For members of the management boards and supervisory boards of German stock corporations, the annual shareholders' meetings are generally feel-good events. The discharge of the highest management bodies or the approval of their proposals regarding th ...

Anyone who has recently followed the headlines in the business press on the subject of company pensions might have got the impression that the pension agreements of German companies are in good shape: "The pension assets of DAX 30 companies are reach ...

At the end of the 2017 financial year, the members of the Management Board from the DAX 30 had pension entitlements from company pension schemes totalling approximately EUR 950 million.

Few trends on capital markets have received so much attention as the strong growth of exchange traded funds (ETFs). Within this asset class, the so called smart beta (SB) products enjoy ever growing popularity.

US equities are more expensive than their European counterparts – this is a common opinion. We show that although there are valuation differences, they are indeed well-founded.

Actively managed funds often find it difficult to beat the broad market in the long term. However, if you identify the funds with a consistent investment strategy, you can significantly increase the chance of success by outperforming the market yield ...