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Past Events

Lively Debate on Corporate Governance and Compliance with Pieter van den Akker

‘What this also demonstrates is that, contrary to popular misconception, money laundering is not so much a third world problem but an issue that primarily concerns the developed countries.’

Financial Recovery or Future Emergency?

Mr. Arend Kapteyn, managing director and chief economist EMEA, Deutsche Bank, shared with the audience his views on the fallout of the crisis in developing nations, and how its effects could impact the investors, financial institutions and businesses of Europe and other developed regions.
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Peter Paul de Vries defends shareholders against blame for financial crisis at Journeys with Erasmus

‘Supervisory board members should maintain proper oversight of the company’ actions’, Peter Paul de Vries said. ‘They had welcomed the higher risks associated with higher returns, but failed to maintain an adequate financial cushion behind them.’

Noreena Hertz Calls For End to Gucci Capitalism at Journeys with Erasmus

She described the way that ‘Gucci Capitalism’ – a consumer scenario in which ‘it became more shameful not to have a Gucci Handbag than to be in debt’ – was a symptom of old-style capitalism.

A New Financial World Order

Dr. Jaap van Duijn picked up the discussion where Dr. van Dijk left off as he examined the idea of ‘Life After Crisis’. Using graphs and statistics, he illustrated how the sub-prime mortgage crisis has become ‘the crisis of trust’.