Securities & Capital Markets regulation in Germany

Securities issuance, funds, brokers and capital-markets regulation across jurisdictions. 15 publications, summarized in English and updated same-day.

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2026-05-19

Supervisory Statement 3/2026 (WA): Level I-compliant interpretation of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980 for securities prospectuses

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2024-07-25

Guidance Notice on Marketing Under Section 329 of the German Investment Code (KAGB)

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2024-07-25

Guidance Notice for Marketing According to § 320 KAGB

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2023-05-16

Statutory Definition of Multilateral Trading Facility Operations Under the German Banking Act (KWG)

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2021-08-17

Scrutiny of Securities Prospectuses for Comprehensibility

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2019-09-19

Supervisory Treatment of Individual Features of Corporate Bonds Under the PRIIPs Regulation

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2019-03-21

Circular 5/2018 on Minimum Requirements for the Compliance Function and Rules of Conduct under Sections 63ff. of the Securities Trading Act

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2018-01-16

Guidance Notice on Marketing Pursuant to Section 329 of the Investment Code (KAGB)

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2013-07-23

Guidance Notice on the Marketing of AIFs Pursuant to Section 331 of the Investment Code (KAGB)

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2013-07-23

Guidance Notice on Marketing EU AIFs and Domestic Special AIFs to Professional Investors under Section 323 KAGB

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2013-07-22

Guidance Notice on Marketing of EU UCITS in Germany

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2013-06-24

Interpretation of "Offer of Securities to the Public" Under Section 2 No. 4 of the Securities Prospectus Act for Secondary Market Trading

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2012-08-31

BaFin Guidance Notice on Notification of Market Making and Primary Market Operations under Article 17 of the EU Short Selling Regulation

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2007-12-21

BaFin Letter on the Interpretation of Financial Analysis Terms under Sections 31 and 34b of the Securities Trading Act

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN

2005-09-01

BaFin Interpretation of Terms in Section 34b WpHG and FinAnV

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Germany

Germany

BAFIN