Presentation
Organizers :
Date :
July 01, 2021
Time :
03:30 PM
Fee :
Free
Location :
UA, Room A & Zoom
Bye Bye Covid
Investment Opportunities and Risks on Aruba and Worldwide
Global impact of Covid on the economy has been severe, but not all sectors and countries have been affected in the same manner. In fact, some sectors and countries have even benefitted from the crisis and from the unparalleled support that was provided by government authorities. Aruba was among the countries hardest hit because of its dependence on the tourism sector. We manage to get through however, partially because of the international support. Recently the prospects for the Aruban economy are rapidly improving as the US is reopening and the American economy will have some very good quarters ahead. The lecture will give an overview on where the Aruban economy stands right now, on its prospects, and the development of asset prices. The lecture will then deal with the bigger picture of how the Aruban economy is affected by global developments, its prospects, developments on financial markets and a short overview of some promising investment opportunities and risks. The lecture is offered by AISCUA in conjunction with the FEF and CLL.
PRESENTERS
Drs. Paul Vandormael, AA
President Aruba Investment Study Club & Lecturer Faculty for Finance, Accounting and Marketing
Jorrit van Spaendonck
Lecturer Faculty for Finance, Accounting and Marketing
Joost Jacobs
Lecturer business calculation skills and statistics/SPSS & Writer
Speakers Biography
Drs. Paul Vandormael, AA
Drs Paul Vandormael AA is the president of the Aruba Investment Study Club of the University of Aruba. He currently works as a lecturer at the Faculty for Finance, Accounting and Marketing of the University of Aruba. Paul’s topics of expertise are strategy, finance, and accountancy. He is also the coordinator of the program to become an AA accountant (Certified Public Accountant registered in the Dutch Register for Accountants). Besides his work at the University, Paul is experienced in assisting local companies in the field of strategic finance and in arranging mergers and acquisitions in the local market. Previously, Paul worked among others as an advisor for the minister of finance and as a managing partner at an accountants firm.
Jorrit van Spaendonck
Jorrit van Spaendonck currently works as a lecturer at the Faculty for Finance, Accounting and Marketing of the University of Aruba. Jorrit’s topics of expertise are financial markets, business valuation, portfolio management, small- and microcap investing corporate finance, and value investing. Besides his work at the University, Jorrit delivers monthly publications for practitioners’ journals which provide investment advice on a wide range of listed securities. Previously, Jorrit worked in several roles for SNS Asset Management, which was a medium-sized institutional investment management firm, and for MeesPierson, a leading private wealth management company in the Netherlands. Jorrit has a master’s degree in economics from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and is a CFA charter holder.
Joost Jacobs
At the beginning of this century, Joost Jacobs graduated in Business Administration in Nijmegen with a major in Business Accounting and a minor in Finance. He then worked for Risk Management at ABN AMRO and co-owned a small business focused on alternative transportation before coming to Aruba in 2009. There he started working at the University of Aruba, where he was also dean for nine years. Today, Joost teaches business calculation skills and statistics/SPSS and writes articles for, among others, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
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