Speeches
On this page you will find speeches by BaFin’s President and members of the Executive Board.
Press Conference “Risks in BaFin’s Focus”, 28 January 2025
Opening Statement by Mark Branson
ICSA Annual Meeting and Conference
Speech by Dr. Thorsten Pötzsch
Annual Press Conference on 14 May 2024
Statement by BaFin President Mark Branson at the Annual Press Conference on 14 May 2024
Where does BaFin see the greatest risks?
Statement by BaFin President Mark Branson at the press conference on 23 January 2024
Topic Sustainability“On the road towards a climate-neutral economy: What is the role of financial supervision?”
Speech by Mark Branson, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), at the Bundesbank Symposium in Frankfurt on 5 July 2023
Annual Press Conference of BaFin on 9 May 2023
Statement by BaFin President Mark Branson at the Annual Press Conference
Interview with Mark Branson
Interview with Mark Branson, President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin), published in the ECB Supervision Newsletter of 17 November 2022
BaFin's Annual Press Conference on 3 May 2022
Statement by BaFin President Mark Branson
BaFin’s medium-term objectives
Statement by Mark Branson, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Euro Finance Week, Frankfurt am Main, 15 November 2021
New Year’s Address 2021
Felix Hufeld, President of BaFin
Topic DigitalisierungSupervisory upgrade: the digital agenda set by BaFin and the Bundesbank
Name article in the Handelsblatt from 26 Decamber 2020 by Raimund Röseler, BaFin's Chief Executive Director of Banking Supervision and Professor Joachim Wuermeling, Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Topic Anti-money launderingAML – on the brink of a new regime
Speech by Dr. Thorsten Pötzsch, Chief Executive Director of Resolution Directorate of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) at the Banking Union Conference on 18 November 2020
Implications of COVID-19 on the structure of the EU banking market – the mid-term perspective
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) at the 12th SSM Round Table in Frankfurt on 30 September 2020
“CMU 2.0”
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) at the Eurofi High Level Seminar on 10 September 2020 in Berlin.
Statement at the Annual Press Conference
Statement by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) at the 2020 BaFin Annual Press Conference on 12 May 2020
Interview with Felix Hufeld, President of BaFin, published in the Supervision Newsletter of the ECB
Felix Hufeld, ECB Supervisory Board member and President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), talks about the high-level review of the SREP, the importance of the ICAAP, digital developments and other financial services.
German Symposium at the London School of Economics
Statement by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) German Symposium at the London School of Economics on 4 February 2020 in London
“Banking Supervision in 2020 – Opportunities and Challenges”
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), at 15th BCBS-FSI High-level Meeting for Africa on 31 January 2020 in Cape Town
New Year Press Conference 2020
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervisory at the the BaFin's New Year Press Conference on 16 January 2020 in Frankfurt am Main.Main
“Regulatory answers to technological challenges”
Keynote speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) as part of the 2nd Annual AFME Capital Markets Technology and Innovation Conference in Paris on 22 November 2019
The Future of Financial Supervision
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), on 21 October 2019 in Malta
Regulatory answers to technological challenges
Keynote speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) at the “Future of Finance” conference in Frankfurt on 6 November 2019
Supervision and Regulation in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), at the ESE Conference 2019 on 18 October 2019 in Munich
Annual Bermuda International Regulatory Forum
Dinner Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), at the 12th Annual Bermuda International Regulatory Forum on 5 September 2019 in Brussels
Conference of Regulating Financial Markets
Statement by Felix Hufeld, President of BaFin on 26 August 2019 at the Conference of Regulating Financial Markets of Deutsche Bundesbank / Frankfurt School of Finance in Frankfurt am Main.
Key Regulatory Questions on Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning in the Financial Sector
Keynote speech by Felix Hufeld, President of BaFin on 19 June 2019 at the IIF Roundtable on Machine Learning in the Financial Industry in Frankfurt am Main.
