No-deal Brexit preparations: BaFin criticizes financial entities for missing Brexit preparation with regard to license requirements -
As of March 2019, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin (Bundesanstalt...more
4/11/2019
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Asset Management ,
BaFin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Licensing Rules ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Public Offerings ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Tokens ,
UCITS ,
UK Brexit
BaFin interpretative notice regarding eligible investments for AIFs as real-estate companies
BaFin published a new interpretative notice on 9 April 2018, regarding the requirements for alternative investment funds (AIF) in...more
BaFin publishes new circular for investments of German Insurers -
As of 12 December 2017 and after a long consultation period, BaFin has published its new Circular 11/2017 (Hinweise zur Anlage des Sicherungsvermögens...more
Pursuant to the new German investment tax act (GITA) that will take effect of 1 January 2018, domestic and foreign resident investment funds may become subject to German corporate income tax with various German source income...more
9/13/2017
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Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Foreign Corporations ,
German Investment Tax Act (GITA) ,
Germany ,
Interest Income ,
Investment Funds ,
Partnerships ,
Registration Requirement ,
Withholding Tax
BaFin publishes circular on regulatory requirements to the business organization of insurance companies (MaGo) -
BaFin published a circular on regulatory requirements on 25 January 2017 for the business organization of...more
3/7/2017
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AIFs ,
Asset Management ,
BaFin ,
Corporate Bonds ,
EIOPA ,
Germany ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
Remuneration ,
Small Credit Institutions
BaFin Publishes Form for the Notification of the Intention to Manage EU AIF’s -
The BaFin published a form on 5 August 2015 for the notification procedure for a German AIFM to manage EU AIFs established in another Member...more
Finance Ministry Proposes Changes to German Fund Taxation -
The draft bill proposed by the Finance Ministry for discussion purposes contains significant changes to the German tax environment regarding funds and...more
German Investment Fund Statistics -
In March 2015, the German Investment Fund Association BVI issued its latest investment statistics report as of 31 January 2015, giving an overview of the net assets and net sales...more
Federal Ministry of Finance Guidance on Tax for Closed-Ended AIFs -
The Federal Ministry of Finance has issued guidance on 12 February 2015 that broadens the favorable tax regime for investment partnerships applicable to...more
3/17/2015
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AIFs ,
Amended Legislation ,
BaFin ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Investment ,
Germany ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Partnerships ,
Investor Protection ,
Investors ,
Retail Market ,
Stock Corporations
The Investment Ordinance (Anlageverordnung – “Investment Ordinance” or “AnlV”), as recently amended and as discussed in more detail below, applies to the investments and the asset allocation of insurance companies and pension...more