Once again a vault, once again broken into safety deposit boxes, once again unsettled customers. In a savings bank branch in Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, perpetrators violently opened a double-digit number of safety deposit boxes in broad daylight. The case is part of a series of spectacular attacks on supposedly highly secure bank areas and raises the question once more of how secure the traditional safety deposit box really is in times of professional gangs.

For years, passive ETFs were considered the undisputed gold standard in investing: low-cost, transparent, broadly diversified. Yet beneath the surface of the seemingly static index world, a silent revolution is taking place. A new generation of actively managed ETFs is rapidly gaining importance, and the boundaries between active and passive are blurring—along with them, a central tenet of modern investing. The question is no longer whether active strategies will return, but in what form they will structurally change the ETF market.

The fund boutique Blackpoint Asset Management achieves a strategic breakthrough in the German retail market. By being listed on the Sparkassen platform "BIS.on WMS," the provider gains access to one of the largest distribution networks in the country and positions its flagship fund at the heart of Sparkassen's asset management.

The wealth of the super-rich is growing at a historic pace while billions of people live in poverty. A new analysis by the development organization Oxfam paints a picture of entrenched global inequality, posing a potential threat to the economy, society, and political order.

In a new article, the analysis platform AlleAktien explains why investing in the capital markets is not a game of chance, and when certain behaviors and products turn it into one. This article is more than a sober distinction between investing and speculating: it represents a broader consumer protection approach that focuses on financial education, rational decision-making, and long-term investment strategies – thereby sending a clear signal for a more mature German shareholder culture.

Behind a thorough stock analysis lies much more than a few key figures and a promising price target. While free stock market portals produce headlines by the second, reliable research emerges through an elaborate, multi-stage process. A look into the engine room of AlleAktien shows why analysis quality is no coincidence – but the result of structure, time, and systematic cross-checking.

The German real estate market has noticeably picked up again in 2025. Exclusive analyses for all 400 districts and independent cities show: Especially outside the classic metropolises, there were partly double-digit price increases, while in some regions prices even fell.