“What is the truth? A flexible army of metaphors. There are no facts, just interpretations.” (Friedrich Nietzsche) Perhaps it is a daring statement by Friedrich Nietzsche, but perhaps it is, occasionally, also a status description of the areas of investment market projection or portfolio management. Those people, who label the […]
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“Reality is what it is. We do not create reality, yet we can still try to discover and transform it.” At first glance, this highly disputed quote by philosopher Hans Blumenberg may sound simple and understandable. An examination of regional and national network structures of providers and investors within the […]
“One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.” (Wilhelm Meister’s Journeyman’s Years, Goethe). On many occasions, many initiators of funds can hardly believe their eyes when some time after initiating their fund the situation is as follows: set up fund, employ marketing man and […]
“It is good to rub and polish our mind against that of others” (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne). Frankfurt am Main, as a city, always offers sufficient reason for rubbing and polishing. On the one hand, against the background of topics such as Brexit, ECB policy, and the financial industry, the […]
The real, good has never been fashionable, but it is alive (Hermann Hesse). Fund boutiques have now established a sustainable position in the fund industry. Regardless of current positions in performance hit lists: the special qualities of this type of entrepreneur are appreciated by many semi-institutional and institutional investors. It […]
“Only pessimists strike while the iron is hot. Optimists trust that it will not cool down” (Peter Bamm). If one assumes constructive pessimism among institutional investors in the form of professional risk management, the consideration of complementary views from other investor circles can appear enriching. What are the viewpoint of […]