Publications

Dr. Burik is regarded as an expert by the trade press.   His analyses and opinions have been featured in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal Europe, Institutional Investor, and Pensions & Investment, Professional Wealth Management, etc.   In addition, he has published more rigorous work in referred publications and contributed to a widely used textbook.

• “Mischfonds neuer Praegung: Attraktivitaet durch Flexibilitaet“, Die Bank  (with Dr. O. Kruse), Jan 2005  - discusses why absolute return products are the product of choice for many clients, how fees for such a product should be structured and gives an illustrative example of such a product
  
  
• „Strukturen in Fondsgeschaeft: Chance für Spezialisten“, Bank und Markt (with Dr. O. Kruse), Nov 2002 - analyses the optimal approach to “open architecture”, i.e., the distribution of 3rd-party, rather than proprietary, mutual funds by banks.   
  
  
• „Der Assetmanagement-Prozess“ in Investment Banking, H. J. Hockmann & F. Thiessen editors, Schaeffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart, 2002; 2nd edition 2007.  A chapter explaining portfolio management in a German university textbook.      
  
  
• „The Influence of Non-Risk Factors on Real Estate Holdings of Pension Funds“, Financial Analysts Journal, (with R. Ennis), Nov/Dev 1991  
  
  
• “Pension Fund Real Estate Investment under a Simple Equilibrium Pricing Model”, Financial Analysts Journal, (with R. Ennis), May/June 1991 
  
  
• “Foreign Bonds in Diversified Portfolios”, Financial Analysts Journal, (with R. Ennis), May/April 1990  
  
  
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Conference on Structure and Competition:

“Payments Services: The Next Battleground in the Competitive Struggle between Depository Institutions and Financial Services Companies” (with Willliam Dudley), 1983   
“The Design of Deposit Insurance Contracts: Lessons from Product Liability Theory”, 1982  
“Are Restrictions on Commercial Banks’ Securities Activities Athwart?” 1980. 

* In addition to the papers listed, I wrote numerous reports while director of research at Ennis, Knupp & Associates on a wide variety of investment issues.  The largest of the reports, The EK&A Guide to Foreign Stock Markets, was a comprehensive study which was updated regularly.