Buying a house in paradise comes with a cost: a higher average mortgage rate compared to the Netherlands. What could be the reason for this? Read it here!
In this article a modern investing method, High Frequency Trading, is discussed and Quirien Raat provides us with insights of his job at Flow Traders
This article gives an insight in the negotiations between the cabinet office of Rutte III and the industry sector and sheds a light on the possible effects.
In February the FinanceDay took place, an event students get acquainted with the world of finance by making challenging cases for diverse companies. In this article Luc van den Hurk reflects on the event.
This article is currently only available in Dutch.
In 2018 the Basel committee (primary global standard setter for regulation and supervision of banks) has issued a new standard, implemented as of 2018. It demands that banks use standardized methods to measure their exposure to interest rate risk, instead of bank-developed methods, which was the case before. Standardized methods are always good from a simplicity and comparability point of view, but are they actually accurate enough to capture the risk at stake? Or do we trade off quality of measurements for simplicity with this new implementation? Read it in this article by Kevin de Veer, Thomas Kerkhofs, Hans-Peter Hiddink, Dimana Ivanova, Maartje Schriever & Jack Arkesteijn!
