The Management of Equity Investments

Since 1961, Dr Dimitris N. Chorafas has advised financial institutions and industrial corporations in strategic planning, risk management, computers and communications systems, and internal controls. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Paris, and the Technical University of Athens, Dr Chorafas has been a Fulbright scholar. Financial institutions which have sought his assistance include the Union Bank of Switzerland, Bank Vontobel, CEDEL, the Bank of Scotland, Credit Agricole, Österreichische Länderbank (Bank Austria), First Austrian Bank, Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, Mid-Med Bank, Demir Bank, Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, Istituto Bancario Italiano, Credito Commerciale and Banca Provinciale Lombarda. Among multinational corporations Dr Chorafas has worked as consultant to top management, are: General Electric-Bull, Univac, Honeywell, Digital Equipment Corp, Olivetti, Nestlé, Omega, Italcementi, Italmobiliare, AEG-Telefunken, Olympia, Osram, Antar, Pechiney, the American Management Association and host of other client firms in Europe and the United States. Dr Chorafas has served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as visiting professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Also, the University of Alberta, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, and Technical University of Karlsruhe. More than 6,000 banking, industrial and government executives have participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, other European countries, Asia and Latin America.

The Art of Investing: Golden Rules of Investing; The Landscape Where Professional Asset Managers and Private Investors Meet; Capital Markets and Their Players: Capital Markets and the Securities Industry; The Trading of Equities; Regulation and Operation of the Exchanges;Performance Criteria and Quoted Equities:Technical and Fundamental Analysis; Quantitative Criteria for Equity Performance; Transparency in Financial Statements and Reputational Risk; A Private Investor's Self-Protection; Execution Risk and Damage Control: Investors' Responsibility in Risk Management; Independent Equity Research and Risk Management; Volatility, Liquidity, Leverage, and Their Impact on Investments; Methods for Judging Quoted Equities; Case Studies in Investments: Case Studies on Equity Values; Parmalat: A Case Study on Leveraging Corporate Assets.