The Research Center for Financial Services is carrying out research for the financial services sector in the area of banking, insurance, asset management and payment transactions.
Key Areas
Market research in different areas of the financial services market (banking, insurance, asset management and payment transactions)
Trend analysis and scenario development
Support in strategic management issues (i.e. business development, internationalization strategies, business unit strategies and target group strategies)
Conception and collection of market and association statistics
Project Examples
Banking
Financial services in East Germany- 20 years after the reunification
Analysis of the differences of private investors in Germany
Identification of the differences and convergence potentials
Pension plan in Germany – Current situation and challenges by comparing East and West Germany
Presentation of the dissemination of different investment and pension products in Germany
Demonstration of the expenses of a provident nature for pension for German citizens
Asset Management
Infrastructure investments – potentials, investors and design requirements
Overview of the European infrastructure investment market
Analysis of the legal framework in several European countries
Investment concepts and investment styles 2009
Description of the current usage and of the potential development of the use of several investment concepts and investment styles
Derivation of possible developments and future opportunities of asset allocation, investment concepts and investment styles
Sustainable Financial Assets
Overview of the different approaches of sustainable investments, relevant organizations and legal requirements as well as several participants in the financial sector etc.
Description of opportunities to implement sustainability into the business model of retail banks
Payment Transactions
SEPA Direct Debit – A success story for the European payment market
Description of the current importance of direct debits in Europe
Identification of success factors in the implementation of SEPA
Mobile Payment -where are we headed? Opportunities and risks for market participants in Europe
Determination of the requirements of consumers and dealers/point of acceptance of mobile payment systems
Derivation of business models for mobile payment which are supposed to make a widespread breakthrough possible
Mobile Payment: business model, applications, additional values and client expectations
Description of the possibilities to expand the mobile payment ecosystem by adding value-added services and the potential of such offers
Outlining the requirements for users and points of acceptance