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The emergence of request to pay (RTP) from a financial services legal and regulatory perspective

12 Mai 2025
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Making sense of MAC and force majeure clauses in the time of tariffs

24 Apr 2025
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ECB Opinion on a Shorter Settlement Cycle Regulation

17 Apr 2025
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The trouble with trading app outages

15 Apr 2025
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Der deutsche Koalitionsvertrag 2025 – Die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse für Finanzdienstleister

11 Apr 2025
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ESMA letter on prioritisation of 2025 deliverables

02 Apr 2025
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The EU’s 2025 Savings and Investments Union Strategy

31 Mär 2025
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Transitioning securities settlement to T+1 in the EU

10 Mär 2025
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European Commission publishes a “Competitiveness Compass” and its Annual Work Programme – key aspects for financial services

20 Feb 2025
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ESMA publishes its Programming Document 2026-2028

06 Feb 2025
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Back to the drawing board? European Commission rejects DORA subcontracting RTS

05 Feb 2025
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European Commission and ESMA publish Guidance on non-MiCAR compliant ARTs and EMTs

24 Jan 2025
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MiCAR – Final guidelines on qualification of crypto-assets as financial instruments

22 Jan 2025
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MiCAR – Final guidelines on reverse solicitation

22 Jan 2025
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MiCAR – Final guidelines on systems maintenance and security access protocols for crypto-assets other than ARTs and EMTs

22 Jan 2025
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MiCAR – Final RTS published on information of a proposed acquisition of qualifying holdings in issuers of ARTs

22 Jan 2025
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MiCAR – Final RTS specifying certain requirements in relation to the detection and prevention of crypto-asset related market abuse

22 Jan 2025
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ESMA consults on draft guidelines on the internal control systems framework for some of its supervised entities

17 Jan 2025
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ESMA consults on Technical Advice on Listing Act implications

17 Jan 2025
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ECJ ruling on the independence of national resolution authorities – strengthening of shareholder and bondholder rights

16 Jan 2025
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ECB publishes its SSM Annual Work Programme 2025

18 Dez 2024
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Single Resolution Board publishes its Annual Work Programme 2025

18 Dez 2024
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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) and its national transposition in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

22 Nov 2024
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The European Accessibility Act: an overview what’s changing and for whom

23 Okt 2024
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EU’s final adoption of the Listing Act package

15 Okt 2024
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The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities publishes its Annual Work Programme 2025

10 Okt 2024
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EBA publishes its Annual Work Programme 2025 and sets out the path to 2027

10 Okt 2024
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ESMA publishes its Annual Work Programme 2025

10 Okt 2024
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Deciphering the Draghi Report plus lessons from the Letta Report and policymakers’ responses in the context of the Single Market for Financial Services

10 Okt 2024
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Demystifying DeFi in MiCAR

08 Okt 2024
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Revisiting the CJEU’s ruling on CRA scoring and data retention – key considerations for market participants

07 Okt 2024
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ECB communicates its key assessment criteria and collection of sound practices for digital transformation

02 Okt 2024
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ECB publishes legal framework for the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS)

26 Sep 2024
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SRB publishes second report on resolution planning and crisis management for LSIs in 2023 and 2024

19 Sep 2024
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BaFin publishes expectations on minimum number of directors under German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG)

19 Sep 2024
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ECB publishes Opinion on European Commission proposal on the exchange of supervisory data

19 Aug 2024
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ESMA expresses its views on the developments, benefits and risks of neobrokers’ activities in the EU

06 Aug 2024
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EIOPA consults on new proportionality regime under Solvency II

06 Aug 2024
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ESMA delivers Opinion to support the convergent application of MiCAR

06 Aug 2024
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European Commission publishes reports showing the need for strengthened consumer protection enforcement at the EU level

29 Jul 2024
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ESAs publish joint report and draft RTS on subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions under DORA

29 Jul 2024
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ESAs establish framework to strengthen coordination in case of systemic cyber incidents

