Germany
A simple plan
Changes to capital gains tax and the spectre of counterparty risk have done no favours for the German structured products market in the latter half of 2008. But with a level tax landscape due in 2009 and a move towards simple structures, Berenberg Bank…
EU approves Germany’s bail-out
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Germany does not guarantee savings accounts
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German banking association chief warns against over-regulation
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The niche hunter
Retail investors in Germany have acquired a taste for sophisticated structured products amid a highly developed and long-established domestic market. But with so many alternative asset classes yet to be tapped, MPC Capital sees unique investment…
Uncertain certificates
Structured funds
The forensic approach
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German implementation of Mifid
Germany unlikley to meet Mifid November deadline.
Germany prepares for first linker issue
The German government is set to issue €5.5 billion worth of inflation-linked bonds next week. They will be the first linkers issued by Germany.
Raising the standard
The German insurance industry is actively pushing forward the discussion on the standard model within the scope of Solvency II
Filling the ratings void
Unlike bond investors, structured products investors lack the benefit of industry-standard risk ratings. But with investors, IFAs and distributors all demanding change, Germany's investment banking industry, analytic firms and ratings agencies across…
New York Fed picks up on confirmation issue
The New York Federal Reserve Bank will meet regulators and leading banks next month in an attempt to deal with backlogs of unconfirmed credit derivatives trades.
Both sides of the fence
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Germany’s closed shop
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Turbulent times
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German banks get to grips with a new lending reality
Removal of state guarantees and pressure from shareholders for better returns means German banks can no longer churn out uneconomically priced loans to clients. Now they are starting to introduce sophisticated loan pricing systems, writes Duncan Wood
Basel II package rapporteur named
Alexander Radwan has been named the rapporteur for the package of Basel II legislation winding its way through the European parliament.
The misdirected directive?
Germany's financial regulator, BaFin, tried to steal a march on its European rivals by implementing a new directive that should open the door to asset managers investing in new products and using over-the-counter derivatives. But did it get it wrong?
German banks plan op loss data consortium
A number of German public-sector banks will start pooling operational loss data next year, in a bid to create an op risk loss database that could, they say, eventually include banks from other European countries.
German regulators begin industry dialogue
FRANKFURT - Germany's regulators are about to change the way they interact with the banking industry as they gear up to implement the operational risk portion of Basel II by 2006.
Framework developed for German banks
BONN, GERMANY - Many of Germany's banks have been somewhat slow to prepare their operational risk management framework for the new international bank capital accord, Basel II, and the prospective European Union (EU) Capital Adequacy Directive (Cad).
Landesbanken to offer credit loss database to third parties
Three of Germany's largest Landesbanken and the consultancy BearingPoint are planning to bring a credit loss database (CLD) that they are developing jointly to the market in the second half of this year. The tool is being designed to comply with the new…