When someone had said ten years ago, let’s say, that the savings banks would start trading in digital currencies, there would have been only two reactions: questioning looks because hardly anyone knew what digital currencies actually were at the time, and shaking their heads because they did was so far beyond the imaginable that it … Read more
Wind turbine Companies that use electricity from renewable energy sources receive plus points when they choose. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt First comes the success, then the sustainability: According to this concept, the Handelsblatt examined more than 900 funds that do not have an explicit sustainability label in their names. Sobering result from a pure investment perspective: … Read more
Wind turbines near Lichtenau Young people in particular want to invest their money ecologically. (Photo: imago images / Olaf Döring) Frankfurt The supply of investment funds that are managed according to sustainability criteria is increasing. This is not only ensured by increasing requirements for the financial sector to label their products according to environmental goals, … Read more
Getsafe founder Christian Wiens The Heidelberg start-up has received the green light for its property insurer. (Photo: Press photo) Frankfurt The digital insurer Getsafe has received approval for property and casualty insurance from the financial supervisory authority Bafin. This is the first property insurer in Germany since the Bafin tightened the requirements for new registrations … Read more
How do bank customers notice whether they are affected by the latest BGH ruling? The Federal Court of Justice ruled that certain clauses with which the Sparkasse Leipzig adjusted the interest on premium savings contracts were not permitted (file number XI ZR 234/20). How exactly the interest should have turned out is now to be … Read more
Denver, Frankfurt The DWS is apparently starting a new examination of the greenwashing allegations that whistleblower Desiree Fixler had made public in August. However, the test should also go beyond Fixler’s allegations, reported the Bloomberg news agency on Tuesday. The fund provider, which is 80 percent owned by Deutsche Bank, has hired the renowned US … Read more