On 15 January 2015, the German Investment Fund Association BVI issued its latest investment statistics report, giving an overview of the net assets and net sales within the German investment fund and asset management markets....more
According to a change of the German Investment Code (Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch – KAGB), which entered into force on 21 December 2014, a German Investment Management Company’s risk management process has to ensure that the...more
In November 2014, the German Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, issued a guidance notice with regard to the minimum investment criteria of German retail closed-ended funds, with a view to avoid so-called blind pool...more
On 4 November 2014, the German Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, issued a guidance notice with regard to the requirements that have to be met to extend the term of a German retail closed-ended fund. According to Bafin,...more