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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 2h

We invite you to the second SAFE Research Data Seminar next week: "Spatial Data Analysis in R" with Ina Krapp

📅15 October 2025
🕑2 to 4 PM CEST
📍Online via Zoom

👉Register here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e... #EconSky #data #analysis

SAFE Data Seminar "Spatial Data Analysis in R" with Ina Krapp on 15 October 2025, 2:00 to 4:00 PM CEST, online via Zoom

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 22h

This study examines how disclosures of #sustainable investment targets under the #EU SFDR affect mutual fund flows & finds there is a trade-off between #sustainability commitments & performance.

Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/SAFE-RE...

#EconSky

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 22h

📉 The SAFE Manager Sentiment Index fell slightly to –0.40 in October, as German executives remain cautious. Managers see the govt's stimulus program as a boost but stay wary of the global outlook, says SAFE Scientific Director @fheider.bsky.social.

👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #EconSky

Photo of and quote by Florian Heider from 8 October 2025: "Companies are carefully weighing the potential positive effects of the federal government's stimulus package, but most remain cautious about the overall global economic environment."

Index value over time, in October it is at -0.4.

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 2d

Join our SAFE Research Data Seminar "Coding Assistants in Rstudio and Visual Studio Code" with Ina Krapp

📅14 October 2025
🕑2 to 4 PM CET
📍Online via Zoom

👉All details and registrations: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e... #EconSky #data #coding

Invitation to the SAFE Data Seminar "Coding Assistants in RStudio and Visual Studio Code" with Ina Krapp on 14 October 2025 from 2 to 4 PM CET, online via Zoom

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 7d

How will AMLA & the EU Single Rulebook reshape Anti-Money Laundering in Europe?

Join us & @eui-fbf-school.bsky.social on 31 October 2025 in Frankfurt for the debate “Anti-Money Laundering at a Crossroads”.

👉 Register here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e... #AML #AMLA #EconSky

Florence School of Banking & Finance @eui-fbf-school.bsky.social · 7d

💶 European #AML #CFT is at a turning point with the new EU Single Rulebook & #AMLA.

📅 29–30 Oct | Frankfurt
Last seats for our AML Academy 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/anti-...

📅 31 Oct | Frankfurt
Conference with @safefrankfurt.bsky.social 👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e...

Don’t miss it!

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 8d

🍁🍂Happy new winter semester!

Currently, it is still calm at the House of Finance, but we are looking forward to welcoming you back, sharing research insights, and engaging in inspiring discussions throughout the semester!

See you around👋 #EconSky #studentlife

House of Finance in the background, Body of Knowledge in the foregorund, sunny weather, blue sky

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 9d

The Regulatory Radar for September is here.

Read about: EU banking regulators publishing key updates on MREL, supervisory reporting, and covered bonds.

👉Read more: safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #EconSky #EU #regulation

Photo of EU flags on the right, topics of the September 2025 radar on the left: 1. European Banking Authority: Finalized draft standards on Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities reporting; 2. European Central Bank: Regulation on reporting supervisory financial information; 3. European Banking Authority: Call for harmonization and broader scope for EU covered bonds.

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 9d

📅Tomorrow:

The 12th SAFE Asset Pricing Workshop at the House of Finance, Frankfurt, co-organized with @bundesbank.de & @dfg.de-Research Unit FOR 5230 Financial Markets and Frictions.

👉You can still register here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e... #EconSky #AssetPricing

Invitation to the 12th SAFE Asset Pricing Workshop, co-organized by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the DFG-Research Unit FOR 5230 "Financial Markets and Frictions" on 30 September 2025, at the House of Finance, Campus Westend, Goethe University Frankfurt

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Wisskomm.de @wisskomm.de · 13d

#Job: @safefrankfurt.bsky.social hat ein Volontariat für #Wisskomm ausgeschrieben. Es geht um das Sammeln praktischer Erfahrungen in der Pressearbeit und im Verfassen und Redigieren von Nachrichten. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 30. September. www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/stellenangeb...

Job: Volontariat
Bewerbungsfrist: 30. September

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 15d

👩‍🎓We are hiring!

Our Research Data Center is seeking to fill the position of a Research Assistant / Doctoral Student (f/m/d), starting from January 2026.

📅Apply until 22 October 2025

👉All details: career.safe-frankfurt.de/jobposting/e... #hiring #docstudent #EconSky #data #docstudent

Photo of Campus Westend in the background, white sheer box with black text in the foreground that reads: "We are hiring - Research Assistant / Doctoral Student (f/m/d) in the Research Data Center - safe-frankfurt.de/jobs".

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 16d

🌍💶 SAFE Finance Blog: Florian Heeb discusses a Sustainable Finance Observatory policy briefing on improving the EU’s SFDR. Four reforms could align products with investor intent and unlock demand for real impact.

👉 safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/...
#sustainablefinance #impact #regulation

Office buildings in a city with greenery on the roofs.

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 17d

Did you miss the 2nd @cepr.org-SAFE Frankfurt Hub Conference? 🇪🇺📊
Debates on Eurobonds as a potential European safe asset and challenges from non-bank finance & digital money shaped the agenda.

👉Find the follow-up report here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/...

#EconSky #SafeAssets #Finance

Discussion panel in the front of the room, students sit in rows in front of the panel and follow the discussion

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 20d

Join us for the 12th SAFE Asset Pricing Workshop:

📅 30 September 2025
📍 House of Finance, Frankfurt

Co-organized with @bundesbank.de & @dfg.de - Research Unit FOR 5230 Financial Markets and Frictions.

👉Register here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e...
#AssetPricing #PhD #FinancialMarkets #EconSky

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 20d

Women face worse conditions in financial advice than men.

