The purpose of Finance and Stochastics is to provide a high standard publication forum for research - in all areas of finance based on stochastic methods - on specific topics in mathematics (in particular probability theory, statistics and stochastic analysis) motivated by the analysis of problems in finance. Finance and Stochastics encompasses - but is not limited to - the following fields: - theory and analysis of financial markets - continuous time finance - derivatives research - insurance in relation to finance - portfolio selection - credit and market risks - term structure models - statistical and empirical financial studies based on advanced stochastic methods - numerical and stochastic solution techniques for problems in finance - intertemporal economics, uncertainty and information in relation to finance.