Sander Duivenstein and Patrick Savalle enlighten us about their opinion on the new digital currency, the Bitcoin. By no means this currency is play money. It rather denotes the end of the monopoly of governments and central banks on monetary transactions.
Asset | Accounting & Finance’s committee, which organizes the yearly iFinance event, summarizes the trending topics going on in the Netherlands concerning its future welfare state. Topics include the pension system, the health insurance policy, and the labor market. Because of the changing structure of society, The Netherlands will not be able to financially support the current systems. For example, the health care system is one of the most expensive in the world. Also, problems with greater outflows than inflows in the pension system cause major concerns
Drs. Boudewijn de Haan ,portefeuillemanager global equities at Robecco, give an interesting article on the history of the fund, the history and prospects of several investment markets, and what comes around deciding where to invest in.
Gerben de Zwart and Ronald van Dijk explain how companies should use benchmarks efficiently and how to treat risks
After all the bad news concerning the real estate market from the couple of years, Ger Hukker, director at the NVM, gives us a look at the bright side of this market and tells us why we should show some careful optimism.
Hans van Mierlo, professor of Public Finance at Maastricht University, expresses his thought about supervision, ethics, and business at the boardroom.
