Standard Life: What will financial advice in Germany look like in 2025?

Regulation, commission caps, digitalization – the topics discussed by seven top-class representatives from politics, consumer protection, and financial associations at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, at the invitation of...

Standard Life: Europe in challenging times – panel discussion in the British Embassy in Berlin

Which effect do the political and economic centrifugal forces of Europe have on pensions in Germany? It seems to be a platitude that Europe is going through challenging times –...

Universal-Investment upgrade! (02/2017): MiFID II and investment tax reform

MiFID II and the investment tax reform – there are two mammoth regulations waiting for the German funds industry at the beginning of 2018. The cover story of the latest issue...

Universal-Investment upgrade! (01/2017): Digitisation and AI

Digitisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are changing the financial industry fundamentally. The funds sector feels the growing impact of mobile communication, social networks and neural pattern recognition in its daily routine...

Universal-Investment upgrade 01/2016: What makes real assets so attractive?

Investments in so-called „Real Assets“, are highly in favour among investors, politics and the Regulators alike. The main reason for that is that this specific form of investments – e.g. in...

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