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The crisis at the agricultural trading conglomerate Baywa has intensified. The share price has halved compared to six months ago.

The agricultural trade group Baywa is groaning under a mountain of debt totalling over 11 billion euros. Consultants from Roland Berger are trying to help to avert the company's bankruptcy.

Markus Vitt, CEO of Donner & Reuschel, will be stepping down in September. He intends to remain associated with the bank as a consultant.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan, is not participating in the optimistic talk about the US banking sector. As he points out, many banks need to scrutinise their practices in the retail banking segment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help central banks with forecasting. However, the technology also harbours risks for financial stability and monetary policy.

With investments in startups and collaborations, Bosch aims to gain an innovation edge. Currently, they are involved in over 70 investments and numerous collaborative projects with young companies.

It took a while. But a little more than 30 years after the bankruptcy of the metal company and his hasty departure from Frankfurt, the former MG CEO Heinz Schimmelbusch – nicknamed Schibu – has rebuilt the old industrial group.

95% of IT security incidents in banks are attributed to IT errors and human error, according to BaFin. Nevertheless, the threat from cyberattacks continues to be high.

European governments prefer to award defence contracts to local AI companies. This plays into Helsing's hands in competition with US rivals such as Anduril, Shield AI and Palantir.

MSC's investment in logistics company HHLA is intended to give Germany's largest seaport more stability. Hamburg's Senator for Economic Affairs Melanie Leonhard defends the transaction against criticism in an interview with the Börsen-Zeitung.

Banks have successfully digested the rapid rise in interest rates since 2022, says Tobias Adrian, Head of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund. Nevertheless, there are still some risks to financial stability, he explains in an interview with Börsen-Zeitung.

More than 60 market participants have registered for the second round of ECB tests to trial DLT infrastructure for the settlement of securities in digital central bank money.

Experts often complain about declining productivity in the German economy. But food and beverage production line and packaging technology provider Krones, headed by CEO Christoph Klenk, continues on its global growth path.

The driving force behind European unification, the Franco-German tandem, is losing strength. Finding compromises in Brussels will be a different, more complex, and slower process.

In recent years investment firm MBB has spent heavily on share buybacks in its own subsidiaries. But as the persistently high multiples in the M&A market fall, it is once again focused on new takeovers.

Private equity firm Cinven is investing in the pet supplies retailer Fressnapf. This is the first time that 58-year-old founder Torsten Toeller has sold shares in the billion-euro company.

In the autumn, the German government wants to introduce a Power Plant Security Act, and the cornerstone for a capacity market. This is intended to safeguard the energy transition, and the expansion of renewables.

Alice Rettig will soon take over the leadership at the Frankfurt TechQuartier. During her time at the tech hub she has already been involved in establishing programmes for late-stage startups.

For Moritz Körner, the FDP leader in the EU Parliament, strengthening the capital markets is "the lever we need". He advocates a revitalisation of the securitisation market as a first step.

Deutsche Bank has regained first place in Dealogic's German Investment Banking League Tables. However, the US banks are still ahead globally.

Providers of ESG products are running into headwinds, as there is not only pushback from investors, but also political pressures, notably in the United States.

The Audi factory in Brussels is suffering from a decline in orders and high production costs. Parent company Volkswagen might decide to close the plant.