Armin Muller untersucht auf einer breiten Datenbasis Vor- und Nachteile einer standardisierten Anlageberatung bzw. eigenverantwortlichen Agierens am Kapitalmarkt. Neben der Analyse der Wechselwirkung zwischen der Beratung und der gewahlten Strategie untersucht er den Einfluss einer Anlageberatung auf die Portfolioperformance.

Foreword When CEO Joseph Ackermann set Deutsche Bank the target for 2005 of achieving at least 25% return on equity before tax, he was sending out a clear signal: Management in the German banking sector was finally realizing that it had to focus more on share holder interests. Parallel to the discontinuation of German state guarantees, Gewa- tragerhaftung and Anstaltslast, in 2005, there was a change in owner's requirements on members of the largest German banking group - the Landesbanks and savings banks. Some municipalities have been increasing pressure on their institutions to create grea...