(IN BRIEF) KfW has successfully completed a live-market stress test on its third blockchain bond, changing both the registrar and underlying blockchain during the bond’s term for the first time in Germany. DekaBank replaced Cashlink as registrar, while the bond … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Investment, Technology
Tagged Appia Contact Group, Blockchain Bond, blockchain migration, bond settlement, capital markets, Cashlink, central bank money, common standards, crypto securities registrar, crypto security, December 7 2027 maturity, DekaBank, digital asset settlement, digital bond, digital capital markets, digital market infrastructure, digital sovereignty, digital tokens, distributed ledger technology, DLT, DZ BANK, ECB, European Central Bank, Eurosystem, eWpG, German Electronic Securities Act, interoperability, June 9 2026, KfW, KfW Demonstrates Digital Bond Portability as DekaBank Replaces Cashlink as Registrar, KfW Highlights Need for DLT Interoperability After Successful Blockchain Bond Migration, KfW Moves Third Crypto Bond from Polygon to SWIAT in Live Infrastructure Stress Test, Marta Lambert Vinos, Polygon, Pontes, Raphael Neuberger, registrar change, Regulated Layer One, RL1, scalable infrastructure, securities register, SWIAT, technical standards, third blockchain bond, Thorben Lüthge, Tim Armbruster, token migration, €100 million bond
(IN BRIEF) The International High-Rise Award 2026/27 has selected five finalists from an initial field of 30 nominated projects across 12 countries, bringing together high-rise developments from Belgium, Brazil, China, Australia and Singapore ahead of the winner announcement in Frankfurt … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Business, Construction, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Real Estate
Tagged 51N4E, 88 Walker, adaptive reuse, AGE 360, Andrea Jürges, Architects Office, architecture awards, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, Birgit Dietl-Benzin, BOLLINGER+GROHMANN, Brian Yang, Brussels, building technology, City of Frankfurt am Main, cost-effectiveness, Curitiba, dam, DekaBank, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Dr. Ina Hartwig, Elisabeth Endres, Fitzpatrick + Partners, Five Global High-Rise Projects Reach Final Stage of International High-Rise Award Ahead of Frankfurt Ceremony, Florian Beck, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, heritage integration, high-rise architecture, high-rise sustainability, IHA, International High-Rise Award, International High-Rise Award 2026/27, International High-Rise Award 2026/27 Names Five Finalists From Four Continents Ahead of November Ceremony in Frankfurt, Jaspers-Eyers Architects, Johannes Hermanns, Klaas De Rycke, l'AUC, Martha Thorne, Mike Josef, mixed use development, Multiply Architects, November 3 2026, One Pearl Bank, Paulskirche, Peter Cachola Schmal, residential towers, Serie Architects, Shirley Surya, Singapore, skyscrapers, sustainable architecture, Sydney, Tencent Tower, Thomas Demand, Triptyque, urban density, urban design, urban development, vertical cities, ZIN
(IN BRIEF) Deka Immobilien has acquired the VDH Cooling logistics property in the Dutch Fresh Port near Rotterdam for the Deka-ImmobilienGlobal open-ended real estate fund. The seller is a special-purpose vehicle created by the joint venture between Melcombe Partners and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Investment, Netherlands, Real Estate
Tagged battery storage, box-in-box cooling systems, BREEAM Excellent, cold chain logistics, cold-storage logistics, Deka Group, Deka Immobilien, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH, Deka Immobilien Purchases Fully Let VDH Cooling Logistics Facility in Strategic Rotterdam Catchment Area, Deka Immobilien Strengthens ESG-Focused Logistics Exposure With Dutch Fresh Port Cold-Storage Acquisition, Deka-ImmobilienGlobal, Deka-ImmobilienGlobal Adds Prime Netherlands Cold-Chain Logistics Asset Near Port of Rotterdam, DekaBank, Dutch Fresh Port, ESG Standards, Food logistics, Frankfurt, freight forwarding, GIC, inland port terminals, logistics assets, logistics property, Melcombe Partners, motorway network, Netherlands, open-ended real estate fund, photovoltaic installation, port of Rotterdam, portfolio diversification, rail network, real estate asset management, Rotterdam, Singapore sovereign wealth fund, temperature-controlled logistics, VDH Cooling, VDH Forwarding & Warehousing B.V., WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH
(IN BRIEF) Deka Immobilien has sold the Business Center Muthgasse office building in Vienna, which was part of the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa. The buyer is a company indirectly owned by Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG and Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien, while the … Read the full press release
