The German Sparkassen: A Commentary and Case study - Civitas

Foreword
able debt is owed to the President Herr Heinrich Haasis 2 and Dr. Karl-Peter Schackmann-Fallis, and
their colleagues for their wholehearted cooperation and valuable support. In particular we wish
also to thank most sincerely Dr. Thomas Keidel, the Director for Financial Market Relations, who was
responsible for coordinating the series of interviews and presentations and making available the
very extensive amount of data and statistics.
Not least, we need to acknowledge the support and extraordinary level of trust given by both the
applicant company and their local Savings Bank. We would otherwise wish to express our thanks
publically and name those concerned, but for obvious reasons of confidentiality this is not possible.
The company and the Savings Bank, however, know who they are. We wish them well and
express our very great thanks and appreciation.
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