SAFE Finance Blog

Jan Krahnen discusses the future of the banking and capital markets union at the German Banking Congress in Berlin

Tobias Tröger: Unilateral changes of interest rates into negative territory for existing contracts inadmissable

Andreas Hackethal about most frequent investment errors and the benefits of a comprehensive and transparent portfolio reporting

The Brexit decision opens up new opportunities to further develop the banking and capital markets union. An opinion by Jan Krahnen

Andreas Hackethal: Profitability of German banks too low compared to international competitors

Inconsistencies across regulatory rules should be removed / Regulatory standards should not be used as means of international competition

Interview: Günter Franke calls for a mix of bank- and marked-based financing

Tobias Tröger: Decision also applicable to saving schemes?

SAFE Director presents Skin-in-the-game-Paper at Strategy and Risk Committee

Krahnen: Agencies benefit from a shifting of financial products from the banking sector to capital markets

Jan Pieter Krahnen greets revision of regulation on proprietary trading

Entrepreneurs receive more and longer lending if they know a banker from the same elite service club branch / Negative effects on credit allocation in Germany