There is every reason to hope that soon we will be better informed about what drives executives financially. Both the drafts of the second Shareholders' Rights Directive (ARUG II) and of the German Corporate Governance Code (DCGK) aim to ensure that ...

2018 was a particularly bad year for the German stock index DAX. The DAX lost a total of 18.3 % compared to the previous year. But what is the economic meaning of this annual performance?

The buyback fever is spreading! At the end of 2018, the volume of share buybacks by DAX and MDAX companies exceeded the eight billion Euro mark and amounted to 8.4 billion Euros at the beginning of December.

When Warren Buffett breaks with his principles, the weather on the capital markets must be extraordinary. Normally, the oracle from Omaha rarely makes share buybacks and has strict rules when they are eligible. But recently he announced that he would ...