................................................................................22 ZEW Workshop ...............................................................................................................................22 Congress of the German Institute of Internal Auditing ......................................................................22 The Ministry of Health’s flagship project on dementia – The FS’s core findings..................................23 Fiscal system and regional economic development: a comparison of China and Rus..........................23 Operational excellence – new education offers.....................................................................................24 Education advice at the Frankfurt School..........................................................................................24 Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) Corporates.........................................................................24 Reorganisation of the executive Bankfachwirt, Bankbetriebswirt and Management programmes.......25 2 Renewable Energy Finance continuing education programme starts in Hamburg...............................25 Fraud Management: New continuing education programme at the Frankfurt School .........................25 Corporate programmes and services ................................................................................................26 Campus Learning Management System (CLM)..................................................................................26 FS for you............................................................................................................................................27 Highlights of 2009...........................................................................................................................27 Frankfurt School in the media ..........................................................................................................28 Events.............................................................................................................................................29 Career Centre..................................................................................................................................33 Alumni............................................................................................................................................34 Fundraising .....................................................................................................................................35 Trade fairs.......................................................................................................................................35 ConCap Connective Capital GmbH...................................................................................................35 efiport AG.......................................................................................................................................36 Frankfurt School Verlag GmbH.........................................................................................................37 Appendix 3 Dear friends of the Frankfurt School, 2009 will be remembered as the year of the global economic and financial crisis – and it’s a crisis that is not over yet. Turbulent times in the financial markets, the battle to rescue individual banks, the sad end of Quelle and the still rather uncertain future of Opel in Germany are just some examples of how the crisis has manifested itself over the past year. We are delighted and proud that the Frankfurt School has come through 2009 well. We have created 26 new posts and taken on a total of 54 new colleagues. Student and turnover figures are just as pleasing as you will see from the “Facts & Figures ” section we have compiled for you. As well as telling you how well our business has been doing, I would also like to remind you of some of the highlights of university life for us in 2009. In January and November 2009 we awarded scholarships to Masters students through our Foundation for the very first time. The scholarship gives them a monthly amount towards their living costs and a reduction in tuition fees. Solely for students who are from developing and emerging nations, this support is essential if they are to be able to study in Germany and at the Frankfurt School. On 20 March 2009 we held a celebration for our founder, Professor Dr. Karl Friedrich Hagenmüller, and in his honour dedicated a professorship in his name. Professor Dr. Ursula Walther’s professorship has been named after him, so Ms Walther is now the incumbent of the Karl Friedrich Hagenmüller Chair of Financial Risk Management. Accompanied by his wife, Dr. Jutta Buscha-Hagenmüller, our founder came to Frankfurt for the occasion and with old