Ernst Welteke: Germany as a financial centre – European perspectives for Japanese markets Lecture by Mr Ernst Welteke, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the Finanzplatz-Dinner, Tokyo, 29 November 2001. *  *  *  I Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank you most sincerely for this opportunity to speak to such a distinguished audience.
It is always a pleasure for me to be here in Tokyo. I especially appreciate the opportunity to discuss with the financial elite of Japan the chances and prospects for Germany as a financial centre. Looking at the financial centre Germany (which we call “Finanzplatz Deutschland”), we have to take a European perspective.