Wall Street closes in the black – the first drop in sales causes the shares of the Facebook parent company to slip

The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street Wall Street got off to a stable start to a packed week. Investors are eagerly awaiting various quarterly figures from American companies and the Fed’s interest rate decision. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Frankfurt, New York Despite disappointing economic data and weak corporate balance sheets, … Read more

Which builders will benefit from interest rate advantages in the future

residential house New buildings or completely renovated properties offer better protection against inflation than old buildings. – (Photo: imago images/blickwinkel) – – – – Frankfurt It should be a tour de force – in favor of climate protection. With new sustainability criteria for real estate, the Federal Government and the European Union (EU) want to … Read more

Agreement in the collective bargaining dispute between public banks

– Frankfurt banking skyline The Verdi union has agreed on a new collective agreement with state and development banks and some savings banks. There is more money and agreements to work from home. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The employees of state and development banks as well as several savings banks in … Read more

The top banks in corporate banking in 2021

Corona, lockdown, bottlenecks in supply chains: the past few months have definitely been a stress test for banking relationships. But the worst-case scenario of a widespread credit crunch did not materialize. That shows the current one Banken-Survey, for the FINANCE and FAZ Business Media | research surveyed CFOs, finance managers and treasurers from medium-sized companies … Read more

Blockchain in the financial world: something’s going again

This shows that the blockchain can create added value in many areas. However, industrial companies also have to be ready to get involved with the technology. This applies to the finance department as well as to the strategy teams – after all, pay per use also entails completely new business models for companies. But those … Read more

What makes bonds interesting for large medium-sized companies

Frankfurt The preparations at Mahle are in full swing. The auto supplier is expected to tap into the bond market in May. A volume of around 500 million euros is planned, maybe it will even be a little more. A term of around five to eight years is targeted. For Mahle CFO Michael Frick, the … Read more

Banks in Germany: The lead of foreign banks is melting

– Rain clouds over the Frankfurt financial district The lending business has been booming since the outbreak of the corona crisis. Recently, non-German institutes have benefited less from this than in the first half of the year. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The foreign banks in Germany have been on the advance … Read more

Wirecard: Fateful days for Wirecard

The new CEO James Freis and Supervisory Board Chairman Thomas Eichelmann had been negotiating with the approximately 15 creditor banks since the penultimate Friday. Under the leadership of Commerzbank, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and the two major Dutch banks ABN Amro and ING, they granted Wirecard a credit line of EUR 1.75 billion about two years ago. … Read more

Wirecard is fighting for its future

BDO in Manila The search of the 1.9 billion euros of Wirecard was at the Bank in the Philippines in vain. – (Photo: Bloomberg) – – – – Frankfurt/Munich That Wirecard is currently one of the largest financial scandals in the German economy plays in history, shows visitors to the group’s headquarters on Monday only … Read more

The setbacks come now to the stock markets?

Frankfurt What is the meaning of volatility in the stock markets, get investors this year to feel so right. Four and a half percent, the Dax lost last Thursday, when U.S. benchmark index, the S&P 500, it was 5.9 percent. If the 2019 would have happened, had listed on the stock exchanges, the biggest one-day … Read more