Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Bafin)
National regulators ramp up efforts to combat low rate threat
Interesting times
Insurers fear non-recognition of equivalence under Solvency II interim reporting requirements
Group supervisors to determine whether European or local rules apply to non-European entities
Risk Annual Summit: Basel ‘caved in’ on LCR, says German regulator
Bafin liquidity expert tells conference that national concerns and industry pressure caused LCR rewrite
Bridging the gap: Solvency II phase-in troubles insurers
Proposed interim measures hope to bring some regulatory consistency across Europe in the period prior to Solvency II’s eventual implementation, but supervisors are still seeking their own solutions, while insurers warn that any interim measures must not…
Bank analysts spooked by huge gulfs in Basel RWA review
Some banks calculating measures that are 3% of the median in Basel Committee study, while others are more than 2,500%
Best in Germany
Best in Germany
Portigon abandons AMA for op risk capital calculation
Portigon – the entity that emerged from the break-up of WestLB – moves away from the AMA for op risk calculation after forced restructure
German insurers warn of Solvency II threat to infrastructure investment
Insurers keen to invest in real economy, finds BaFin study, but regulatory uncertainty holding them back
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
OpRisk Europe: Harmonised rules must preserve flexibility, panellists say
Speakers at OpRisk Europe conference call for balance between harmonisation and national freedom
Beyond Basel 2.5: regulators prepare trading book review
Beyond Basel 2.5
Esma: overburdened and under-resourced?
Esma under pressure
Calls for more proportionate Solvency II regime grow
Out of proportion?
Esma: questions grow as Emir deadline looms
Esma under pressure
German insurance association to conduct own Solvency II ‘QIS 6’ in 2012
Test will help implementation and aid association's lobbying effort; other trade associations may follow suit
Regulators move to impose AMA capital floors
Floor flaws
Sovereign debt managers criticise ban on naked CDSs
Sovereign debt managers criticise ban on naked credit default swaps
Basel III will cause ‘financial Darwinism’: BaFin’s Sanio
Top German regulator Jochen Sanio says Basel III will squeeze weaker banks, spur formation of large banking groups that will pose more systemic risk
Esma names Tavares vice chair and appoints six board members
New statutory authority for the securities market makes first appointments following its creation on January 1.
Germany's new disclosure regime targets distributors
A new prescription
Germany - liability-driven investment goes mainstream
Time for change
Credit derivatives
Credit special report
EC naked sovereign CDS rules met with relief by traders
Murky on transparency