22 Jul 2024
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ESAs publish Final Report and Joint Guidelines on exchange of supervisory information in the context of DORA

18 Jul 2024
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ESMA consults on firms’ order execution policies under MiFID II

18 Jul 2024
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ESMA publishes third consultation package on MiFIR Review

18 Jul 2024
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DORA’s core Commission Delegated Regulations published in EU’s Official Journal

02 Jul 2024
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ESMA publishes Final Report on 2023 CSA and Mystery Shopping exercise focusing on marketing

27 Jun 2024
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European Commission publishes report on the Modernisation Directive for Consumer Protection Rules

27 Jun 2024
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EBA sets out its findings and supervisory expectations on virtual IBANs

10 Jun 2024
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BaFin concerned about rise in 2023 in number of regulated complaints in respect of German financial services firms

10 Jun 2024
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ECB declines to support central bank accounts for crypto-assets service providers… for now

06 Jun 2024
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EU’s DLT Pilot Regime – where do we stand one year on and what’s the outlook ahead?

04 Jun 2024
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MiFIR/MiFID II Review: making sense of the key amendments

04 Jun 2024
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Revisiting ESMA’s 2023 CRA Market Share Report – what now in 2024 and beyond?

31 Mai 2024
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EBA publishes Final Report on draft RTS on information of a proposed acquisition of qualifying holdings in issuers of ARTs under MiCAR

14 Mai 2024
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EBA publishes Final Report on draft RTS and ITS on information for authorisation as issuers for ARTs under MiCAR

14 Mai 2024
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EBA publishes Final Report on draft RTS on the approval process for white papers for ARTs issued by credit institutions under MiCAR

14 Mai 2024
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EBA publishes Opinion on new types of payment fraud and possible mitigations

13 Mai 2024
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ESAs publish consultation on technical standards for joint examination teams under DORA

07 Mai 2024
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Driving deals through choppy waters – deal contingent hedging in 2024

29 Apr 2024
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Taking stock of ESMA’s first review of EU securities financing transactions markets

23 Apr 2024
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Taking stock of the Single Resolution Board’s new Single Resolution Mechanism Vision 2028 Strategy

12 Apr 2024
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EIOPA sets supervisory expectations on reinsurance concluded with third-country (re)insurance undertakings

09 Apr 2024
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The EU’s new “European AI Office” – a focus on financial services

19 Mär 2024
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Making DGSs ‘fit for purpose’ – final compromise on DGSD reached as part of the CMDI framework reform package

19 Mär 2024
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Reproposing the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) – European Parliament Draft Resolution

12 Mär 2024
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Report on 2023 stocktaking of Big-Tech direct financial services provision in the EU – the NCAs observations on key opportunities and risks

05 Mär 2024
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ESMA seeks market input on reverse solicitation under MiCAR

12 Feb 2024
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ESMA seeks market input on crypto-asset classifications under MiCAR

12 Feb 2024
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The EU’s Late Payments Regulation proposal – key points and problems

09 Feb 2024
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European Single Access Point (ESAP) takes shape with legislation published in the EU’s Official Journal

07 Feb 2024
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European Securities and Markets Authority publishes its Market Report on EU Prospectuses

07 Feb 2024
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Consumer Credit Directive 2.0 – More consumer protection, higher regulatory burden? A view from Germany

05 Feb 2024
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Adoption of EU AML/CFT Package – key requirements and impact on financial services firms

22 Jan 2024
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European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) offers recommendations on digitalisation of retail investment services

05 Jan 2024
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ESMA publishes five consultations on draft delegated regulations to harmonise and simplify the fees it charges repositories, certain benchmark administrators and credit rating agencies

05 Jan 2024
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European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) publish 2023 joint report and recommendations on “Innovation Facilitators” – what next for Innovation Hubs and Regulatory Sandboxes?

