TY - THES U1 - Bachelor Thesis A1 - Seemann, Henrik T1 - Die Bilanzierung von originären Finanzinstrumenten nach IFRS 9 mit Analyse der Erstanwendungseffekte auf Unternehmen des DAX, MDAX und SDAX zum Geschäftsjahr 2018 N2 - The following bachelor thesis with the title “Accounting of financial instruments according to IFRS 9 with an analysis of first time adoption effects for companies at the DAX, MDAX and SDAX stock exchanges” is focusing on the theoretical basics of accounting for financial instruments according to the newly implemented IFRS 9 and delivers a comprehensive analysis of first time adoption effects for companies who are listed at the three major stock exchanges in Germany. Therefore, the first part of the thesis contains the theoretical guidelines around all IFRS and IAS standards which are connected to financial instruments as well as deep dive in the new accounting rules according to IFRS 9. The second part of the thesis comprises an empirical research with a defined analysis area of changes in equity, financial assets and KPI`s. The research took place for a sample of 92 companies and is based on the annual reports for the fiscal year 2018. In general, the empirical research shows neither on index nor on field level a material impact on the analysed areas. KW - IFRS 9 Y2 - 2020 ER -