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The governmental draft in regards to the German Act on the Adaption of Investment Fund Taxation in Connection with the AIFM Directive has been published.

The past week in Germany has attracted and increased raised interest in blockchain based transactions.

As a result of tax benefits available under German tax law and high returns on investment, German ship funds have enjoyed increasing popularity in recent years, attracting a considerable amount of equity from private investors. Ship funds are vehicles which collect private equity from a limited number of investors to build and operate one or more ships (eg, container ships). The return on investment consists of tax benefits (in particular, losses which can be offset against earnings) on the one

Germany's financial regulator Bafin is undertaking a major structural reorganization to intensify supervision of anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and cyber risks across the financial sector. The authority is creating a new specialized Anti-Financial-Crime division and reallocating approximately 30 additional positions to high-risk areas, signaling heightened scrutiny for financial institutions. What does this mean for compliance frameworks and audit preparedness in the German banking sect

ESMA's 2027 work program and updated supervisory priorities establish innovation with investor protection as the new focal point of European capital market oversight, with particular emphasis on AI and tokenization. The authority deepens its supervision of cyber risks and operational resilience while planning to simplify reporting obligations. This analysis examines the implications for banks, investment firms, fund managers, crypto-asset service providers, and market infrastructures across T+1 settlement,

The ministry of finance has issued a decree to the effect that factoring shall be charged to VAT from July 1, 2004 following the ECJ case of MKG-Kraftfahrzeug-Factoring-GmbH of June 23, 2003.

Asset purchases by the European Central Bank (ECB) may have overstepped the bank's powers, Germany's Constitutional Court has said.

The German Act on the Adaption of Investment Fund Taxation in Connection with the AIFM Directive (the "AIFM Tax Act") did not pass the legislative process prior to the Federal Election. Initially, it was envisaged that the AIFM Tax Act should enter into force on 22 July 2013.

As the new year has begun, ESMA just published the Finfluencer factsheet with tips for responsible promotion.

Following consumer complaints, the BKartA has launched an informal investigation into bank charges that are levied at cash machines in transactions where the customers' card-issuing bank is different to the bank running the ATM.