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Seeking simplicity
Almost a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, German retail investors are again becoming comfortable with products from US investment banks. This means that domestic players will need to fight hard...
FRANKFURT - An August 14 circular from Bafin confirms the German financial regulator is on target to regulate financial firms' remuneration policies by next year. Bafin's plans to restructure firm's compensation...
Whether its news about the market and its regulators, the movement of people or the introduction of some new twist packaged in a rinky dink product, the Structured Products timeline offers a brief snapshot...
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HSH Nordbank prepares case against board member
HAMBURG & KIEL - German bank HSH Nordbank - the world's largest shipbuilding financier - has said it will press charges against a member of its management board, Frank Roth. Chief operating officer Roth has already been suspended by the bank. He is accused...
Sharing the pain
The financial crisis has exposed serious flaws in risk management and business practices at many institutions across the world, and provided sizeable challenges for supervisors trying to extinguish the fires. Sabine Lautenschlager-Peiter, head of banking...
Innovate to accumulate
Domestic and international insurers, along with banks and mutual funds, are investing heavily in product innovation and distribution for the German market. What skills count in winning and retaining customers, and will it be offshore or onshore providers...
A simple plan
Changes to capital gains tax and the spectre of counterparty risk have done no favours for the German structured products market in the latter half of 2008. But with a level tax landscape due in 2009 and a move towards simple structures, Berenberg Bank...
Safety first?
Traditional German life funds are dominated by fixed income, with a focus on credit and covered bonds. But will Solvency II models encourage more diverse portfolios? Anke Dembowski reports
German and Swiss retail clients gain access to issuer credit spreads
Two European structured product trade associations have begun publishing issuer credit spreads on their websites to increase transparency. Deutscher Derivate Verband (DDV), the German derivative association, began publishing credit spreads of certificate...
Best in Germany - UniCredit
Preparing for the change in taxation rules in Germany that took effect on July 1, 2008 and known as the Abgeltungssteuer, UniCredit switched its product strategy to structured funds. The initial benefit of being tax-free was enhanced within months by...
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