
	Konsum und Investitionen bleiben hinter Erwartungen zurück
	Leichte Belebung erst im kommenden Jahr
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Die Chefvolkswirte der privaten Banken haben ihre Einschätzung zur konjunkturellen Entwicklung in Deutschland angepasst. Nachdem sie im Frühjahr

Konjunkturprognose: Wirtschaftsbelebung verschiebt sich auf 2025

Innovative business ideas, new products or exciting projects require seed money. Crowdfunding or investing is one of many options for acquiring seed money and getting your project on the market. But what is crowdfunding? And what is the difference between crowdfunding and crowdinvesting? What are th

Crowdfunding: what to consider

Alongside climate change, conserving biological diversity is one of the key challenges of our time. Most recently this was highlighted in the Global Risks Report 2023 from the World Economic Forum (WEF), which categorised biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as severe global risks over the next 

 The role of banks in conserving biodiversity –  a key issues paper 

As the key element of the European sustainable finance strategy, the EU taxonomy is the world’s most detailed and comprehensive framework for classifying sustainable economic activities.&nbsp;The regulation, which came into force in 2020, aims to promote the consideration of ESG criteria in the fina

The EU taxonomy for sustainable investments –  an update to our guidance 

For us at the Association of German Banks, one thing is clear: more climate protection, more sustainability can only be achieved with the banks. We already know that additional investment of at least 350 billion euros a year is needed to reshape the economy for a sustainable future. Particularly in 

First in a series of videos on “Sustainability and Banks”

Transatlantic relations have had their ups and downs in recent years. But the inauguration of the new US administration has raised hopes of better cooperation in the future. US President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken have repeatedly underlined the importance of transatlantic re

Transatlantic Business Initiative – fresh impetus for better cooperation

Through the TBI, German business seeks to inject new momentum into transatlantic relations, building on  trade and economic policy support from Berlin and Brussels.

Business Associations Establish Transatlantic Business Initiative (TBI)

The Association of German Banks has warmly welcomed the capital markets union project from the outset. This paper sets out our comments on most of the measures announced in the action plan.

Comments on the new capital markets union action plan

This position paper shines a light on the role of private banks in sustainable finance and, more specifically, in climate protection. It aims to show where the industry currently stands, what major challenges it faces and what private banks are planning for the future.

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