The Board of Directors conducts the business of the organization.
The Board co-ordinates the efforts of the sponsors, oversees all meetings
of the sponsors and acts as liaison between the sponsors and the financial
researchers. The Board is responsible for the annual seminars, collection
and dissemination of information to the sponsors concerning the research
conducted by the Group, and makes financial arrangements as needed
to ensure the continuity of research projects and the business of
the organization.
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The Administrative Office is responsible for organization and planning
of the seminars, budgets and other financial issues, general administration,
mailing- and sponsor lists. In close corporation with the Seminar
Summarizer the Administrative Office also takes care of the preparation
and publication of the seminar summaries and annual reports.
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The Research Committee is responsible for selecting research projects
for funding. It has direct responsibility for soliciting, reviewing
and approving these research projects.
As a matter of policy, Inquire Europe tries to support continental
research centres but it also accepts to fund projects from the rest
of the world, provided the research is relevant to the European asset
managers.
All projects are monitored by Theo Nijman, academic coordinator of
Inquire Europe.
If you have Questions please contact:
| Theo Nijman |
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Academic Coordinator
Tilburg University and Netspar
Dept. of Finance |
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P.O. Box 90153 |
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5000 LE Tilburg |
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The Netherlands |
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| Telephone number |
+31
13 4668367 |
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+31
13 4663280 |
| e-mail |
nyman@uvt.nl |
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Seminar topics to be presented on the program are selected by the
Program Committee. A "Call for Papers" is published anually in academic and professional journals to solicit
papers from academics and other industry professionals. Sponsor organizations
of Inquire Europe are encouraged to submit papers for presentation
at the seminars. Sponsors may also suggest topics at the seminars
or at any time during the year to Board members for future consideration.
If you have Questions please contact:
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Hélène Harasty |
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Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch |
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de la Corraterie 11 |
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1204 Geneva |
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+41
22 709 2012 |
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+41
22 709 3887 |
| e-mail |
helene.harasty@lodh.com |
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| The membership of Inquire Europe is composed of invited sponsor
organizations from continental Europe consisting of a broad range
of banks, stock brokers, consulting firms, insurance companies, independent
money managers and pension funds.
If, as a senior investment professional, you believe in a disciplined
approach to investments, and your organization makes use of statistical
and other quantitative tools in the investment decision making process,
then your company should consider becoming a sponsor of Inquire
Europe .
A company can become a sponsor of Inquire Europe by sending in an
application form to the membership committee. Each sponsor must
be approved for election to Inquire Europe by the Board and a majority
of the participating sponsors. During the initial stages of organization,
questions regarding the membership to the Group should be addressed
to the Chairman of the Membership Committee:
| Ian Cawood, |
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| Metaxis, |
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| 1 rue de la Haye |
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| BP 12910 |
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| 95731 Roissy CDG |
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| France |
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| Telephone number |
+33 1 4919 4924 |
| Fax number |
+33 1 4919 4923 |
| e-mail |
ian.cawood@metaxis.fr
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The annual fee for Inquire sponsorship is Euro 5.000,-- for a one
seat membership and Euro 7.500,00 and Euro 10.000,00 for a three seat membership. Once determined,
the yearly sponsorship fees is utilized in three ways: to pay the
costs of seminars, to pay research costs authorized by the Research
Committee, and to support the ongoing administrative costs of the
Organization. In addition to paying the annual dues, each sponsor
must be a corporation, partnership or other organization involved
in a recognized branch of finance. Approval of new sponsors must
be by a majority vote of the current sponsors of Inquire Europe.
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Once a year, Inquire Europe awards cash prizes, totaling Sf. 10.000
to those who have presented the best papers at the seminars held during
the year. These prizes serve to maintain the quality of seminar presentations,
help to attract leading researchers and state-of-the-art research
to the seminar as well as providing a check and balance to the projects
funded by the Research Committee.
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