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After passing new stress tests, Goldman and J.P. Morgan are increasing dividends and share buybacks. European banks can only dream of the amounts involved.

Daniel Holz recently joined Databricks as Vice President, Central Europe. He explains the company's expansion strategy in an interview with Börsen-Zeitung.

Participants at a Finanzplatztag panel discussion agreed that Germans need to invest more in equities – including via their pension plans.

Germany's commercial banks have called on the government to introduce extensive reforms to get the economy moving again. And they are pressing for a postponement to the introduction of Basel III.

The shortening of the settlement cycle for securities transactions in the US poses enormous challenges for Europe's asset managers. S&P Global and the CME Group now want to capitalise on this opportunity with their joint venture Osttra.