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QuickTake: What next for Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL)?

The EU's Directive referred to as the European Accessibility Act (the EAA)Show Footnote came into force on 27 June 2019 with the goal of addressing a divergence...

Every year, usually during the fourth quarter, EU-level authorities such as the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority...

The European Commission announced in the 2021 EU State of the Union speech a number of key priorities.

As part of the new Fair Consumer Contracts Act, Germany will soon require specific cancellation/termination mechanisms for consumer subscriptions.

New approval and notification requirements for transactions in the German banking sector are expected to come into force on 1 April 2026 as a result of the BRUBEG...

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities has released its 2027 Annual Work Programme, detailing coordinated priorities across banking, insurance, and securities supervision. How will the increased specificity in digital operational resilience oversight, conglomerate capital reporting, and innovation work focused on AI and tokenisation affect firms' compliance strategies and cross-sectoral risk management?

Following the consultation paper dated September 28, 2012, the European Securities and Market Authority published on February 11, 2013 its final report on guidelines relating sound remuneration policies under the AIFMD.

On 21 August 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an 83-page consolidated overview of rules and sources relating to the cross-border distribution of investment funds.

The following two articles explore the developments and opportunities in Germany's cannabis market.

On 24 June 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its judgment in Case C-351/23 (GR Real) (the Judgment). The case arose from a Slovak context...

In the context of financial services in Germany, the Schutzgemeinschaft für allgemeine Kreditsicherung (SCHUFA) is one of the leading private credit reference agencies (CRAs) that collects individuals' credit...

German financial services supervisor clarifies supervisory requirements on IT systems, processes and governance in financial institutions

Publication of the Translations of the Guidelines on Funds' Names Using ESG or Sustainability-Related Terms

In 2019 the ESAs (i.e., EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published a first joint report (the 2019 Joint Report) on what it termed "Innovation Facilitators" i.e., Innovation Hubs and Regulatory Sandboxes.

The EBA's SPoRs share a number of common supervisory aims set out in similar Opinions issued by the EBA's sister European Supervisory Authorities (the ESAs) ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its 2024 Annual Report in June 2025 (the Report), providing a comprehensive overview...

The German insurance market, with €1.9 trillion in assets, represents one of Europe's largest pools of institutional capital, with allocations to alternative investments growing from 23% to 30% over the past two years.