Bavaria: center of international finance

Centered in Munich, Bavaria's financial community is one of the most important in Europe. The country-best market capitalization
of the companies headquartered in Munich make the city's stock exchange the most important one in Germany. These companies form the node of a business community whose performance and size are two reasons why Munich regularly tops the rankings of Germany's cities. Two other factors: sustained and sustainable prosperity and growth, and an infrastructure of innovation.

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fpmi successfully launches “fpmi inside”

New job portal: Many jobs from fpmi members
“fpmi inside – Munich’s Financial Forum” a series of events was staged on November 19th to enable networking throughout high-potentials working for fpmi member companies.

Bavarian Financial Summit asks for higher quality of regulation

Securing financing for SMEs
Which regulations are capable of preventing crises on financial markets was the main topic of the Third Bavarian Financial Summit.


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Securing financing for small and medium-sized enterprises

Securing financing for SMEs
The ongoing debate about whether or not Germany's SMEs are facing a credit crunch should not cause the enacting of legislation.


INSM’s 2009 rankings of Germany’s cities: Munich still No. 1

That’s the finding of the 2009 edition of the annual study conducted by INSM (the Institute for a New Market Economy) and by WirtschaftsWoche, the authoritative business weekly.

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More than 3200 trainee positions in Bavaria from fpmi members

New job portal: Many jobs from fpmi members
The large number of trainee positions shows that fpmi’s members are not letting the financial crisis deter them from maintaining their commitments to being good corporate citizens.

Third Bavarian Financial Summit 2009

Securing financing for SMEs
“Revamping our regulatory system: the lessons of the financial crisis” is the subject addressed by the summit’s keynote speakers and oby ther experts attending the event.

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Better instead of more regulations

Securing financing for SMEs
fpmi is calling for a package of measures capable of precluding another financial crisis by stabilizing financial markets and by increasing consumer confidence.

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Prognos’ 2009 study of Germany’s sunrise sectors

Securing financing for SMEs
Which are Germany's regions and cities with the most sunrise sectors. The study ranks the city of Munich a gratifyingly high third overall.