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Tagged Austria, Austrian real estate market, Business Center Muthgasse, commercial real estate, Deka Group, Deka Immobilien, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH, Deka Immobilien Sells Business Center Muthgasse Office Property in Vienna, Deka-ImmobilienEuropa, Deka-ImmobilienEuropa Optimises Portfolio with Sale of Business Center Muthgasse in Vienna, DekaBank, Döbling, Frankfurt, Germany, institutional investors, lettable space, office building, open-ended real estate fund, Parking Spaces, portfolio optimisation, Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien, Raiffeisen-Linked Buyer Acquires Business Center Muthgasse from Deka Immobilien in Vienna, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, real estate asset management, real estate transaction, Securities Services, Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, Vienna, Vienna office market, WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH
(IN BRIEF) Deka Immobilien has secured Corendon Hotels & Resorts as the new operator for the five-star W Amsterdam hotel through a long-term lease agreement. Located in central Amsterdam near the Royal Palace and Dam Square, the hotel features 238 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Real Estate
Tagged Amsterdam, Corendon Hotels and Resorts, Dam Square, Deka Immobilien, Deka Immobilien Signs Corendon as New Operator for 5-Star W Hotel in Central Amsterdam, Deka Immobilien Strengthens Hospitality Portfolio With Long-Term Lease Agreement for W Amsterdam Hotel, DekaBank, European real estate, hospitality sector, hotel management, lease agreement, luxury hotel, Marriott International, real estate investment, Royal Palace Amsterdam, W Amsterdam, W Hotels
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has joined a consortium of twelve major European banks to create Qivalis, a joint venture based in Amsterdam that aims to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. The initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alicia Pertusa, Amsterdam, Banca Sella, BBVA, BBVA Joins European Banking Consortium Qivalis to Launch a Regulated Euro-Pegged Stablecoin, BIS Agorá, blockchain payments, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, cross-border payments, Danske Bank, DekaBank, digital assets, DZ BANK, Electronic Money Institution, euro stablecoin, ING, Jan-Oliver Sell, KBC, MiCA, Qivalis, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, SWIFT, tokenized assets, UNICREDIT
(IN BRIEF) BNP Paribas has become the tenth member of a European banking consortium developing a MiCAR-compliant euro-backed stablecoin through a newly created Netherlands-based entity, Qivalis. The initiative aims to strengthen Europe’s digital payment capabilities, provide a secure on-chain alternative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Banca Sella, blockchain payments, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, digital assets, digital payments, digital transaction ecosystems, Dutch Central Bank, electronic money license, EU financial innovation, euro stablecoin, Europe strategic autonomy, European banks, European Banks Strengthen Digital Payments Strategy with BNP Paribas Joining Euro Stablecoin Development Effort, ING, KBC, MiCAR, programmable payments, Qivalis, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, stablecoin launch 2026, UNICREDIT
(IN BRIEF) Vonovia SE will propose Michael Rüdiger and Dr Marcus Schenck for election to its Supervisory Board at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, replacing Dr Ute Geipel-Faber and Hildegard Müller. Both nominees bring decades of leadership in the financial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Real Estate
Tagged AGM 2025, appointment, BlackRock Asset Management, board nominations, Clara C. Streit, corporate governance, DekaBank, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Börse, Dr. Marcus Schenck, E.ON, Evonik, German real estate, Lazard, leadership, Leadership changes, Michael Rüdiger, Perella Weinberg, Supervisory Board, Uniper, Vonovia SE
Digital post-trade platform D7 enables end-to-end digital securities processing Over 80 per cent of German securities eligible to be digitised through centralised digital register by mid-2022, enabling same-day-issuance and paperless, automated straight-through processing Launch partners include leading financial institutions and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged asset servicing, BNP Paribas, Christoph Böhm, Citi, Clearstream Banking AG, cloud-backed, custody, D7, D7 platform, DekaBank, dematerialised securities, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Börse, digital asset, digital post-trade platform, digital securities, digitisation, DLT-ready, dwpbank, DZ BANK, FundsDLT, German digital securities, German ISINs, German securities, Goldman Sachs, HQLAx, issuance, Microsoft, Payment, R3, Raiffeisen Bank International, settlement, Stephan Leithner, VMware, Vontobel
FRANKFURT AM MAI, 20-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — DekaBank has arranged and underwritten a EUR131.6 million portfolio financing for Gramercy Property Europe plc in Germany. The portfolio consists of eight logistics properties extending to a total of 391,000m² located in various established … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Real Estate, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Amar Latif, DekaBank, Europe plc, financing for Gramercy Property
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