Toby Miarka advises international as well as domestic banks on strategic client service and product issues that result in profit enhancing and sustainable solutions.
Before joining the Firm in 2006, Toby was a vice president at an M&A boutique and worked as an associate in the M&A department of Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt. He also was a research fellow at the Science Center Berlin, working on Bank-Firm relationship models in Germany, Japan, U.K., and the United States. Toby holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Humboldt University, Berlin and an MBA from the University of Cologne, Germany.
Publications:
Troege, Michael; Miarka, Tobias (2005): Do Bank-Firm Relationships reduce Bank Debt? Evidence from Japan, European Journal of Finance, Vol.11:75-92.
Miarka, Tobias (2000): Financial Intermediation and Deregulation - A Critical Analysis of Japanese Bank-Firm Relationships Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag
Miarka, Tobias (1999): The Recent Economic Role of Bank-Firm Relationships in Japan WZB discussion paper FS IV 99-36
Miarka, Tobias (1999): On Bank-Firm-Relationships and Bank-Debt: Evidence from Recent Developments in Japan in: Meek, C.; Schvanefeldt, S. (eds.): "AJBS Best Papers Proceedings"; Madison, Winsconsin; OMNIPRESS 1999, pp. 159 – 176
Miarka, Tobias (1999): Banken und Firmen in Japan - Die Folge der Finanzkrise in: WZB Mitteilungen, 83, pp. 34 - 36
Miarka, Tobias; Yang, Jianping (1999): Japanese Bank-Firm-Relationships and Corporate Performance
in: Albach, H.; Görtzen, U.; Zobel, R. (eds.): "Information Processing as a Competitive Advantage of Japanese Firms"; Berlin; edition sigma 1999, pp. 45 – 79
Albach, Horst; Görtzen, Ulrike; Miarka, Tobias; Moerke, Andreas; Westphal,Thomas; Zobel, Rita (1997): Dokumentation der Kaisha-Datenbank – Zur Datenbank der Jahresabschlüsse japanischer Industrieaktiengesellschaften 1970 - 1997 WZB discussion paper FS IV 97-39
Albach, Horst, Miarka, Tobias (1997): Case: Nomura Securities WHU-Kellogg Executive MBA program "Governance Structures Compared"
Miarka, Tobias; Yang, Jianping (1997): New Directions in Japanese Bank-Firm-Relationships: Does a Relationship Matter for Corporate Performance? WZB discussion paper FS IV 97-40
Affiliated Organizations: Erich-Gutenberg-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Koeln E.V.; ESCP Europe, visiting lecturer
Quoted In: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Investment & Pensions Europe, Süddeutsche Zeitung