Researcher.

Educator.

Policy Advisor.

Sascha Steffen is the DWS Senior Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. His work focuses on private credit and nonbank financial intermediation, combining rigorous research with policy-relevant insight for Europe’s financial system.

Talks about: Private Credit & Nonbank Finance · Financial Intermediation · Banks & Capital Markets · AI-enabled measurement of opaque financial markets

About Sascha

Annual Conference 2026: Financing European Sovereignty

From Potential to Power: Financing Europe’s Sovereignty.

The 3rd Annual CfET Conference brings together leading investors, corporates, and policymakers to mobilize capital for Europe’s defence and energy resilience—moving decisively from ambition to execution.

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