by Uneke Dekkers. Since the financial crisis ten years ago, passive or index investing has grown in popularity. Although the European market for ETFs still lags behind the US, assets in European-listed ETFs reached more than $800 billion in 2017, according to data provider ETFGI.
“If you’re going to San Francisco…” Five years ago, a 19-year-old entered our office on the outskirts of Amsterdam with some big ideas. What began as a profile paper, took shape as a TEDx Talk, and then developed into a fully-fledged business plan, all before winter ended in 2013. Boyan Slat’s plan inspired us
That was quite a half year! Looming trade conflicts between the United States and other parts of the world dominated the headlines. Het Financieele Dagblad reported, however, that analysts believe the impact on H1 results for Dutch corporates will be minimal.
Amsterdam, 5 October 2017 – Today, communications agency Citigate First Financial changes its name to CFF Communications. The name change coincides with the firm’s celebration of its 25th anniversary and reflects the broadening of its services in recent years.
In the past half year, we have worked on great projects for clients including Coca-Cola European Partners, Hudson’s Bay Company and NN Group. We also supported The Ocean Cleanup with a new technological milestone: founder and CEO Boyan Slat presented an improved design and concept of his project that will allow him to start the actual extraction of plastics from the oceans two years earlier than planned. Great work by Boyan and his team!