Month: April 2026
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Capital Markets in Transition: How Structural Change, Digital Innovation, and Pension Reform Are Redefining Credit Ratings
The “Capital Markets Day 26” at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management provides a comprehensive and highly structured view of a capital market ecosystem undergoing profound transformation. Across macroeconomic analysis, pension reform, market infrastructure, and digital innovation, a clear narrative emerges: capital markets are no longer primarily shaped by efficiency and globalization, but increasingly…
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How AI Governance Strengthens Credit Ratings: The Mercedes-Benz Approach to Responsible Innovation
The discussion on responsible AI at the conference hosted by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management highlighted an increasingly relevant question for capital markets: how AI governance frameworks influence the creditworthiness of large corporates. Using the example of the Mercedes-Benz Group AG, insights shared by Patrick Kappler-Henne illustrated how a structured and operationalized approach…
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Balancing Innovation and Sovereignty: AI, Cloud Strategy, and the Future of Financial Sector Ratings
The conference “Finanzdienstleister der nächsten Generation,” hosted by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, once again brought together senior leaders from banking, regulation, technology, and academia to explore how digital transformation is reshaping the financial sector. This year’s agenda focused strongly on the interplay between generative AI, cloud infrastructures, and governance frameworks, reflecting a…
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Drone Defense as a New Corporate Risk Factor
The rapid proliferation of drone technology is reshaping the security landscape for private companies, raising the question of whether counter-drone capabilities will evolve from a technical safeguard into a material factor in corporate risk assessment and credit ratings. As drones become increasingly affordable and technologically advanced, their potential use in asymmetric attacks against private infrastructure…
