Investment
Michael Fuss, Head of Institutional Distribution, DB Advisors
Where next for investment management? Significant changes to regulatory regimes and high volatility are damaging investor confidence and squeezing opportunities for long-term returns. A holistic approach to risk management is more important now than ever before.
June 30, 2011Related by the tag Germany
Tax & Legal
Prof Dr Alexander Hemmelrath, Executive Board Member, WTS Group
As governments desperately try to repair their budget deficits, are tax increases inevitable? Tax law expert Prof Dr Hemmelrath thinks so, but in a time of uncertainty and low spending, businesses need to reduce their costs as much as governments need to raise money. He explains how WTS can help businesses around the world adjust their operations to prepare for changing tax regimes.
January 18, 2012
ESG
Frank Klein, Head of ESG Europe, DB Advisors
Businesses today are more aware of their operational carbon footprint, but what do you know about your financial carbon footprint? DB Advisors’ Frank Klein explains its relationship to profits and performance, as well as DB’s three step procedure to identify, optimise and offset carbon risk.
November 23, 2011
Banking
Ross Elder, Co-Head of Private Banking, UK, Berenberg Bank
Berenberg Bank is the oldest bank in Germany, with four centuries of banking experience through a wealth of social, political and economic change. It currently operates in 17 locations across seven countries – including, since 2003. Ross Elder explains the bank’s quality wealth management services.
May 9, 2011Related by the tag Investment Funds
Investment
Endre Dobozy, Managing Director, FTM Ltd; and George Andrews, Vanuatu Financial Services Commissioner
Three hours north of New Zealand is the tropical archipelago and emerging financial centre Vanuatu. George Andrews explains how the Financial Services Commission keeps the country commercially attractive, and Endre Dobozy discusses maintaining capital security alongside his ‘forget the market’ investment strategy.
October 13, 2011
Investment
Martin Estlander, CEO, Estlander & Partners
Throughout Europe some €5.2trn are invested in collective investment schemes under the UCITS directive. Martin Estlander discusses how the directive has helped Estlander’s products expand into new countries and markets – as well as the benefits of doing business in Finland, away from the traditional financial centres.
September 19, 2011
Investment
Bader Nasser al-Subaei, Chairman and CEO, Kuwait Investment Company
The last two decades have been turbulent for Kuwait, with beginning in 1990 when Iraq invaded, followed by continued uncertainty in the GCC region and climaxing in the latest global financial crisis. Mr al-Subaei explains how investment culture in the Middle East has evolved through these seismic events.
July 11, 2011