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BaFin, the German financial regulator, issued on 19 March 2002 a clarification statement confirming that the recent prohibitions on establishing and increasing net short positions...

The European Accessibility Act and its national implementation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represent significant legislative efforts to harmonise accessibility requirements related for goods and services within the EU Single Market.

The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, commonly known as MiCAR, introduced a comprehensive framework for the regulation of crypto-assets across the EU, including detailed requirements...

Since the implementation of the AIFM-Directive, the marketing of funds by third country managers to professional investors in Germany requires marketing approval.

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published new Minimum Requirements for Risk Management (WpI MaRisk) specifically designed for small and medium-sized investment firms in Germany. These regulations will introduce significant changes to compliance functions and outsourcing requirements, fundamentally reshaping how these firms manage regulatory obligations and operational risks.

Germany's financial regulator BaFin has issued new supervisory guidance on virtual IBANs, addressing concerns about transparency in payment flows and beneficial ownership while affirming that vIBANs remain legitimate payment infrastructure. The communication requires firms to demonstrate that their governance, customer transparency and monitoring arrangements have kept pace with technological innovation, particularly in relation to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls.

Chambers & Partners Securitisation 2020 features 23 jurisdictions.

Every day, we receive new information on measures taken by the German Federal Government, the Federal States, the European Union and its institutions.

The European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism has completed a comprehensive review of approximately 130 supervisory publications, discontinuing around 40 documents and introducing clearer classifications for its guidance.

Europe has voted. 751 MEPs will now be taking their seats. The new Commission is in the process of being formed despite some spats on the Spitzenkandidat process including

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.

There is a great demand for bank selling and purchasing standards structured for the German loan market.

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