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On June 23, 2016, the UK electorate voted in a referendum by 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the EU. The actual departure from the EU will be preceded by complex negotiations.

On 1 March 2017, Deutsche Börse AG, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, launched Scale, a new market segment for small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs").

Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) hat einen Konsultationsentwurf zu den umfassenden Änderungen im Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch durch das Fondsrisikobegrenzungsgesetz veröffentlicht. Welche neuen Anforderungen gelten für Geschäftsleiter von Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften, und wie wirken sich die Regelungen zu MiFID-Dienstleistungen auf bestehende Erlaubnisse aus? Der Entwurf gewährt in vielen Bereichen Bestandsschutz für bereits etablierte Strukturen.

The European Parliament has tabled over 1,900 amendments to the Market Integration and Supervision Package, transforming it from a straightforward proposal into a complex negotiation between competing models for European market supervision and infrastructure. As the Commission's original December 2025 proposal becomes obsolete and multiple parliamentary drafts emerge with conflicting visions, financial firms face critical questions about which supervisory architecture will ultimately govern their licenses

The hunt for positive yield will increase during the pandemic recovery phase, leading investors to reallocate portfolios beyond fixed income and equities, writes Vjollca Berisha.

This analysis examines the potential economic impacts of Berlin's proposed socialization initiative targeting large private housing companies. The study evaluates consequences for the housing market, affected companies, financial institutions, tenants, investors, and Germany's investment climate, revealing significant risks including market distortions, reduced investment, and potential counterproductive effects on housing affordability.

A recent decision of the German High Tax Court ("Bundesfinanzhof", in short BFH) is causing a major uproar among the German private equity houses and is likely to have a substantial impact - far beyond the tax implications for current fund structures - on the future of the German private equity business.

On 7 May 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published three sets of final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and one set of final draft implementing technical standards ...

For now, all eyes are tilted to Berlin to see how the coalition construction challenge will play out and what makes it into any coalition agreement.

On 9 February 2026, the Location Promotion Act (Standortfördergesetz, StoFöG) was published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt).

After it had not been passed in the mediation committee in the past legislative period, the act on the adaption of the German Investment Tax Act and other acts to the AIFM Implementation Act has now been adopted at the second attempt.

On 24 September 2020, the European Commission unveiled its Digital Finance Package. The package covers 5 key areas...

Interest of the financial services industry in environmental, social and governance matters has surged in recent years driven mainly by rapid regulatory developments and the rising investors' awareness about the climate change ...