The modern bank and insurance broker can to a large extent fill the gap left by the major banks. He can do this by giving personal advice to his clients and fully mapping out their financial situation. Digitalisation also plays an important role in this. …

In the 1930s, aeronautical engineer Theodore Paul Wright (1895-1970) made an important discovery during his study of aircraft production. For every doubling of the total number of aircraft produced, the cost of a newly-built aircraft fell by 15 per cent. …

NN Investment Partners remains committed to serving its fiduciary clients in the best possible way, while continuing to do so with a local office and with people who know the local market as well as the laws and regulations. Satish Bapat, NN IP's CEO, …

In the financial sector, less than 30 percent of all executive positions are held by women. In terms of gender equality, therefore, there is still room for improvement. Women in Finance, an initiative launched in 2018 by Febelfin, brings together ladies …

The Dutch private bank Van Lanschot Kempen has engaged BNP Paribas Securities Services as custodian for, among other things, custody, investment administration of the funds branch and custody and clearing activities for the bank. It concerns a mandate of …

At more than USD 15 trillion, the Chinese bond market is the second largest in the world. China only has to surpass the United States. China is therefore the second-largest economy in the world and the Chinese economy is already almost 20% larger than the …

Confidence in Chinese investments has taken a knock following the recent tightening of Chinese regulations. However, fund manager Fidelity International believes the Chinese growth story is intact and there are opportunities for long-term investors as the …

Investors are often men, and they usually invest in companies run by men. A vicious circle that the investment fund We Are Jane wants to break. Founded by serial entrepreneur Conny Vandendriessche (centre of the picture) and Gimv veterans Muriel …

As an example of the pressure put on the financial sector to respond to the urgency of climate change, Dutch education and government sector employee pension fund ABP is tightening up its investment policy. They explain this move by referring to reports …

The emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT), of which blockchain is a form, could bring about a shift from a platform economy to a protocol economy. In this, data is the key to the economy, explained Ralph Wessels of ABN Amro in an article …

Modern brokers can make difference with (big) banks

Opinion: Technology and Wright's Law

NN IP: continuing to serve the market post-merger

Women in Finance do a lot for gender equality

16bn VLK mandate goes to BNP Paribas custodian

Economist comment: Chinese government bonds attractive

Fidelity International: don't be scared off by tighter Chinese regulations

Female entrepreneurs operate under investors’ radar

ABP's risk/return ratio: a false dilemma

ABN: blockchain could lead to protocol economy