Category: EU Omnibus packageTime to sim­pli­fy – and har­monise – sus­tain­abil­i­ty rules

According to BaFin Chief Executive Director Rupert Schaefer, the Omnibus package includes good approaches to simplify reporting and due diligence obligations surrounding sustainability. However, he sees a need for further clarification and greater consistency.

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Category: Supervisory statement on trading interruptions“Clients must to be able to trust their bro­kers”

Following the technical disruptions affecting investment service providers in April 2025, BaFin has recently published a supervisory statement clarifying what it expects from brokers. In an interview, Chief Executive Director Thorsten Pötzsch provides background information.

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Category: Nikolas Speer: 100 days at BaFin“Bank­ing su­per­vi­sion is risk man­age­ment. On­ly it’s not for one in­sti­tu­tion, but for the en­tire sys­tem.”

Nikolas Speer, Chief Executive Director of Banking Supervision, reflects in an interview on his first 100 days at BaFin, his priorities and why risk management continues to fascinate him to this day.

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Category: Physical risksCon­sid­er­able room for im­prove­ment

A recent study by BaFin has found that although many companies in the financial sector are addressing the physical risks posed by climate change, there is still considerable room for improvement. One of the clearest findings was that these risks are still far from being fully integrated into risk management systems.

By Nadja Auert-Bohlander, Wiebke Buck and Stephanie Wienstroer, BaFin Centre for Sustainable Finance

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