The 27th SUERF Colloquium in Munich in June 2008: New Trends in Asset Management: Exploring the Implications was already topical in the Summer of 2008. The subsequent dramatic events in the Autumn of 2008 made the presentations in Munich even more relevant to investors and bankers that want to...

In the past years several researchers have called attention to the decline of the rate of return on capital. The difference of these investigations is based on the following items: 1. the country for which the investigation is carried out; 2. the period of time covered by the investigation; 3....