It sounds paradoxical, but it proves true time and again: financial advisers are more successful when they talk less about products and more about investment principles and rules during client meetings. Why? Behavioural finance provides the answer. In the FFB Practical Tips series, Nikolas Kreuz offers valuable advice on how you can use behavioural economics […]

You’ve no doubt experienced this before: you advise your client on a sensible investment and meet with resistance. “I’d like to wait and see first,” they might say. What should you do? In the FFB Practical Tips, Nikolas Kreuz offers valuable advice on how you can use behavioural economics to respond to typical, often emotional […]

In an interview with Business Insider, Nikolas Kreuz of INVIOS discusses lessons from tech IPOs that could prove decisive.

Why do even good investors frequently make mistakes? Why do they act against their own interests? And what, specifically, can you, as an adviser, do when faced with such investment decisions? The answer lies in neurobiology and – if used skilfully – can have a positive impact on your day-to-day advisory work. In the FFB […]

Sustainable investments have disappeared from the headlines – but not from the world of finance. Why has the ESG boom of recent years lost momentum? And what role do sustainable investments still play for investors today? In the latest cover story from ThePioneer, the editorial team examines how sustainable investing has changed since the ESG […]

The best financial mistakes are those you don’t make yourself, but from which you can still learn. Fittingly, on 1 January 2026, *DIE ZEIT* published 26 such mistakes – and the lessons to be learnt from them. Among others, the tips come from Nikolas Kreuz of INVIOS. For example, when investing, you shouldn’t be led […]