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finance regulatory
01 Jul 2022 German legislator loosens rules on the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT)
Speedread: Germany has published a new regulation on crypto fund shares (KryptoFAV), which allows the issuance of fund units via decentralised crypto…
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Global markets update
14 Jun 2022 EU EMIR: exemptions from clearing and margining - latest developments
The latest developments in relation to EU EMIR exemptions
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financial regulatory update - germany
23 Aug 2021 Targeting Greenwashing - BaFin goes alone on sustainability criteria
Authors: Dr Detmar Loff, Partner, Dr Conrad Ruppel, Partner, Dr Tobias Bauerfeind, LL M (Oxf Brookes), Ilka Breuer and Dr Cornelius Hille
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financial regulatory
13 Jul 2021 Client alert: ECB consults on the revision of its Options & Discretions under CRD/CRR
Authors: Etay Katz, Partner; Tobias Bauerfeind, Associate
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Finance Regulatory Update | Germany
18 Jun 2021 German legislator intensifies transparency measures against money laundering
Tobias Bauerfeind, Associate; Ilka Breuer, Senior Associate; and Dr Cornelius Hille, Associate
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finance regulation briefing
18 May 2021 It is about to happen! The Investment Firm Directive/Regulation (IFD/IFR) and the German implementation in the Wertpapierinstutsgesetz (WpIG)
IFD and IFR have already entered into force in late December 2019. As a directive, the IFD provisions had to be transposed into member state law. The main…
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regulatory finance | Germany
11 May 2021 German Parliament issues Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere – eWpG)
Speedread German Parliament finally issues e-Securities Act The e-Securities Act is accompanied by the introduction of new financial services in the…
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finance regulatory briefing
20 Apr 2020 Just ahead! The Investment Firm Directive/Regulation - less regulation for some - stricter regulation for others
In 2019, the EU adopted a new regime for the prudential regulation of investment firms which has so far received little attention: the Investment Firm…
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global insurance focus, issue 9 | EU
11 Nov 2019 Recent amendments to Solvency II spread risk module
As with credit and financial institutions, (re)insurance undertakings must also hold regulatory capital (solvency capital requirement, SCR). For European…
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finance regulatory briefing | EU
17 Jun 2019 The new regime for the regulation of investment firms - Investment Firm Directive/Regulation
The EU/European Parliament has recently adopted a new, comprehensive regulatory regime for investment firms: the Investment Firm Directive ("IFD") and…
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BREXIT
11 Jun 2019 Deal Out: Consequences of the Brexit agreement for the financial sector
This white paper summarizes the most important implications of Brexit for the financial industry in a clear and understandable way and helps to identify…
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competition newsletter | australia
10 Jun 2019 ACCC opposes "potential 4" to 3 merger in telecommunications sector
Following an 8 month investigation, on 8 May 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") announced its decision to oppose the proposed…
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financial regulatory
18 Mar 2019 EU Banking Package - CRR II and CRD V within sight
On 23 November 2016, the European Commission published proposals for the completion of the banking regulation reform (Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) II…
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Safety matters alert
24 Jan 2018 Safety inspector's mistaken perceptions may not meet the test for 'reasonable belief'
A recent decision of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission provides useful guidance about safety prohibition notices issued by regulators and the test for…
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priips kid
07 Jul 2017 PRIIPs KID: ESAs publish level 3 Q&A guidance; European Commission publishes additional guidelines
On 4 July 2017, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities published level 3 guidance on the PRIIPs KID in Q&A format and the European…
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Financial regulation update
09 May 2017 Product intervention – BaFin restricts CFD trading
For the first time, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) made use of its product…
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financial regulation briefing
06 Feb 2017 BaFin-Consultation 1/2017 – Letter of interpretation on the tasks to be performed by an AIF-KVG
BaFin, the German Financial Supervisory Authority, is once again addressing this topic, but with potentially unpleasant and undesired interpretations for the…
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financial regulation briefing
20 Jul 2016 PRIIPs KID Regulation - FCA publishes consultation
On 18 July 2016, the FCA published a consultation paper containing proposed changes to its Handbook to reflect the Regulation on key information documents for…
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securities and derivatives group update
11 Mar 2016 Contractual recognition of bail-in: the Prudential Regulation Authority proposes to amend its rules
On 15 March 2016, the Bank of England in its capacity as the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a consultation paper (CP8/16) in…
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securities and derivatives group update
08 Feb 2016 BRRD update: does recognition of bail-in go too far?
Background EU Directive 2014/59 (often referred to as the Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive or the BRRD) contains wide-ranging recovery and resolution…
