Nuclear vs. Financial Market Meltdowns
How effective is government regulation in reducing high-consequence accidents?
Event report โNext banking: Who will operate the banking business of tomorrow?โ
Panel discussion in the heart of Berlin about the banking business of the future.
Dรฉjร -vu: Negative Interest Rates
As of today, the ECB is entering unchartered territory after having lowered the overnight deposit rate to -0.1%. This is what it means for relative value / arbitrage opportunities.
Killing banks softly – Deflation is coming!
One of my favorite charts is showing the decoupling of the long-term risk-free interest rate in the U.S. versus the one in Europe (Graph 1). Until about half a year ago, rates moved in lockstep โ then suddenly, U.S. rates pushed higher, while German Bond yields remained low. What happened was that the US dodged the bullet of deflation after the Fedโs massive quantitative easing program finally having gained traction. U.S. employment is picking up again and economic growth is moving higher. However, Europe, for the better part, remains plagued by mass-unemployment and low growth, with the economy on the brink of deflation.
Finance 2.0 โ the conference on next-generation financial service providers
On May 21, 2014, the Finance 2.0 conference held in Zurich was again attended by bankers as well as Swiss and German FinTechs to discuss current developments in the digitalization of financial services. Here are the most important trends and discussions of the day.
re:publica 2014 โ annual meeting of the digital community
The NSA surveillance affair as well as changes in a digital society are the topics dominating Europe’s net conference.
Efma Distribution Summit 2014 in Amsterdam
At the efma-distribution-summit, 80 banks and companies present current initiatives for the further development of sales models
Bitcoin โ A new currency in the crisis
Every day relevant news and in-depth analyses about current banking topics by our zeb experts.
A fire sale of epic proportions
A sell-off of European non-performing loans is taking place in front of our eyes.
Commentary: Promiscuity in banking and the effect of subsidized checking accounts
at least 11 banks in Germany offer their customers money for switching their checking account.
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