One of the goals of the Paris climate agreement of December 2015 is to make "finance flows consistent with [...] climate-resilient development". But how can the financial markets make a comprehensive contribution to achieving climate targets? Until now, the traditional “magic triangle” of financial investment has consisted only of return, risk, and liquidity.

Der Rat der Europäischen Zentralbank beschloss am 6. Dezember, das Echtzeit-Bruttozahlungssystem TARGET2 und die Wertpapierabwicklungsplattform TARGET2-Securities (T2S) des Eurosystems zu konsolidieren sowie ein Sicherheiten­managementsystem für das Eurosystem zu entwickeln.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, advocated strengthening inclusive growth. Leaving everything to the markets has failed, he said in a lecture held at the invitation of the Bundesbank at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.