BaFin's 2019 Annual Press Conference
Speeches by BaFin's President and the Chief Executive Directors in Frankfurt am Main on 7 May 2019
BaFin’s New Year Press Conference
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of BaFin on 15 January 2019 in Frankfurt am Main
Financial stability between aspiration and reality – how predictable is the next crisis?
Opening Statement by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), at the Opening Conference of the 21st Euro Finance Week on 12 November 2018 in Frankfurt am Main.
Topic FintechsCFTC’s FinTech Forward 2018 Conference
Keynote by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin) at the CFTC’s FinTech Forward 2018 Conference on 4 October 2018
Review of the European System of Financial Supervision
Statement by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), on 27 February 2018 at the Public Hearing, European Parliament (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) in Brussels
New Year press reception of BaFin 2018
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), on 17. January 2018 in Frankfurt am Main
Topic Consumer protectionThe digitalised financial world: a blessing or a curse for consumers?
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin), on 30 November 2017 at the 5th BaFin Consumer Protection Forum in Frankfurt am Main
Opportunities and challenges in supervision and regulation
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin), on 19 October 2017 at the Leipzig Economics Society (Wirtschaftsclub Leipzig) in Leipzig
Opportunities and challenges of proportionate regulation
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin), on 28 September 2017 at the BVI Asset Management Conference in Frankfurt
Brexit and Regulatory Implications on the financial sector
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin), on 24 October 2017 at the zeb breakfast meeting in London
Topic Anti-money laundering, FintechsFATF FinTech and RegTech Forum 2017
Welcome remarks by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), on 9 October 2017 at the FATF FinTech and RegTech Forum 2017 in Berlin
35 years of the Association of Foreign Banks in Germany
Speech by Felix Hufeld, President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin) to mark 35 years of the Association of Foreign Banks in Germany on 30 August 2017 in Frankfurt am Main
15th anniversary celebrations of the Institute for Law and Finance in Frankfurt am Main
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin), on 9 June 2017 at the 15th anniversary celebrations of the Institute for Law and Finance in Frankfurt am Main
Speeches at the 2017 BaFin annual press conference
Speeches of the members of the Executive Board of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) in Frankfurt am Main on 09 May 2017.
Financial Regulation – Science and Art
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin) on 1 February 2017 in London
What are the potential opportunities and risks of the digitisation of finance for regulators?
Introductory remarks by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin) on 25 January 2017 at the G20 Conference on "Digitising Finance, financial inclusion and financial literacy" in Wiesbaden
BaFin’s New Year press reception 2017
Speech by Felix Hufeld President of the Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin) on 10 January 2017 in Frankfurt am Main
How Do Low Interest Rates Affect Financial Institutions and Stability?
Speech by Felix Hufeld, BaFin President, on 28 September 2016 at the ESMT European School of Management and Technology (Berlin) on the conference "The Price-Stability-Target in the Eurozone and the European Debt Crisis”
Speeches at the 2016 BaFin annual press conference
Speeches by the President and the Chief Executive Directors of BaFin in Frankfurt am Main on 10 May 2016
Pension reform in Germany and key supervisory challenges
Keynote Speech by BaFin President Felix Hufeld at the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions “Pension Trends and the Changing Supervisory Landscape” (Berlin, 29 October 2015)
BaFin’s Annual Press Conference
Speech by Felix Hufeld, BaFin President, on 12 May 2015 in Frankfurt am Main
BaFin’s New Year press reception 2015
Address by Dr Elke König at BaFin's New Year press reception on 13 January 2015 in Frankfurt am Main
Speech by Dr Elke König on the results of the Comprehensive Assessment
Speech by Dr Elke König, President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), at the Press Conference of BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank for publication of the results of the Comprehensive Assessment on 26 October 2014 in Frankfurt am Main.
BaFin Annual Press Conference 2014
Speech by Dr Elke König, BaFin President, on 20 May 2014 in Frankfurt am Main