@claudenbach.bsky.social explains in @faznet.bsky.social: Women are seen as less financially literate and less price conscious - she attributes the imbalance to learned differences.

👉 Full article (German): www.faz.net/aktuell/fina...

Frauen zahlen mehr: Studie deckt Ungleichbehandlung der Geschlechter in Finanzberatung auf

Ein Experiment zeigt: Frauen und Männer mit quasi identischen Finanzprofilen erhalten von Beratern unterschiedliche Anlageempfehlungen – allein aufgrund ihres Geschlechts. Das sind die Gründe.

www.faz.net

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 21d

🎉Great News - the paper on "OTC Discount" by SAFE Deputy Scientific Director Loriana Pelizzon, Calebe de Roure, Emanuel Moench and Michael Schneider is forthcoming in the journal Management Science and now available online!

👉Find it here: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.... #EconSky #bonds

A screenshot of the online-publication page of "OTC Discount" in Management Science.

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 23d

📝New SAFE Working Paper No. 456 by Nikolai Badenhoop and Christian Mücke.

👉Find "Do Investors Care about Sustainable Investment Targets? An Assessment Using the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation" via papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... #EconSky #lawandfinance #climatefinance

New SAFE Working Paper No. 456 by Nikolai Badenhoop and Christian Mücke:

Do Investors Care about Sustainable Investment Targets? An Assessment Using the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 24d

Fitch has downgraded France's credit rating, leading to fears of another euro crisis.

@fheider.bsky.social urged calm on Friday in @zeit.de: “The ECB has very effective means of calming the markets.” He calls for reforms and for new debt only for investment.

👉(German): www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

Regierungssturz in Frankreich: Droht jetzt die nächste Eurokrise?

Frankreich ist hoch verschuldet und es fehlt eine Regierung, die das ändert. Nun könnte die Kreditwürdigkeit herabgestuft werden. Das hat auch Folgen für Deutschland.

www.zeit.de

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 26d

Panel Session on European Safe Assets at the 2nd SAFE–CEPR Frankfurt Hub Conference yesterday.

Great discussion by Tammo Diemer, Loriana Pelizzon, Jan Krahnen and Richard Portes, chaired by @gcorsetti.bsky.social and following a keynote on Eurobonds by Olivier Blanchard!
#EconSky #CEPR

Panel session with Giancarlo Corsetti, Richard Portes, Tammo Diener, Loriana Pelizzon and Jan Pieter Krahnen, from left to right.

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 27d

The @ecb.europa.eu decided to leave interest rates unchanged today.

SAFE's @fheider.bsky.social comments: "The ECB's role as a reliable actor gains additional importance. It should now project stability and reliability."

👉Find his full statement here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #ECB

Florian Heider on the continued pause in rate cuts: "In view of the political uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Reserve and its upcoming rate decision, the ECB’s role as a reliable actor gains additional importance. It should now project stability and reliability.”

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 28d

👋Welcome to the 2nd SAFE–CEPR Frankfurt Hub Conference!

For two days, we will discuss financial architecture, economic policy & digital finance in times of change.

Co-organized with @cepr.org RPNs on Economic Policy, FinTech & Digital Currencies, and European Financial Architecture. #EconSky

Jan Krahnen opening the 2nd SAFE-CEPR Frankfurt Hub International Conference

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 29d

Last week, Loriana Pelizzon participated in a panel discussion on "The EU financial system amidst new threats" at the ESRB annual conference, hosted by @ecb.europa.eu.

👉Watch the panel here: www.esrb.europa.eu/news/schedul... #ECB #ESRB
Photo credit: (c) 2024 European Central Bank www.ecb.europa.eu

Loriana Pelizzon at the Panel of the ESRB conference. Author: Andrej Hanzekovic/ECB, (c) 2024 European Central Bank

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 29d

📉 SAFE Manager Sentiment Index falls to -0.32 in September.

Tariffs weigh on earnings, clarity from trade agreements helps: "Managers can work with clearer rules, yet the tariffs’ negative impact is undisputable," says Prof. Alexander Hillert.

👉 More: safe-frankfurt.de/news-latest/... #SAFEIndex

Quote by Alexander Hillert, Professor of Data Science and Finance at SAFE: “The strong performance of the first quarter has clearly given way to a weaker picture. Due to the trade agreements, managers can work with clearer rules, yet the tariffs’ negative impact is undisputable.”

The SAFE Manager Sentiment Index is at -0.32 in September.

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · Sep 8

This week, together with three @cepr.org Research Policy Networks, we invite you to the 2nd CEPR-SAFE Frankfurt Hub International Conference.

📅11 - 12 September 2025

📍House of Finance, Campus Westend

👨‍🏫Keynote speaker: Olivier Blanchard

👉Register here: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e... #EconSky

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · Sep 5

📝New SAFE Working Paper No. 456 by Winta Beyene, Mathos D. Delis, Kathrin de Greiff, and Steven Ongena.

👉Find "Bond Versus Banks Financing In The Climate Transition: The Role Of Stranded-Asset Risk" via papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #EconSky #FinancialIntermediation #ClimateFinance

Cover of SAFE WP No. 456 "Bond Versus Banks Financing In The Climate Transition: The Role of Stranded-Asset Risk", by Winta Beyene, Manthos D. Delis, Kathrin de Greiff, and Steven Ongena; from August 2025.

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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · Sep 4

📝New SAFE Working Paper No. 455 "Disasters and Lending Signals: From Borrower Information to Community Characteristics" by Winta Beyene.

👉Available via @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #EconSky #Credit #SocialCapital

Cover of SAFE Working Paper No. 455 "Disasters and Lending Signals: From Borrower Information to Community Characteristics" by Winta Beyene, from August 2025

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