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Why so many banks offer interest rates of four percent and more on the day money? Fixed-income investments despite constantly falling interest rates are currently the Renner – the interest rate of the European Central Bank is currently only at 2.00% and further interest rate cuts are considered safe offer some banks, including in particular direct banks, day money interest rates of more than 4.00% p.a. for an investment on the day money account. And also a Festgeldanlage interest rates so high are possible in the tip and investment horizons of two to three years, even over 5.00% per year. But why banks offer even such high interest rates, if they could get cheaper loans at U.S. banks and other credit institutions? One must remember that an investment in a bank by the principle is nothing more than a loan that is granted by the Bank.

The only difference here is that not the lender and the borrower decides how high are the interest to be paid. Why so so many banks offer significantly higher overnight interest rates, as it interest rates would actually require? The reason is the lack creditworthiness and the mutual distrust of banks. Money houses, which have to cope with heavy losses due to the current financial crisis, considered to be not just secure debtor, therefore often no other way of fresh money to get them, than to collect it at accordingly higher interest rates at a private facility. Because while multi-billion dollar loans from a bank can be considered lost, deposits by private facility are best protected by statutory and private deposit insurance in Germany. This means that a private investor receives back his capital spent a day money account or deposit account in the case of a bankrupt of Bank at least up to a certain amount, but usually located in the million range due to the deposit guarantee fund of German banks. Otherwise it would look with a much larger volume loan from another bank, this wouldn’t the awarded money in case of a default of the borrower get back.

The reason for such high interest rates on call money and term deposits is in the missing credit the respective bases they have simply no way elsewhere cheaper to get fresh capital. Therefore, there are currently especially the financial houses of the great German carmakers which offer high interest rates on investments. At the Mercedes-Benz Bank this caused recently to that meted out a stop for new account opening the Bank was no longer the many opening of accounts due to the high rate of interest offered able within an acceptable time to work through. As the day the Volkswagen account is offered but Bank, which with 4.00% p.a. and a very good product offers a monthly credit of interest.

Gottingen: The crisis in the market for subprime mortgage (subprime loans) in the United States at the time hardly affected the classic middle market financing. If you have additional questions, you may want to visit Cardiologist. Due to the current turmoil in the credit markets, but many companies recognize how important it is for them to make independent of credit financing. (A valuable related resource: Bill Frisell). They do this first and foremost by a strong balance sheet. Here, mezzanine capital is still the optimal financing instrument. Although the placement of standardized mezzanine programmes will be in the future more difficult, the German mezzanine market offers continue to innovative financing solutions for companies of any size and protects businesses from a possible credit crunch. More and more medium-sized companies use mezzanine financing to the classic growth and acquisition financing.

The reasons are varied: mezzanine capital, which is structured legally as beneficiary, dormant equity holding or subordinated loan has economically or even balance sheet equity. In addition to the supply of liquidity, mezzanine capital bridges the gap between traditional equity and debt capital and improved the credit rating, the rating and a company’s borrowing ability, without affecting the balance of shareholder\”, financing expert Gundel explains from the SME financing specialized Gottingen firm Gundel & Reddy Kadiri the advantages for the company. Despite the equity capital character of mezzanine companies can deduct 2008 basically tax financing costs even after the corporate tax reform as a business expense\”, so the lawyer. Outgrown mezzanine programmes of banks since 2004, the German market for mezzanine capital is established in the market not least since 2004 through the pleasure legal programs of banks like PREPS, gemit, EquiNotes H.E.A.T. or S mezzanine from its infancy. In 2006 alone, almost EUR 2 billion in securitizations were placed since 2004 over 6 billion euros. The market for securitisation of mezzanine was since characterized by falling interest rates and an expansion of standardized mezzanine programmes on the broad middle class in 2006.

The Kaupthing Bank offers 5, 65prozent per annum currently highest day money-rates. The Icelandic Kaupthing Bank draws attention already for a long time by their high interest rates on call money on himself and the recent interest rate hikes of many German banks have can not change that. With 5.65 percent per annum the day account called Kaupthing edge remains comparisons at the top of all federal funds, German banks make it remotely over the five percent hurdle. But also the day of the Kaupthing account Bank has features that you should know before the opening of an account. So the rate of 5.65 percent of two parts comprises, on the one a basic interest rate of 5.10 percent, which is guaranteed until 1 January 2009 and the second from a bonus of 0.55 percent, which will be paid during the first six months. Today would be the day money rate of 5.10 percent so until January 1, and the bonus of 0.55 per cent until January 23, 2009 the basic rate from next guarantees about how high Year fail, Bank will tell part of Kaupthing so far. Such special interest and time limits, however, are the standard and used by most banks, which advertise their day money offerings, to offer a higher interest rate. Also periods of six months are the rule here.

The difference to the Kaupthing Bank lies not only in the amount of the advertised interest rate of 5.65 percent, but also in the warranty, which is pronounced for the time after that. Because the Kaupthing edge day money account to provide day money interest also from next year, and at least until January 1, 2012, which is higher than the interest rate of the European Central Bank, which is currently at least 4.25 percent. Such a statement is made otherwise than by the GE Money Bank, which wants to keep its interest rate from next year but only on height of the rate of the ECB, but also not. Note, however, that it is Bank the Kaupthing Icelandic Bank, which also only by the Icelandic Deposits Assurance Fund is protected. Due to this fact, deposits on the day cash account are protected only up to a height of 20,000 euros against insolvency of the Bank. While it is possible to deposit amounts up to 10,000,000 euro on this account for investors, this however is not advisable due to the size of the Institute and the low hedge. Some analysts see even the solvency of Iceland itself in danger, should a Bank as the Kaupthing into lopsided, it is however assumed that plants are as safe at least up to the amount of 20,000 euros on the Kaupthing edge day money account, higher plants should be considered, however, exactly.