Gunter Grittmann
Head of Information and Communication
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Phone: +49 (0)621-1235-132
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Kathrin Böhmer
Public Relations Officer
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Phone: +49 (0)621-1235-103
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Banks with a business strategy aiming at social, ethic and ecological goals are going to increase their market shares in Germany. This is mainly due to an increasing public interest in social and ecological topics. Another reason is the uncertainty of bank customers due to the financial crisis and the resulting mistrust towards investment strategies of traditional banks. These are the findings of the latest survey among 236 financial market experts, conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. read more