Introduction -- Finance and the Financial Crisis -- Corporate Governance and Restructuring Through Spin-Offs: European Evidence -- Alternative Specification of Bank Lending in France and Germany: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications -- Towards Banking Union in Europe - an Interim Assessment -- A World Without Money Needs No Banks and No Rating -- Detection of Put-Call Parity Violations with Limited Arbitrage: A Regulatory Tool for Detecting Financial Irregularity -- Enabling Holistic Finance Education in Turbulent Times -- Actual Problems of Finance Teaching in Ukraine in the Post-Crisis Period -- Executive Compensation and Risk Taking: The Impact of Systemic Crises -- Measuring the Success of Executive Education - Comprehensively Depicting Holistic Finance Education -- Conclusion.