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21 July 2021
Welche Rolle spielen Banken in der Plattformwirtschaft?

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Moormann

Immer mehr spielt sich unser Leben auf virtuellen Plattformen ab. Umgekehrt verlieren physische Einrichtungen wie Filialen, aber auch Autohäuser, oder Buchläden an Relevanz. Was bedeutet diese Entwicklung für die Finanzbranche? Offenbar befinden wir uns an einer entscheidenden Stelle in der Fortentwicklung des wirtschaftlichen Handelns.
22 July 2021
Nationally determined contributions – moving from theory to action
Dr. Muhammad Khalifa
With endemic poverty in Africa, lack of financial resources could be one of the most pressing challenges that hinder proper actions from adapting and mitigating climate change. I started to ask myself what the potential sources for climate finance are? How could climate finance strategies be developed?
Climate-related risks threaten financial stability and banks can play a crucial role in addressing the impact of these risks to ensure a climate-resilient financial system. An emerging series of studies uses stress tests to examine banks portfolio-level exposure to transition risk. Central banks and prudential regulators have either launched stress tests or have it as a priority.
26 May 2021
Banks and Climate Risk Exposure – why do banks care about climate risk?
Alexandra Kinywamaghana
25 May 2021
The joys and challenges of a researcher in sustainable finance
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
There are two things I like very much. One is writing; the other is solving problems. These two traits make me realise at an early stage that doing research gives me satisfaction. In research, I can dwell on a narrowed-down problem for a long time digging its root out, and I also need to write up the findings neatly in order to communicate them well.
Many democratic societies have become more politically polarized, with the U.S. being the main example. The origins of this phenomenon are still not well-understood and subject to debate. In a recent study, we analysed the mechanisms underlying political polarization using survey data that has been collected by the Pew Research Center from 1994 to 2017.
20 May 2021
Drivers of political polarization in the USA from 1994 to 2017
Lucas Böttcher
9 July 2021
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay

Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner

Numerous cryptocurrencies have emerged in recent years, and hundreds of start-ups and companies around the world have launched corresponding projects. All of this suggests that technologies are emerging here that will change the financial system in particular.
17 June 2021
New opportunities for Central Banks with Financial Big Data

Alexandra Kinywamaghana

The use of big data in central banks is growing; a 2020 survey found about 80% of central banks used big data as compared to 30% in 2015, and about 40% of them utilised it to inform policy. Overall, central banks are yet to widely adopt big data due to infrastructure, skills, and cost challenges.
19 January 2021
Leadership in the age of digitisation: finance in focus
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wallraff
Digitisation has radically changed business conditions for executive managers. The Internet has permeated all aspects of human life, transforming societies, economies and cultures in fundamental ways – not least through ever more pervasive networking.
Due to Covid-19 mobility restrictions, face-to-face engagements were not possible. Instead, we continued to promote awareness of green technologies through a series of Podcasts and Radio Interviews to reach out to rural farmers and agri-enterprises in Tajikistan.
3 December 2020
Raising awareness of green technologies amidst COVID-19
Sheryl Loh
15 September 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Financial Inclusion
Ricardo A. Estrada Villalta
Never in modern history has financial inclusion been more relevant. Never in the past has granting access and fostering usage to quality financial services and all-around financial solutions for the people had more meaning. Among these much-needed solutions, there is a special mention to digital financial services, which are, in fact, quite compatible with the current global social distancing measures.
The ruling issued by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on May 28, 2020 made clear what many people had long suspected: The “opt-out-of-cookies” approach favoured by many German companies violates Germany’s data protection legislation and also – as previously established by the European Court of Justice – European data protection law.
20 August 2020
An advanced user’s guide to cookie consent managers
Maj-Kristin Schmerl
18 December 2020
Responsible AI?

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Köhler

In the near future, we can expect such systems to be able to carry out more and more tasks all by themselves. Apart from self-driving cars, it is likely that we will encounter autonomous machines in many places: in warehouses, hospitals, banks, and on the battlefield.
8 October 2020
Resilient Recovery: World Bank President David Malpass at FS

Leona Arold

On October 5th 2020, we had the honour to welcome David Malpass, President of the World Bank and Dr. Jens Weidmann, President of the Bundesbank, virtually at FS. The purpose of the event was to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people and the challenge of building a resilient and inclusive global recovery.
12 August 2020
Regulatory authorities in China will review banks’ green finance performance
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
Sustainable finance is an important topic for regulators in China. Chinese banks will soon be subject to green finance performance review on a quarterly basis. A consultation document by the Chinese central bank describes the procedures and metrics based on which the banks will be evaluated.
Chinese investors seeking to invest in Germany are facing several major challenges. These include the negative economic impact on their own business, as well as the travel restrictions enacted due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
6 July 2020
New era of Chinese FDI in Germany: Potential tightening of investment screening
Kuang Hou
Welche Rolle spielen Banken in der Plattformwirtschaft?
21 July 2021
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Moormann
Nationally determined contributions – moving from theory to action
22 July 2021
Dr. Muhammad Khalifa
Banks and Climate Risk Exposure – why do banks care about climate risk?
26 May 2021
Alexandra Kinywamaghana
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay
9 July 2021
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
The joys and challenges of a researcher in sustainable finance
25 May 2021
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
Drivers of political polarization in the USA from 1994 to 2017
20 May 2021
Lucas Böttcher
New opportunities for Central Banks with Financial Big Data
17 June 2021
Alexandra Kinywamaghana
Leadership in the age of digitisation: finance in focus
19 January 2021
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wallraff
Raising awareness of green technologies amidst COVID-19
3 December 2020
Sheryl Loh
Responsible AI?
18 December 2020
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Köhler
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Financial Inclusion
15 September 2020
Ricardo A. Estrada Villalta
An advanced user’s guide to cookie consent managers
20 August 2020
Maj-Kristin Schmerl
Resilient Recovery: World Bank President David Malpass at FS
8 October 2020
Leona Arold
Regulatory authorities in China will review banks’ green finance performance
12 August 2020
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
New era of Chinese FDI in Germany: Potential tightening of investment screening
6 July 2020
Kuang Hou