Tag: Bafin
SRP in brief: junk fees and barriers
International | Industry
20 Nov 2023 by SRP News
Regulatory developments in Germany and the US, turnover in Switzerland, and in-house SRP research on products linked to HSCEI and Roche.
German regulator warns Leonteq of serious AML shortcomings
Europe | Regulations & Legal
13 Nov 2023 by Pablo Conde
The Swiss structured products specialist must remedy deficiencies in the prevention of money laundering.
People: AMF head of policy joins Esma
International | People
21 May 2021 by SRP News
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has appointed Natasha Cazenave as its new executive director. She will take up her new position on 1 June.
Market players slam UK watchdog’s bitcoin ETN ban
Europe | Industry
21 Oct 2020 by SRP News
Several market players in the digital space have criticised the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) decision to ban the sale of derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that reference certain types of cryptoassets to retail consumers.
Germany Market Review - January 2019
Europe | Market Reviews
28 Feb 2019 by Aleksander Petkov
In January, the German market for structured products witnessed the usual domination of the equity asset class over other subdivisions. Instruments pegged to single share underlyings took a 400 products lead over their single index counterparts, whereas the credit asset class remained the third most popular investment option among German investors.
German regulator aims at structured products ‘concentration’ and ‘discretionary scope’ in valuation
Europe | Regulations & Legal
17 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde
Investment banks and product manufacturers operating in Germany will be required to take 'suitable steps’ to ensure the segregation of accounting duties at institutions with significant trading ‘given the extensive discretionary scope in valuing certain trades such as structured products’
