German banks News

Insurers Provide Cover for German Banks Stashing Billions of Euros

Europe’s top insurers are selling protection to German banks that hoard billions of euros of cash in vaults to avoid paying a penalty by parking it at the European Central Bank, company executives told Reuters. The sums are so big …

Europe’s Banks Increased Infrastructure Investments Erodes Insurers’ Returns

The return of banks into the European infrastructure market is denting insurers’ ability to enhance their investment returns by funding the roads, bridges and wind farms of tomorrow. European politicians have encouraged insurers to channel more of their €10 trillion …