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The specialists among automotive suppliers have a clear advantage compared to traditional companies. This conclusion is drawn from a recent study by Roland Berger and Lazard.

She studied law and climbed her way up to become a billionaire in the private equity sector, boasting 330 million Instagram followers. Now, Kim Kardashian's underwear company, Skims, is set to go public.

Successful entrepreneurs are often portrayed in public as tax dodgers. The public television channel ZDF, of all places, promotes such prejudices.

The oil price is currently determined on the futures markets, which are strongly orientated towards the US Federal Reserve. However, this is unlikely to remain the case for long.

Despite disappointing market debuts in recent months, Lynn Martin expects IPO activity to pick up in the new year. As NYSE Group's President points out, the world's largest stock exchanges has a highly valuable IPO backlog. Additionally, Martin wants to welcome more German companies.

Following a 12% decline in the current year, the chemical sector projects an additional 3% reduction in revenue for 2024, as indicated by the Association of the Chemical Industry (VCI). The association reports a bleak sentiment within the industry.

State elections in Bavaria and Hesse, a new German political party, a German AI startup gets a huge financial injection and Wolfgang Schäuble, influential German politician and former finance minister, dies at age 81.

The last three nuclear power plants in Germany are shut down, Thyssenkrupp replaces CEO Martina Merz, UBS acquires Credit Suisse and former tax lawyer Hanno Berger is sentenced to eight years and three months in prison for his involvement in fraudulent cum-ex transactions.

A wave of layoffs in the US tech sector, a new CEO for Bayer announced, a solar car start-up files for insolvency, SAP sells Qualtrics and Commerzbank makes its return to the Dax40.

Even though many people in Germany are unable to answer simple money related questions, the country leads in international comparison, according to a new OECD study.

The backlog that has formed in initial public offerings is expected to be partially resolved in 2024. EY anticipates up to a dozen debuts in Germany alone. However, several European companies are expected to migrate their listings to the US.

Politicians are dependent on the help of the industry in order to fulfil the promises made at the World Climate Conference in Dubai. Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch is one member of this group of sought-after managers.

Certain concerns from the Mittelstand about the EU Supply Chain Law are indeed justified. Nonetheless, some blanket criticism from the business sector crosses the line into populism.

The Ifo Institute, the DIW Berlin and the IWH are cutting their growth forecasts for the German economy. Uncertainty is delaying the recovery, they say.

An eventful and difficult year lies behind the ECB – and a no less exciting year lies ahead. Market participants are speculating about the timing of the first interest rate cut. In this interview, ECB Governing Council member Klaas Knot analyses the situation – and looks ahead to 2024.

Neither investors nor consumers buy the ECB's forecasts. This puts the central bank in trouble.

The Frankfurt Techquartier organized an incubator program for ESG startups over several weeks. The conclusion was an elevator pitch by these young companies. Their common focus: creating value for shareholders while contributing to environmental and climate goals.

The budget agreement was far from a show of effectiveness of the governing coalition.

The availability of electric cars with purely battery-powered engines remains limited in the smallest size categories. But some manufacturers are now targeting the segment with prices below 25,000 euros.

The banking industry saw a rise in equity return for the third consecutive year in 2022, reaching 3.8%, exceeding the levels observed since the global financial crisis in 2008. This is an insight of a banking study conducted by the consulting firm Bain.

Angel Monzon, Chief of the EBA Risk Analysis Department, believes that Europe's banks are resilient. Yet, in the interview with Börsen-Zeitung, he also shares words of caution.

The Economic Council of the CDU advocates for a market-oriented change in policy on its 60th anniversary.