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9 September, 2020
Risk Management and Sustainability

Menglu Zhuang

Risk management has become increasingly important as global uncertainties surge. We can view sustainability through various lenses. One possibility is to look at sustainability from the perspective of risk management.
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
12 August, 2020
Regulatory authorities in China will review banks’ green finance performance
Menglu 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
20 July, 2020
No credit crunch (yet) – but here is why we should be worried

Prof. Dr. Sascha Steffen

The ECB has just published its Bank Lending Survey for the second quarter. The survey provides a window in bank lending in the euro area and, in particular, the supply of loans by banks to the non-financial sector. Taken at face value, the numbers are not that bad. We observe only a small tightening of lending standards across the euro area, large firms do not experience any tightening while small and medium enterprises face somewhat stricter supply conditions. 
18 June, 2020
About my new job and global crises

Elizabeth Tamayo Tabares

My journey as a new project coordinator at the Frankfurt School-UNEP Centre has started amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed unexpected challenges but also important learnings for the way we face current crises.
5 May, 2020
How to make Remote Work work
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
To establish Remote Work, a clear strategy is required. Make a detailed analysis of the given circumstances and desired goals and then define a clear way to realize them.
Who’d have thought that a single event could create such a fundamental shift in the way we work? Whilst remote working is something, many organizations have not yet or slowly been introducing, COVID-19 seems to be much-needed push to speed things up.
4 May, 2020
The „Work-from-Home“ Revolution
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
20 April, 2020
Low-Carbon Investment and Credit Rationing
Dr. Karol Kempa
Limiting global warming to well below 2°C, as agreed under the Paris Agreement, will require substantial low-carbon investments. Next to typically discussed market frictions, such environmental and knowledge externalities, also market failures on financial markets are potential issues for these investments.
Companies worldwide are having very difficult times right now. Due to the spread of the coronavirus and the associated conditions, they are faced with a huge, existential challenge. During this global crisis there are also areas that can use the events as an opportunity, especially in the area of digitalisation.
6 April, 2020
AI for Business: In good times and in bad
Michelle Neumann
5 May, 2020
Have you felt the sustainable finance-related regulatory attention already?

Menglu Zhuang

Together with Karsten Löffler and Sebastian Rink, we have written a chapter in the new book on sustainable finance Nachhaltige Finanzwirtschaft. In our chapter, we provide a historical look-back on the fast regulatory developments in Europe, inter alia Germany and make several suggestions on how financial institutions could prepare themselves for the upcoming challenges and opportunities. If you have already felt the regulatory attention in your job, it is time to get an overview on the current situation.
25 March, 2020
How the Corona crisis will affect blockchain ecosystems

Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner

The Corona virus crisis is also affecting the crypto market. In this short article, I seek to present some thoughts about the effect of the Corona virus on the blockchain sector — including startups, corporates and Bitcoin.
26 March, 2020
Will we learn from this experience?
Maria Jesus Baez
For some weeks now, many of us have been working from home. Suddenly, our meetings have been replaced by video calls, there is no need to commute and our flights were all cancelled. Highways are empty and streets are almost deserted.
CoVID-19 - is the tourism sector sufficiently prepared for the epidemic scenario? The consideration of an airline.
24 March, 2020
Should pandemic scenarios be included in the risk management tool box?
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmaltz
Risk Management and Sustainability
9 September, 2020
Menglu Zhuang
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
No credit crunch (yet) – but here is why we should be worried
20 July, 2020
Prof. Dr. Sascha Steffen
Regulatory authorities in China will review banks’ green finance performance
12 August, 2020
Menglu Zhuang
New era of Chinese FDI in Germany: Potential tightening of investment screening
6 July, 2020
Kuang Hou
About my new job and global crises
18 June, 2020
Elizabeth Tamayo Tabares
How to make Remote Work work
5 May, 2020
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
The „Work-from-Home“ Revolution
4 May, 2020
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
Have you felt the sustainable finance-related regulatory attention already?
5 May, 2020
Menglu Zhuang
Low-Carbon Investment and Credit Rationing
20 April, 2020
Dr. Karol Kempa
AI for Business: In good times and in bad
6 April, 2020
Michelle Neumann
How the Corona crisis will affect blockchain ecosystems
25 March, 2020
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
Will we learn from this experience?
26 March, 2020
Maria Jesus Baez
Should pandemic scenarios be included in the risk management tool box?
24 March, 2020
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmaltz