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As an attorney working in restructuring, I hear a recurring complaint from bank's restructuring departments: "Debtors admit financial difficulties far too late.

Through the PRIIPs Regulation, the EU is introducing a new standard for key information documents for the most important investment products.

Suppose you were a German bank lending to a Spanish debtor under a loan agreement governed by German law.

The proposal includes, inter alia, provisions protecting new and interim financing in restructurings.

Die öffentliche Einsicht in das Register der wirtschaftlichen Eigentümer war von Beginn an umstritten und aus Sicht des Datenschutzes und der Sorge von vermögenden Personen,...

Wer die Arbeit der FMA verfolgt, weiß schon seit langem, dass Nachhaltigkeit am Finanzmarkt für die Behörde ein großes Thema ist.

Earlier this year the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the final Guidelines on the limited network exemption (LNE) under the Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2)...

The Austrian Federal Government agreed in its 2013-2018 work programme, on the implementation of a nationwide ban on speculative financial transactions for the Federation, the Austrian Federal States, Austrian Municipalities, and other public bodies.

Der europäische und der österreichische Gesetzgeber verstärken 2022 ihren Fokus auf Sustainable Finance. Neben Finanzdienstleistern, die ebenfalls immer strenger reguliert werden, ...

Die Offenlegungs-VO beschäftigt den Kapitalmarkt schon lange. Seit 1.1.2023 ist nun nicht nur die Offenlegungs-VO selbst, sondern auch die auf Grund der Offenlegungs-VO...

30 November 2022. Overnight, AI becomes a commodity accessible to everyone. Within a short period of time 152 million users had interacted with OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Der österreichische Nationalrat hat am Dienstag, den 7. Juli 2020, eine Novelle zum inanzmarktaufsichtsbehördengesetz (FMABG) verabschiedet.

March 2026 – CRD VI (Directive (EU) 2024/1619) introduces a new harmonised EU regime requiring EU credit institutions and licensed (mixed)...

October 2025 – On 24 October 2025, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") published a consultation paper on revised guidelines on common procedures and methodologies for the supervisory review...

The Austrian Supreme Court has abolished its former line of decisions on the recognition of collateral granted by way of security transfer (Sicherungsübereignung) under foreign jurisdiction.

The Austrian Act on Financial Collateral (Finanzsicherheiten-Gesetz; FinSG), which regulates the granting and enforcement of financial collateral arrangements between participants in the financial markets, has recently been amended with effect from 30 June 2011.

Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is without question a rapidly evolving area at the intersection of blockchain technology, crypto assets and traditional financial services.