House of Finance in Frankfurt
The House of Finance is Goethe University Frankfurt's center for research on money and finance, on the Westend campus. Since 2008 it has brought the university's finance, economics and law institutes into one building, among them the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and the Center for Financial Studies.
Institutes under one roof
When the House of Finance opened in 2008 it combined three university departments, three research centers and two schools. Among them were the Center for Financial Studies (CFS), the E-Finance Lab, the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS) and the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF). The International Center for Insurance Regulation joined in 2010, SAFE was set up in 2013, and LawFin, a center for law and finance, followed in 2018. About 200 researchers, 40 of them professors, work in the building, according to the House of Finance itself.
The building is at Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 3. According to its organization page, a Board of Trustees with representatives from financial institutions, supervisors and government oversees the House of Finance Foundation that supports it.
SAFE, the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research
SAFE joined the Leibniz Association in 2019. It has five research departments: Financial Intermediation, Financial Markets, Household Finance, Macro Finance, and Law & Finance. A Policy Center turns research into policy papers and the SAFE Finance Blog, and a Data Center gives researchers access to financial databases. SAFE calls itself an open meeting place and cooperation forum for academia, politics and practitioners.
Research that banks and central banks read
The Center for Financial Studies surveys professionals and decision-makers of the German financial sector. One of its surveys found little demand for a digital euro, reported on German financial sector largely sees no need for a digital euro. The HOF Policy Platform passes research on to regulators and policymakers, and House of Finance researchers have sat on advisory bodies such as the Liikanen group on bank structure and the German Council of Economic Experts.
Upcoming finance events in Frankfurt
Conferences at the House of Finance
The IMFS holds The ECB and Its Watchers once a year. Otmar Issing and Axel Weber started the format in June 1999 to discuss the strategy of the new central bank with academics, bank economists and journalists on neutral ground. The CFS Presidential Lectures and ILF conferences on the future of the financial sector bring practitioners to the Westend campus as well.
Finance Loop works with research centers at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, the other finance university in the city: the Frankfurt School Centre for Digital Economics is a strategic partner, and its predecessor, the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center, has its own page.
What is the House of Finance in Frankfurt?
It is a building and organizational unit of Goethe University Frankfurt on the Westend campus that brings the university's research institutes, graduate schools and departments for money and finance together. It opened in 2008.
Which institutes are in the House of Finance?
Among them are SAFE, the Center for Financial Studies, the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability, the Institute for Law and Finance, the International Center for Insurance Regulation, LawFin and the E-Finance Lab, along with university finance and economics departments.
What is SAFE in Frankfurt?
SAFE is the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research at the House of Finance. It researches financial markets, banks, household finance, macro finance and financial law, and publishes policy papers through its Policy Center.
Does the House of Finance hold public events?
Yes. It hosts conferences such as The ECB and Its Watchers, the CFS Presidential Lectures and ILF conferences, and its institutes run lectures and workshops through the year. Their websites list the dates.
House of Finance Frankfurt and Finance Loop
Finance Loop reports on finance research from Frankfurt, such as the CFS survey on the digital euro, and works with the Frankfurt School Centre for Digital Economics as a strategic partner. Finance Loop events connect researchers with the banks, supervisors and fintechs that use their work.
Finance Loop is a professional network and has the goal of driving the adoption of emerging technologies in finance, such as AI, digital payments, cloud and blockchain solutions. Finance Loop helps its members build skills and personal networks in these fields: Investment & Digital Assets, Payments & Digital Money, Digital Infrastructure & Sovereignty, and Risk & Compliance.