29 Dez 2023
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ESAs run second public consultation on joint guidelines on the exchange of information relevant to fit and proper assessments

29 Dez 2023
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EBA publishes peer review on supervision of creditors’ treatment of mortgage borrowers in arrears under the Mortgage Credit Directive

29 Dez 2023
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Two CJEU cases provide clarity on supervision of credit institutions and cooperation on deposit guarantee schemes

06 Dez 2023
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Tokenised crowdfunding – obstacles, opportunities and the outlook ahead in the EU

30 Nov 2023
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ESMA highlights risks arising from securities lending to retail investors

14 Sep 2023
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Introducing the EU’s Central Electronic System of Payment information (CESOP) regime – key legal considerations for client facing documentation

13 Sep 2023
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EBA’s report on mystery shopping of personal loans and (basic) payment accounts demonstrate the value this supervisory tool generally adds to tasks of NCAs

25 Aug 2023
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ESMA publishes 2023 Guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements

15 Aug 2023
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ESMA communicates supervisory expectations on copy trading services

03 Aug 2023
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ESMA focuses on marketing and sale of fractional shares

02 Aug 2023
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EU reiterates rules to regulating “Finfluencers”

28 Jul 2023
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BaFin publishes 7th amendment to MaRisk

28 Jul 2023
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Introducing the PSD3, PSRs and FIDAR – reshaping the EU’s regulatory framework on payment services and e-money

21 Jul 2023
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The euro goes digital – introducing the Single Currency Package and what to expect

21 Jul 2023
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The EU’s Markets in Crypto-Asset Regulation (MiCAR)

10 Jul 2023
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Revisiting ESMA’s 2020 Guidelines on the MiFID II compliance function and applying lessons learned

07 Jul 2023
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Better late than never – UK-EU Memorandum of Understanding on Financial Services signed – what happens next for EU firms?

03 Jul 2023
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EU’s revised Wire Transfer Regulation published in Official Journal

14 Jun 2023
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Chair ECB-SSM: Update on the next SSM Chair

22 Mai 2023
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ESAs: Spring 2023 Risks and Vulnerabilities Report in the EU Financial System

22 Mai 2023
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Bulgaria puts the brakes on its euro accession timeline but may finally be on the verge of forming a government after several unsuccessful attempts

17 Mai 2023
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European Commission – legislative proposals for reform of the crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) framework

11 Mai 2023
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ECB-SSM set enhanced supervisory focus on digital transformation strategies and the use of FinTech

24 Apr 2023
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ECB-SSM: Expert Group Report – Recommendations on European banking supervision

24 Apr 2023
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ECB-SSM and EBA update ECON on recent bank failures – focusing on the outlook ahead

24 Apr 2023
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Revisiting AT1 bonds and navigating waterfalls going forward

01 Mär 2023
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In the (European) eye of the storm – securing clarity and certainty in times of crisis and market turmoil

01 Mär 2023
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EBA publishes report on diversity practices and the gender pay gap at the level of the management body of banks

01 Mär 2023
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German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority shines spotlight on social media and reverse solicitation breaches

01 Mär 2023
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ESAs: Customer Authentication Requirements and the Exchange of Relevant Information

01 Mär 2023
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Refund of fees and charges following the ruling of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on financial services providers’ general terms and conditions

01 Feb 2023
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Key impacts for EU traditional and cryptoasset based financial services following FATF’s publication of its February 2023 Plenary Session

01 Feb 2023
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Transparenzregister- und Finanzinformationsgesetz (TraFinG) tritt am 01. August 2021 in Kraft

30 Jul 2021
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Neues Aufsichtsrecht für Wertpapierinstitute

25 Mai 2021
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Das Warten hat (k)ein Ende: Level-2-Texte liegen nun vor, doch bleiben wichtige Punkte weiterhin offen

29 Apr 2021
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Regierungsentwurf eines Transparenzregister- und Finanzinformationsgesetzes (TraFinG)

