The Berliner Börsenkreis e.V. (BBK) is a non-profit association run by students. It was founded in 1986 at the Free University of Berlin by research assistants from the former Chair of Banking and Finance and is now one of Berlin's largest non-political student initiatives with over 550 members.

We offer students, who are interested in business and economic topics, a platform, where they can exchange and learn from each other as well as build their professional network with companies in order to gather practical experience.

The idea of our association is to promote the share culture in Germany. We made it our goal to improve the financial knowledge of the association, especially its younger members. In this way, we can contribute to the reinforcement of the trust and to acceptance of the capital markets. Our main purpose is first of all to fulfill our educational as well as informational mission. In order to reach it, we organize lectures, workshops and seminars around the topics of the economy and the stock exchange, which are free of charge for everyone.

In addition, we organise workshops in collaboration with renowned companies such as Deutsche Bank, Börse Berlin, Accenture and PWC, where we offer students and young professionals the opportunity to learn about career opportunities in banking and finance and to establish their first professional contacts.

Other events, which we offer on a regular basis, include so called

• Börsenführerschein (series of lectures providing attendants with the basic knowledge in topics of trading and financial markets)
• Regular lectures on all topics related to the stock exchange and financial markets by partner companies
• career workshops with companies from banking and finance sector
• Monthly stock market get-together, where our members discuss current financial topics

We are a non-political and fully independent association. We are neither an investment club that manages investments of its members, nor we offer or recommend particular investment products. We rather see our purpose in transferring the knowledge about stock exchange, business and economics to make private investors able to take their own investment decisions.

Interested individuals are welcome to attend our events at any time. You can find an overview of upcoming dates in our Event calender.

In addition, we are always looking for committed individuals who are interested in taking on responsibility in our association, contributing their own ideas to shaping our association life, or supporting us in organising events. If you are interested in actively participating in our association, please send us an email at kommunikation@berliner-boersenkreis.de.

By paying the membership fee, you support our work, which could not be possible without the financial backing from our members and sponsors. As a member you also get various advantages such as charge free subscription to different newspapers and magazines as well as an exclusive access to different internship and trainee positions.

It is highly beneficial to participate actively in BBK’s life as well. For example, you will have a possibility to acquire different soft skills through the work in our team, which will be definitely useful for your further professional career. Moreover, you can build your personal professional network through close cooperation with big companies in banking & finance sector.