The Association of German Banks regularly publishes a report on the state of corporate finance. Our teams from the area of companies and markets also deal with capital market law and regulation as well as financial market policy in the national, European and international context. We also regularly publish new content on corporate and foreign trade finance or SME and funding policy, which you will find bundled on this page.

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Corporate finance



Banks are the beating heart of the German economy

Banks help ensure that capital is available when and where it is needed. They drive investment, innovation and progress. Banks are there for their customers and provide support as they work towards and achieve their financial goals, regardless

The role of the banks in Germany at a glance

All in all, businesses in Germany and the EU have come out of the pandemic better than was initially feared.

Corporate finance:  current situation, outlook and the implications of the new EU banking package

The years 2020 and 2021 have shown that sustainability and climate change are the burning issues of our time and have had an impact on the financial sector for some time now. Sustainable finance, the transformation to a carbon-neutral economy, social development goals – all these topics have become more important in the social discourse and, at the same time, are having an increasing impact on the strategic orientation of private banks.

Sustainable finance report of private banks 2021

Shaping the Banking Union, refocussing on a fair regulatory approach towards the implementation of Basel III in the EU and adapting the treatment of non-performing loans (NPLs) in light of the current economic scenario, : these are the requests the Italian Banking Association (ABI) and the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) put forward in a document which calls on European institutions to adopt significant first and second level regulatory measures to counter the economic effects of Covid-19.

Covid-19: More flexible rules proposed

Economic forecast

The economic outlook by the chief economists of Germany’s private banks is subject to considerable uncertainty this spring.

War in Ukraine will leave significant scars on the German economy

Capital market

Capital markets union

What are securitisations?

A securitisation is a large number of receivables bundled together in one package. These could be car loans, loans to small and medium-sized enterprises or trade receivables from the sale of solar modules, for example. Investors take a close look at the package and then 

3 questions, 3 answers: Securitisations

Looking to the future – optimising the production line for securitisations

In the coming years, European society will face the enormous challenge of rapidly advancing the green and digital transformation of the economy with investments worth billions of euros. The EU Commission estimates that the

Position paper on securitisations

“It is a positive outcome that the European heads of state and government have approved the Eurogroup’s proposal to finally press ahead with capital markets union,” said Heiner Herkenhoff, CEO of the Association of German Banks, about today’s Euro Summit meeting.&nbsp;

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”Capital markets union must have priority in the EU’s next legislative period,” says CEO Heiner Herkenhoff


	Mobilisation of private capital needed
	Capital market in Europe remains underdeveloped
	Increasing the minimum reserve sends out the wrong signal



At this year’s Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Marrakesh, President of the Association of German Banks, Christian Sewing, em

Corporates & Markets

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Sustainable finance report of private banks 2021

Covid-19: More flexible rules proposed

Die Konjunkturprognose des Bankenverbands

War in Ukraine will leave significant scars on the German economy

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3 questions, 3 answers: Securitisations

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