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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance August 2010

Message to Basel — Another way to Avoid Bank Bailouts - Interview with AIF Program Director, Theo Vermaelen in the Wall Street Journal regarding a new type of cocobond: the "COERC", a Call Option Enhanced Reverse Convertible.

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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance June 2010

It's time that politicians had performance-related bonuses -
AIF Program Director, Theo Vermaelen speaks out in the Wall Street Journal.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance March 2010

CEO-centric firms: Risks and remedies
Improved governance is one natural antidote to the downside of CEO domination - by Professor Ralph Walkling
AIF programs: Acquisition Finance After the Crisis and Financial Intuition for Executives

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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance February 2010

Changes for Which Risk Management Should be Prepared
- Listen to free PRMIA webinar presented by Viral V. Acharya, Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business
18 February 2010
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance February 2010

Professors Increase the Strength of Banks: New financial instrument makes state aid for banks unnecessary in the future
- AIF Program Directors Theo Vermaelen and Christian Wolff have developed a new financial instrument.
Het Financieele Dagblad, 13 February 2010
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance December 2009

How to Save Banks without using Taxpayers' Money
- Blog by AIF Program Directors Theo Vermaelen and Christian Wolff
Financial Times - Economists' Forum Blog, 2 December
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance October 2009

US Back on Growth Path within Four Years
Macro Economics professor, Ilian Mihov
interviewed in Het Financieele Dagblad

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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance October 2009

Beating the Market with Buybacks: a 6 month update
by Professor Theo Vermaelen (INSEAD and AIF Program Director) and Professor Urs Peyer (INSEAD)
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance August 2009

An Education in Risk Management Can Offer a Leg Up - the importance of risk management training
New York Times, 19 August
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

July 2009

Predicting ECB's Economic Outlook
CNBC interviews AIF Program Director, Professor Christian Wolff, for his view of the ECB's economic outlook.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

June 2009

Bringing Directors Up to Speed
Answering the need for risk better risk management education. Interview in Risk Professional magazine with Ingo Walter, Program Director of the AIF-NYU Stern Executive Master of Science in Risk Management.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

May 2009

US to Recover to Start by End of 2009
CNBC interview with Professor Ilian Mihov. Professor Mihov's course: ‘Macro Economics and Global Financial Markets’ will be available at AIF this October. Interview available here>>>

financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

May 2009

Ms. Eva de Mooij and Mr. Laszlo Nagy, from ConQuaestor and participants in AIF's Financial Risk Control 2009 program, interviewed by the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad on stresstests.
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May 2009

Professor Theo Vermaelen
from INSEAD and Program Director at AIF and Professor Urs Peyer, Associate Professor at INSEAD consider whether a buyback portfolio is a good investment.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

April 2009

The Executive Master of Science in Risk Management in the spotlight. Top financial newspaper in the Netherlands, Financieele Dagblad, explains why bankers decided to go back to school for this unique partnership between AIF and NYU Stern School of Business
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

February 2009

Professor Arturo Bris who teaches Equity Investment at AIF, discusses the controversy surrounding Sovereign Wealth Funds.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

February 2009

Professor Theo Vermaelen from INSEAD, Program Director at AIF, discusses approaches to the banking crisis.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

October 2008

Professor Hersh Sherfin from Santa Clara University , who teaches Behavioral Finance at Amsterdam Institute of Finance interviewed in the Guardian on the current financial turmoil.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

October 2008

AIF faculty on the Financial Crisis

Professor at AIF for the Executive Master of Science in Risk Management  program Günter Franke from the University of Constance and Professor Jan Pieter Krahnen from the Center for Financial Studies respond to the current financial turmoil.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance September 2008

Amsterdam Institute of Finance & NYU Stern School of Business partner to launch the Executive Master of Science in Risk Management.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance September 2008

AIF Managing Director, Brenda Childers interviewed by the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad on its new Risk Management Masters program in partnership with NYU Stern School of Business.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance August 2008

AIF Program Director, Professor Theo Vermaelen interviewed by The Egyptian Daily News while teaching an AIF in-company program in Cairo. Professor Vermaelen shares his views on the 'lending disaster'.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance July 2008

AIF Program Director, Prof. Christian Wolff named Director of the Luxembourg School of Finance.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance June 2008

"Scarcity increases the value of a rigorous qualification" CFA offers it's members support and recommends Amsterdam Institute of Finance courses, in The Financial Times.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance February 2008

Amsterdam Institute of Finance has announced plans to introduce an Executive Masters in Risk Management in April 2009. This initiative will be the first professional certification of its kind.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

November 2007

The inaugural meeting of the Netherlands chapter of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers' International Association) was held at AIF on November 8. Guest speakers were Koos Timmermans, Chief Risk Officer of ING Group and Thomas Grondin, Chief Risk Officer of Aegon.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

July 2007

'Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance' in Dubai, has teamed with Amsterdam Institute of Finance to provide financial training for business leaders in the MENA region.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

June 2007

"The Investor's Achilles Heel", an interview with behavioral finance pioneer and AIF instructor, Hersh Shefrin.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

May 2007

AIF Chairman of the Board retires / New Vice-Chairman enters.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

February 2007

"It's Not Different This Time", a letter to the Financial Times from AIF faculty member Joseph V. Rizzi.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

December 2006

Interview with Professor Theo Vermaelen in the New York Times.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

October 2006

Share buybacks can be a good deal. Theo Vermaelen, AIF Program Director and instructor of AIF's Share Buybacks course, writes for Financial Times "Mastering Transactions" series.
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Vice Chairman of AIF Board, Mr. J.H. Holsboer, retires − to be replaced by Mr. André van Iersel, Rabobank Netherlands.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

July 2006

AIF welcomes Arturo Bris from IMD to its faculty for the new and upcoming program on Equity Investment.
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AIF is introduces a new, stand-alone course on IPOs to its portfolio of corporate finance courses.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

June 2006

AIF’s programs have been certified by the globally recognized CFA Institute.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

April 2006

AIF faculty member featured in the leading Dutch financial newspaper “Het Financieele Dagblad”.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

February 2006

AIF sponsors the Derivatives & Securities Forum from FOW held February 16 – 17, 2006.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

December 2005

AIF is the first internationally to offer a program on Behavioral Corporate Finance.
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financial training - Amsterdam Institute of Finance

May 2005

AIF sponsored a detailed survey on boards of private equity-backed companies.
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