digitization

ETFs are booming, digitalisation is transforming distribution, and margins are shrinking. In an interview with Börsen-Zeitung, DWS CEO Stefan Hoops talks about growth without further cost-cutting, the shift in investor behaviour – and why AI in asset management is still only at the beginning.

UK asset manager L&G aims to ramp up its investments in European digital infrastructure tenfold to 4 billion euros. Managing Director Matteo Colombo explains the strategy to Börsen-Zeitung.

Entrepreneur Harald Christ is calling for economic stability from the new government, and setting out more realistic expectations with regard to the speed at which reforms will take effect. Prior to the election, he was the first to call for the subsequently approved 500 billion euro infrastructure package.

The German Mittelstand is making progress in digitalisation – though a little slowly. Spending on digital projects has been increasing in spite of the difficult economic environment.

German companies are concerned about their heavy dependence on non-European providers of software, cloud services, and AI applications. At the Digital Summit in Frankfurt, the government was urged to support European providers via better regulation, and more business-friendly market conditions.

Melanie Sack, Head of the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany, explains the role of the profession in ESG regulation and digitalisation – and what is changing in day-to-day business.

What's going on here? An Instagram account answers that question, which established local media in Frankfurt are answering less and less frequently. And with that, it now reaches more than 200,000 users.

Germany is failing in every possible way: inadequate market measures, excessive central planning and bureaucracy, escalating social costs, deteriorating infrastructure, rising energy prices, and a diminishing appeal for highly skilled individuals. Yet, Berlin remains committed to the misguided path.