Germany: Capital Adequacy/BASEL

The European Central Bank has completed a comprehensive review of its supervisory publications within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, analyzing approximately 130 documents...

The European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism has completed a comprehensive review of approximately 130 supervisory publications, discontinuing around 40 documents and introducing clearer classifications for its guidance.

BaFin has published a draft of the 9th amendment to Germany's Minimum Requirements for Risk Management (MaRisk), introducing a fundamental revision aimed at reducing regulatory complexity for financial institutions. The proposed changes establish a new three-tier classification system for institutions based on size, implement proportional risk assessment requirements, and integrate European Banking Authority guidelines on environmental scenario analysis and internal governance.

On 7 September 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)Show Footnote released (i) a judgment concerning powers to withdraw authorisations of credit institutions...

On 18 April 2023 the European Commission has adopted legislative proposals to reform the EU's bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework.

On 17 April 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB), acting in its role as the head of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) at the heart of the Banking Union, published the results of an external assessment...

In its judgement dated 22.03.2011 (reference number: XI ZR 33/10), the BGH for the first time delivered an opinion on interest rate swap agreements, which had attracted much attention by the public.

On 30 July 2008 Germany's federal government published a revised draft (Kabinettsentwurf) of an act changing and amending the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz).

A bank is entitled to use the name "DAX®" to communicate that its financial instrument is linked to the rate of the DAX.