Welche Rolle spielen Zentralbanken bei der Bekämpfung des Klimawandels? Diese Frage stand im Mittelpunkt einer zweitägigen wissenschaftlichen Konferenz bei der Bundesbank in Berlin zu der das Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System und der Council on Economic Policies eingeladen haben.

From a legal perspective, the DCAs in TARGET2-Securities belong to TARGET2. The TARGET2 Guideline thus also regulates the “Harmonised conditions for the opening and operation of a dedicated cash account in TARGET2”. Here, too, the ECB wanted to standardise the legal requirements as far as possible. The “Terms and conditions for a DCA” are a literal copy of the harmonised conditions. Beside the necessary editorial changes, solely a minimal amount of provisions which were not relevant to TARGET2-Bundesbank were deleted.

From a legal perspective, TARGET2 consists of a number of TARGET2 component systems. Based on the Eurosystem’s approach, and in an attempt to standardise the legal requirements for participation as far as possible, the “Terms and conditions for a PM account” are, however, a literal copy of the “Harmonised conditions for the opening and operation of a PM account in TARGET2”, which were adopted within the framework of the TARGET2 Guideline. The Bundesbank simply made the necessary editorial changes (such as inserting the terms “Bundesbank” and “TARGET2-Bundesbank”, for example) and deleted a minimal amount of provisions which were not relevant to TARGET2-Bundesbank.

The following “Special terms and conditions” contain the legal requirements for internet-based participation in TARGET2-Bundesbank. Due to the Eurosystem’s attempt to standardise the legal requirements for participation in TARGET2 as far as possible (see section above), this document was prepared on the basis of the “Supplemental and modified harmonised conditions for the opening and operation of a PM account in TARGET2 using internet-based access”, which were adopted within the framework of the TARGET2 Guideline. Beside the necessary editorial changes, solely a minimal amount of provisions which were not relevant to TARGET2-Bundesbank were deleted.

Der Konsolidierung im deutschen Bankensektor hat sich 2017 fortgesetzt. Die Gesamtzahl der Kreditinstitute in Deutschland verringerte sich im um 65 auf 1.823 Institute.

Der Monatsbericht Oktober 2018 kommentiert die Entwicklung der Länderfinanzen, die Umsetzung der Schuldenbremse und die künftige Haushaltsüberwachung. Zudem werden die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Unsicherheit ebenso analysiert wie die Aktivitäten multinationaler Unternehmen vor dem Hintergrund nationaler Wirtschaftsstatistiken; und es ist ein Beitrag zu dem Thema der wachsenden Bedeutung von Exchange-Traded Funds an den Finanzmärkten enthalten.