Germany

Seeking simplicity

Almost a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, German retail investors are again becoming comfortable with products from US investment banks. This means that domestic players will need to fight hard to retain their increased market share as the…

Sharing the pain

The financial crisis has exposed serious flaws in risk management and business practices at many institutions across the world, and provided sizeable challenges for supervisors trying to extinguish the fires. Sabine Lautenschlager-Peiter, head of banking…

A simple plan

Changes to capital gains tax and the spectre of counterparty risk have done no favours for the German structured products market in the latter half of 2008. But with a level tax landscape due in 2009 and a move towards simple structures, Berenberg Bank…

The niche hunter

Retail investors in Germany have acquired a taste for sophisticated structured products amid a highly developed and long-established domestic market. But with so many alternative asset classes yet to be tapped, MPC Capital sees unique investment…

Raising the standard

The German insurance industry is actively pushing forward the discussion on the standard model within the scope of Solvency II

Filling the ratings void

Unlike bond investors, structured products investors lack the benefit of industry-standard risk ratings. But with investors, IFAs and distributors all demanding change, Germany's investment banking industry, analytic firms and ratings agencies across…

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