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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation paper proposing significant amendments to guidelines governing post-trade communication between investment firms and professional clients under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation. These changes mandate electronic standardised machine-readable messaging protocols, eliminate oral communication from regular workflows, and align regulatory expectations with the EU's transition to a T+1 settlement cycle taking effect in Octobe

Today the German Banking Association (Bundesverband deutscher Banken – BdB) published its Supplementary Agreement for IBOR succession (Zusatzvereinbarung für IBOR-Nachfolgeregelung...

BaFin Consultation 13/2021 provides for the minimum content that needs to be included in the terms and conditions of sustainable retail investment funds established under German law.

Wells Fargo & Company, the largest commercial real estate lender in the United States, began to eye the property market in the United Kingdom.

The court reassures lenders on the effect of a termination notice, the meaning of a continuing Event of Default and the effectiveness of reservation of rights letters: Re Pocket Renting.

Die Verpflichtungen im Zusammenhang mit den Sanktionsmassnahmen, einschliesslich der Meldung und Sperrung von Vermögenswerten sanktionierter natürlicher oder juristischer Personen, werden durch das...

German insurers have historically been conservative investors that are highly exposed to fixed-income investments.

On 21 October 2015, the German Federal Court of Justice decided that a bank cannot refuse to disclose personal data of a client if his or her bank account was used to receive payments ‎for the sale of counterfeit trademark goods.

A bank is entitled to use the name "DAX®" to communicate that its financial instrument is linked to the rate of the DAX.

The finance ministry has issued a decree on the conditions under which redundancy payments still rank for favourable tax treatment, despite continuing or additional benefits to ex-employees.

In its meeting of 18 December 2015, the German Bundesrat approved the Act on the Automatic Exchange of Information on Financial Accounts in Tax Matters and on the Amendment of other Acts (Finanzkonten-Informationsaustauschgesetz ("FKAustG")).

Das Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz und das Bundesministerium der Finanzen haben am...

On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act").

February for financial markets has seen most of 2020 gains reversed and consequently, courtesy of Coronavirus concerns...

On 13 November 2019, the Federal Ministry of Finance issued a statement on the im-plementation of the decision of the European Court of Justice in the Wächtler case (26 February 2019 - C-581/17).

Dr. Patrick Scholl ist Mitautor in der 6. Auflage des Bankrechts-Handbuches zum Thema "§ 94. Außerbörsliche Finanztermingeschäfte (OTC-Derivate)" zusammen mit Dr. Günter Reiner.

The European Commission recently proposed expanding the Europe Banking Authority's ("EBA") mandate and entrusting it with financial sector anti-money laundering ("AML") responsibilities.

While the coronavirus continues to spread, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin") also published a document on the Minimum Requirements for Risk Management ("MaRisk")