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Germany hopes to fund SMEs through securitisation
SME securitisation is back on the agenda, with the release last month of new standards by the Association of German Banks. But questions remain over whether securitisation is a viable funding solution...
Energy Risk’s series on European power markets focuses this month on Germany, Europe’s biggest power market and one of the best examples of market transparency. Rachel Morison looks at what can be...
Luxembourg Financial Group (LFG) has hired Christina Maegerlein as managing director for its German marketing team. Maegerlein joins from Nomura and has previously worked at Lehman Brothers. This hire...
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Market participants are worried they could be holding fraudulent European Union carbon allowances (EUA), after computer hackers launched an alleged phishing attack on the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt).
BarCap launches Bmarkets platform in Germany
Barclays Capital has rolled out its Bmarkets trading platform in Germany, aiming to provide private investors with a ‘Wal-Mart’ of products that will suit any investment need and cut issuance costs by 99%, says Uwe Becker, Frankfurt-based co-head...
Maintaining interest
Axa IM has found its own ways to reduce counterparty risk and overcome the problems caused by low interest rates. It is now confident there will be a return to structured products. Clare Dickinson reports
Positive results for Nordic-German market coupling
The relaunched Nordic-German market coupling initiative has seen robust results for December 2009 and the early part of 2010, according to the latest figures released by the European Market Coupling Company (EMCC). The total traded volume on the two...
ABS writedowns plague German banks
The failures of securitised products are largely in the past, but German banks still face massive writedowns on their loan portfolios next year, according to the Bundesbank’s latest financial stability review, published in November. The review predicted...
EEX wins primary auction contract for German EUAs
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will run the primary auction for European emission allowances (EUAs) in Germany on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment starting in January 2010.
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