Source/Date  Brief description
BaFin
12/06/2018

Interest rate risks: BaFin publishes new Circular

BaFin has published a new Circular on interest rate risks in the banking book (IRRBB). It is aimed at German credit institutions and contains revised guidelines for calculating the effects of a sudden and unexpected interest rate change (Basel Standardised framework Shock). For further information in German, click here.

BaFin5
07/06/2018

Circular 08/2018 (BA) on the notification of severe security incidents in respect of payments (Rundschreiben 08/2018 (BA) zur Meldung schwerwiegendender Zahlungssicherheitsvorfälle)

The BaFin has published a Circular on the notification of severe security incidents in respect of payments. The Circular further details the requirements under sec. 54(1) sent. 1 of the Act on the Prudential Supervision of Payment Services - Payment Services Supervision Act (Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz - ZAG).

For further information in German, click here.

BaFin5
01/06/2018

Own funds (Eigenmittel): Information on the permission to take into account instruments of Tier 1 Capital
(Informationen zur Anrechnungserlaubnis für Instrumente des harten Kernkapitals)

BaFin has published information on applications pursuant to Article 26 (3) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) on its website.

For further information in German, click here.

BaFin
May 2018

Publication of the monthly journal from the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)

Topics (selection): sustainable finance / notification procedures / MiFID II / money laundering / central counterparties

For further information in German, click here.

BaFin5
24/05/2018

Risk-bearing capacity (Risikotragfähigkeit): Revised Guideline published

Due to significant changes in the European supervisory structure and practice, the BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank have fundamentally revised and restructured the guidelines and thus put the criteria for assessing internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP) on a new basis.

For further information in German, click here.

BaFin5
18/05/2018

Consultation on the Voting Rights Notification Regulation (Konsultation zur Stimmrechtsmitteilungsverordnung)

The BaFin consults on a draft "Ordinance introducing a voting rights notification ordinance and supplementing the Counterparty Audit Certificate Ordinance" (Verordnung zur Einführung einer Stimmrechtsmitteilungsverordnung und zur Ergänzung der Gegenpartei-Prüfbescheinigungsverordnung) zur Konsultation gestellt.

For further information in German, click here.

German Federal Gazette
5/05/2018

Ordinance amending the Ordinance on Investment Services – Conduct of Business and and Organisational Requirements
(Verordnung zur Änderung der Wertpapierdienstleistungs-Verhaltens- und Organisationsverordnung) published in the German Federal Gazette

For further information in German, click here.

BaFin

11/05/2018

Examption for Contracts for Difference under MiFID II: BaFin published notice (Hinweisschreiben)

Ausnahmeregelung für Devisentermingeschäfte nach MiFID II: BaFin veröffentlicht Hinweisschreiben

For further information in German, click here.

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