A deepening interview with dr. Mathijs Bouman. He gives his frank opinions on a variety of topics like the role of central banks, Europe, and several national economies.
He explains why central banks are good at suppressing inflation as opposed to stimulating economies. Moreover, he reveals his views on Europe and supports a more centralized banking union. Furthermore, he judges the French, Italian, and German national economies and provides students with some useful tips and tricks.
Paul and Melissa spoke to Mr. Jansen, Marketing Director of ASN Bank N.V., about ASN Bank and its focus on sustainable investments. They inquired after the importance of sustainable investments, the criteria to be qualified as such and the worldwide development of sustainable investing.
Nout Wellink, the former president of De Nederlandsche Bank (the Dutch Central Bank) and currently working as the independent non-executive director at the Bank of China, was interviewed by Sanne and Max. He describes the cultural differences between the Netherlands and China he experiences when working in China. Moreover, he gives his frank opinion on the growth rate of the Chinese economy and the country’s changing market situation.
Cees Smit, managing director of the investment company “Today’s Beheer”, continues his last column about bullying banks. Politics chooses the side of the poor entrepreneurs. The banks are being bullied again in the discussion on interest rate derivatives (swaps).
The normal world and thus the financial world are characterized by the action-reaction principle; a party or person does something and another
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.
