While the war at the eastern and southern front is (not very much but still) progressing in favour of Ukraine, Russia continued its attacks on civil infrastructure unabated (for regular updates, cf. here, in German). After hope for the German economy was (thus) already in short supply in July (cf. here), everything seemed to be in dire straits in August (here) and despair was brewing in September (here), it might be that things won’t indeed turn out as bad as originally thought, at least some hope came up in the course of the month. But, hey, let’s take a closer look on how the German economy fared in October 2022:
The German economy in September 2022 – despair is brewing
While the war at the eastern and southern front is still very much progressing in favour of the Ukraine, Russia, under the leadership of Mr. Putin has – seemingly over recognising that a military victory is not feasible – startet to destroy Ukraine’s civil infrastructure (for regular updates, cf. here, in German). Hope was already in short supply in July (cf. here) and everything seemed to be in dire straits in August (here). So, let’s take a closer look on how the German economy fared in September 2022:
From “COVInsAG” to “SanInsKG” – a good choice?
The German government is reacting to the worsening economic crisis (for the current economic situation, see here) and – possibly out of fear of the wave of insolvencies yet to be seen (for the current development of insolvency figures, see here, in German) – is “remodeling” the previous “COVinsAG” (for more details, see here) into … more
The German economy in August 2022 – dire straits?
The war in Ukraine is progressing very nicely – for the Ukraine, for the Russians not so much (for regular updates, cf. here, in German). Despite (or because?) of this development, hope was already in short supply in the last month (cf. here). Now, with our Ukrainian brothers (and sisters) in arms recovering lost ground, we seem to be in dire straits. But hey, let’s take a closer look:
The “RBB-case” or: how is information passed to supervisory bodies?
It is not without a certain irony that, shortly after the German Constitutional Court gave public broadcasters a virtual free pass over private media (BVerfG, decision dated July 20, 2021 – 1 BvR 2756/20, here, in German), the private news portal “Business Insider“, of all places, uncovered numerous possible compliance lapses at the “Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg … more
The German economy in July 2022 – hope is in short supply now
The war in Ukraine currently sees a change of initiative – from Russia to Ukraine (for regular updates, cf. here, in German) which seem to validate the optimism Germany’s economy developed already in June 2022 (cf. here). Still, the question is whether this optimism is warranted – which I denied. So, let’s take a closer … more
German Ministry of Finance on § 55 (4) InsO
While the legislator (reasonably) refrained from reintroducing the so-called “fiscal privilege” in the law of insolvency avoidance (here), after having abolished such privileges with the introduction of the InsO in 1999, he at least partially “re-instated” such a privilege by classifying certain tax claims as so-called “claims of the estate”. In the context of the … more
KYC – The test of loyalty
After I had already examined the so-called “Know Your Customer, KYC” – audit some time ago at least roughly from the point of view of receivables management (here), it is necessary to take another look at this area at the interface between risk management and compliance in view of the coming German Supply Chain Compliance … more