Bank intermediated finance has been cited frequently as the preferred means for channeling funds from savers to firms. Germany is the prototypical economy where universal banks allegedly exert substantial influence over firms. Despite frequent assertions about the considerable power of German...

The current phase of low interest rates poses major challenges for banks. A continuous decline in the interest result, which is so important for the profitability of banks, has been observed for years, as it is becoming in-creasingly difficult for banks to generate sufficient income from the...

German Abstract: Der Forschungsbericht analysiert die Anwendbarkeit nachhaltiger Geldanlagestrategien für das Eigengeschäft (Depot A) deutscher Sparkassen und Landesbanken. Mittels einer Panelanalyse werden zuerst Jahresabschlussdaten dieser Bankengruppe für die Jahre 2013 bis 2015...