Month: August 2026
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From AI Answers to Human Judgment: Investment Criteria Visible in 3D
Financial analysis is increasingly becoming a dialogue with artificial intelligence. Annual reports can be summarized within seconds, financial ratios can be calculated automatically, and AI systems can formulate investment conclusions almost instantly. Yet one fundamental question remains: Should investors really leave the assessment of a company entirely to AI? Data2Space takes a different approach. Instead of…
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Warning About the BaFin Statement: A Licence Is Not a Seal of Quality
The image on this webpage ist generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Any visuals displayed on this site are used for illustrative purposes only. The statement published by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 26 August 2026 that “a BaFin licence is seen in the market as a seal of quality” deserves closer scrutiny:…
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Operational Risk in Corporate Credit Ratings: Making the Invisible Visible
Credit ratings are often associated with financial ratios: leverage, liquidity, profitability, cash flow and debt-service capacity. Yet the resilience of a company cannot be understood from financial figures alone. Behind every balance sheet stands an operating organization—and operational weaknesses can become financial weaknesses when disruptions affect revenues, costs, liquidity, reputation or the ability to service…
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AI Advisory Boards and Their Implications for Corporate Credit Ratings
A perspective from RATING EVIDENCE GmbH Artificial intelligence is moving from an experimental technology to an integral component of corporate decision-making. One particularly interesting development is the emergence of AI advisory boards: structured systems in which several AI personas or agents independently assess a strategic question from different perspectives before challenging one another and synthesizing their…
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Data2Space: Turning Complex Data into Interactive Experiences
Data has become one of the most important resources in modern business. Companies rely on increasingly complex information to understand markets, evaluate investments, manage risks, and make strategic decisions. Yet having access to large amounts of data is only part of the challenge. The real difficulty lies in making complex information understandable and revealing the…
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When Financial Products Become Experiences: How Data2Space Reinvents Product Visualization
Financial products are traditionally difficult to visualize. A prospectus can contain hundreds of pages, an investment presentation dozens of slides, and a website countless charts, figures and explanatory texts. Yet even extensive documentation does not necessarily make a complex investment opportunity intuitive. Data2Space takes a fundamentally different approach. Instead of simply describing a financial product,…
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What Is New About Data2Space? From Data Visualization to Collaborative Information Spaces
The novelty of Data2Space is not simply that financial data can be displayed in three dimensions. 3D visualization has existed for decades, and virtual reality has already been used in a variety of professional applications. What is new about Data2Space is the combination of spatial data representation, interactive analysis, collaboration and hardware-independent access in a…
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When the Presentation Becomes a Space: How Data2Space Reinvents Financial Presentations
The presentation has been one of the most enduring formats of business communication. For decades, financial professionals have relied on PowerPoint slides to explain investment strategies, financial products, company structures, market developments and strategic decisions. The format is familiar and efficient—but it is also fundamentally linear. Data2Space introduces a different concept: instead of presenting information…
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Data2Space Goes Live: Turning Financial Data into Interactive Spaces
Today marks the online launch of Data2Space, a new service designed to change the way complex financial and business information is visualized, explored, and communicated. Instead of limiting data analysis to spreadsheets, charts, dashboards, and two-dimensional diagrams, Data2Space introduces a spatial dimension: data can become an interactive environment. Data2Space positions itself at the intersection of finance,…
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Preparing the Public for the Loss of Germany’s AAA Rating?
Germany’s possible loss of its AAA sovereign rating is increasingly being discussed in Berlin. Yet the political and financial narrative surrounding the issue appears remarkably reassuring. Is Germany being prepared psychologically for a downgrade before it actually happens? The possibility of Germany losing its top sovereign credit rating is no longer a purely theoretical issue.…
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Yield Curve to the Finance Forum of the Future: The Premiere of the Immersive Finance Forum
“Return on Investment You Can Touch: The Premiere of the Immersive Finance Forum in VR” — this headline from altii GmbH captures the central idea behind the Immersive Finance Forum (IFF), which held its premiere on August 11, 2026. Instead of a conventional conference room or a webinar window, participants met inside a shared virtual…
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Soft Skill Rating
In an economic world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, algorithms, and automation, the decisive competitive advantage of companies is shifting radically. While domain expertise and technical skills now become obsolete faster than ever before or are directly assumed by AI systems, soft skills are moving to the center of strategic corporate management. However, how can…
