SAFE Finance Blog

In a new SAFE Policy Letter, Maik Schmeling analyzes the planned digital currency of Facebook

Alexander Ludwig: Central banks are held responsible for the continuous low-interest rate environment. However, there are many indications that the demographic trend is lowering natural interest rate

Legislative acts on targeted longer-term refinancing operations, cross-border distribution of investment funds, and the position of the German government on the financial transaction tax: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month

Saving has become an end in itself: Neither the German debt brake nor the European Fiscal Pact are well-thought-out concepts. They are politically difficult to implement anyway

A special report on climate policy by the German Council of Economic Experts, property tax reform in Germany and a new EU regulatory framework for crowdfunding: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month

Jan Krahnen: Italy's thoughts on new bonds are a cause for concern for the euro area. However, in the end, the country would do itself harm

A pan-European pension product and new rules for investment funds, reforms in the Banking Union and guidelines on sustainable finance: a selection of regulatory developments from this month

Roland Broemel: the emergence of digital securities raises many technical, civil law and regulatory issues

Oliver Hinz criticizes the German Artificial Intelligence initiative: "Creating high expectations without fulfilling them, is certainly not a good plan"

In a new SAFE White Paper, Martin R. Götz, Tobias H. Tröger, and Mark Wahrenburg analyze the supervisory challenges ahead for banking regulation in Europe

Target debate: Jan Krahnen responds to Clemens Fuest and Hans-Werner Sinn: We should stop extrapolating solvable problems into inevitable disasters.

Target debate: Clemens Fuest and Hans-Werner Sinn respond to Jan Krahnen's criticism. A guest commentary