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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.
3 December, 2020
Raising awareness of green technologies amidst COVID-19
Sheryl Loh
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.
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.
15 September, 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Financial Inclusion
Ricardo A. Estrada Villalta
20 August, 2020
An advanced user’s guide to cookie consent managers
Maj-Kristin Schmerl
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.
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.
12 August, 2020
Regulatory authorities in China will review banks’ green finance performance
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
9 September, 2020
Risk Management and Sustainability

Menglu Neupert-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.
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. 
6 July, 2020
New era of Chinese FDI in Germany: Potential tightening of investment screening
Kuang Hou
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.
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.
5 May, 2020
How to make Remote Work work
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
4 May, 2020
The „Work-from-Home“ Revolution
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
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.
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.
20 April, 2020
Low-Carbon Investment and Credit Rationing
Dr. Karol Kempa
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
Have you felt the sustainable finance-related regulatory attention already?

Menglu Neupert-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.
6 April, 2020
AI for Business: In good times and in bad
Michelle Neumann
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.
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.
26 March, 2020
Will we learn from this experience?
Maria Jesus Baez
Resilient Recovery: World Bank President David Malpass at FS
8 October, 2020
Leona Arold
Raising awareness of green technologies amidst COVID-19
3 December, 2020
Sheryl Loh
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Financial Inclusion
15 September, 2020
Ricardo A. Estrada Villalta
Risk Management and Sustainability
9 September, 2020
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
An advanced user’s guide to cookie consent managers
20 August, 2020
Maj-Kristin Schmerl
Regulatory authorities in China will review banks’ green finance performance
12 August, 2020
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
No credit crunch (yet) – but here is why we should be worried
20 July, 2020
Prof. Dr. Sascha Steffen
New era of Chinese FDI in Germany: Potential tightening of investment screening
6 July, 2020
Kuang Hou
How to make Remote Work work
5 May, 2020
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
About my new job and global crises
18 June, 2020
Elizabeth Tamayo Tabares
The „Work-from-Home“ Revolution
4 May, 2020
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
Low-Carbon Investment and Credit Rationing
20 April, 2020
Dr. Karol Kempa
Have you felt the sustainable finance-related regulatory attention already?
5 May, 2020
Menglu Neupert-Zhuang
AI for Business: In good times and in bad
6 April, 2020
Michelle Neumann
Will we learn from this experience?
26 March, 2020
Maria Jesus Baez