Speeches
On this page you will find speeches by BaFin’s President and members of the Executive Board.
BaFin’s Annual Press Conference, 7 May 2025
Statement by President Mark Branson
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
