Two interesting events took place over the week-end in Germany. Both are too small to get into mainstream news coverage. Nevertheless I think they demonstrate some interesting trends which could play a significant role in the future of the country. The German Pirate Party won over 7% of the vote in the local parliamentary & [...]
An example from Norway
I visited recently the web site of Norges Bank Investment Management (www.nbim.no). They are managing the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global. It is about $600 billion heavy investment fund, one of the largest institutional investors worldwide. The money is originating from Norway’s petroleum revenue. The Norges Bank Investment Management is a global investment organization with more [...]
Investment ideas from Luxembourg
I visited a few days ago the Fundsevent 2012 in Luxembourg. It is an excellent meeting place for professionals of the investment fund industry. Organization was perfect. Price was about my pain point; I guess if it was 25% less a lot more people would register and come. Here are my conclusions and investment ideas [...]
Credit risk
I came upon this interesting blog post by Iain Brown from SAS. He is discussing the key challenges in the development, refinement, calibration and validation of internal credit scoring and risk models within the banking sector. The topic is of on-going importance for the banks, in particular in view of the ever changing global and [...]
bloomberg.com now features sustainability
Shareowners need to get back in control over the corporations they own. Check out here for the organization I am supporting. Getting back in power means, among other things, being able to receive relevant information for the company or business sector of interest, in particular information on the corporate sustainability. So how to get such [...]
An application of the law of small numbers
What is the link between the law of small numbers and a responsible investment strategy? It is far from being obvious. The law of small numbers is a bizarre mathematical rule describing the asymptotic properties of the counts of rare events. A responsible investment strategy is, according to many, a strategy in which the investor [...]
Bridge portfolio mathematics and responsible investment
Shareowners need to get back in control over the corporations they own. Check out here for the organization I am supporting. The question is: how to shape a future in which excellent corporate governance is a prerequisite for any company to get funding and succeed? I have just submitted a short research paper for this [...]
The power of silence
Shareowners need to get back in control over the corporations they own. Check out here for the organization I am supporting. But what about the people of whole countries? Yesterday, the presidential elections in Bulgaria took place. Whereas the country’s southern neighbor, Greece, attracts the mass media attention by its disproportionate public dept and mediocre [...]
Online brokers
Shareowners need to get back in control over the corporations they own. Check out here for a good and unbiased coverage on the organisation I am supporting. When I started to earn enough money beyond the basic need to keep me and my family afloat, I opened a stock investment account at an online broker. [...]
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