Erscheinung:27.08.2025 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection BaFin warns consumers about the website baringinvestments(.)com
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website baringinvestments(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, this website is being used to offer financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
The website does not contain any indication of the complete name of the operator including its legal form. It also provides no information on the registered office or company address. When dealing with customers, the operator uses the names Baring Investments or Baringinvestments, Baring Asset Management, Baring Ltd and Baring Capital Management Limited. The operator provides addresses in Sutton Coldfield and London, both located in the UK.
Anyone providing financial, investment or cryptoasset services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the necessary authorisation. Information on whether a particular company has been granted authorisation by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies.
BaFin is issuing this warning on the basis of section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG).
Please be aware:
BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.