19 Apr 2021
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GwGMeldV-Immobilien – Meldepflichten für rechtsberatende Berufe bei Immobilientransaktionen

13 Apr 2021
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Warten auf Level 2: Konkretisierungen der EU-Taxonomie gestalten sich als mühevoll und komplex

22 Mär 2021
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Neue Wege bei der GmbH Gründung

20 Feb 2021
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BaFin-Erlaubnis für das Kryptoverwahrgeschäft

18 Jan 2021
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Financial Services

Regulierungsrisiken für den Forderungsverkäufer bei „stiller Abtretung“

25 Sep 2020
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Financial Services

EBA: Bericht und Action Plan zu Dividenden-Arbitrage Geschäften wie Cum/Ex und Cum/Cum innerhalb der EU

18 Mai 2020
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Financial Services Kartell-, Vergabe- und Beihilfenrecht

Verschärfung der Investitionskontrolle

04 Mai 2020
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Financial Services

BaFin veröffentlicht Hinweise zum Erlaubnisverfahren für Kryptoverwahrgeschäft

07 Apr 2020
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Verbraucherdarlehen in der Krise – der gesetzliche Zahlungsaufschub in Zeiten von Corona

06 Apr 2020
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Gesellschaftsrecht Financial Services

COVID-19: Rechtliche Leitlinien

03 Apr 2020
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Financial Services Deals/M&A Gesellschaftsrecht

Krisenfinanzierungslösungen für Private-Equity-Portfoliounternehmen

31 Mär 2020
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Financial Services

COVID 19: Geplante Aussetzung der Insolvenzantragspflicht und Fördermittelanträge

17 Mär 2020
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Kryptoverwahrgeschäft – wichtige Anzeigefrist läuft bereits am 31. März 2020 ab

13 Mär 2020
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Finanzanlagenvermittler: Übertragung der Aufsicht auf die BaFin?

06 Mär 2020
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Steuer- und Wirtschaftsstrafrecht Financial Services

Cookies nur noch mit Einwilligung möglich?

07 Okt 2019
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Financial Services

Outsourcing: Neue Pflichten ab Herbst 2019

10 Sep 2019
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Financial Services

EU-Kommission plant Rahmengesetzgebung zu Sustainable Finance

19 Mär 2019
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Financial Services

Auswirkungen des Brexits für UK-Institute und Bankkunden – Sonderregelungen für den grenzüberschreitenden Dienstleitungsverkehr in Aussicht

25 Jan 2019
2 Minuten Lesezeit

Financial Services

Inhaberkontrollverfahren im Profi-Fußball – eine Alternative zu 50+1?

15 Nov 2018
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Financial Services

EU Crowdfunding Regulierung und ICOs

24 Okt 2018
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BaFin nennt Kriterien für die Erlaubnisfreiheit von Payment Factories

13 Sep 2018
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Financial Services

5. Geldwäscherichtlinie zur Änderung der 4. Geldwäscherichtlinie erweitert den Kreis der Verpflichteten

11 Sep 2018
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Financial Services

Wann ist die Einwilligung als Rechtsgrundlage für die Verarbeitung von Kundendaten tatsächlich erforderlich?

21 Aug 2018
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Financial Services

Der Verbriefungsmarkt 2018 – Gute Stimmung trotz anhaltender Skepsis?

01 Aug 2018
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Welche Auswirkungen hat der Brexit für Asset Manager? (Teil 1)

25 Jun 2018
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Welche Auswirkungen hat der Brexit für Asset Manager? (Teil 2)

25 Jun 2018
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Financial Services

Bearbeitungsentgelt bei Kreditverträgen

24 Mai 2018
2 Minuten Lesezeit

Financial Services

Datenschutzrecht und Scoring aus Bankensicht

24 Mai 2018
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Datenschutzrecht und Scoring aus Versicherungssicht

24 Mai 2018
1 Minute Lesezeit

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ICOs: Regulierung „light“ für die Crypto-Community?

24 Mai 2018
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