Tag: Investor protection
New hope for German investors
Stock exchange in Moscow Trading in depository receipts of Russian stocks has no longer been possible since March 2022. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Investors who bought shares in Russian companies…
Investor lawyers want to sue for compensation for Credit Suisse shareholders
Axel Lehmann and Colm Kelleher at the historic press conference on March 19th Credit Suisse shareholders do not want to accept the low purchase price that UBS had to pay.…
Consumer center calls for more legal clout for Bafin
BaFin in Bonn Collective consumer protection is now also one of the tasks of financial supervision. (Photo: imago images/Schöning) Frankfurt For around eight years, the financial supervisory authority Bafin has…
This is changing with the retail investor strategy
European Commission According to plans by the EU Commission, there should be a ban on commission for pure “execution transactions”. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Brussels The EU Commission wants to attract…
That is changing for investors
European Commission According to plans by the EU Commission, there should be a ban on commission for pure “execution transactions”. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Brussels The EU Commission wants to attract…
Employees are probably considering a lawsuit against the Finma supervisory authority
Credit Suisse logo The troubled bank was taken over by UBS in March. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich A number of senior Credit Suisse managers are opposed to the removal of bonus…
The EU wants to improve investor protection
EU Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness The Commission and EU governments have repeatedly stressed the importance of European capital markets to finance the green and digital transformation of the economy. Since…
Private investors join the complaint against Swiss financial regulators
CreditSuisse As part of the emergency merger with UBS, Finma had Credit Suisse’s so-called AT1 bonds written off worthless. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich New trouble for the Swiss financial regulator: After…
MiCA officially decided – EU regulates the crypto industry
Bitcoin In the future, crypto platforms, like banks, will have to collect information on senders and recipients of transactions and share it with the authorities. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt It took…
MiCA officially decided – EU regulates the crypto industry
Bitcoin In the future, crypto platforms, like banks, will have to collect information on senders and recipients of transactions and share it with the authorities. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt It took…
Credit Suisse bond investors are suing the Swiss financial regulator
Credit Suisse logo in front of the Swiss Parliament building The state-ordered rescue operation now has a legal aftermath. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich Credit Suisse creditors are resisting the compulsory write-down…
Sewing warns of regulation – Would strengthen shadow banks
Frankfurt According to the observations of the Federal Association of German Banks (BdB), the digitization of the banking business accelerates the pace of customer deposit outflows in crisis situations. “The…
VW main owner Porsche SE wins – model plaintiff wants to go before the BGH
Wendelin Wiedeking in court in March 2016 According to the court, the questioning of the ex-manager did not result in any indication that they knew about the illegal defeat devices…
Your money is safe now
At the ATM The Handelsblatt gives an overview of the rules of deposit protection. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Munich In the US, two medium-sized banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, have…
How safe are call money and fixed deposits?
At the ATM The Handelsblatt gives an overview of the rules of deposit protection. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Munich In the US, two medium-sized banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, have…
Buyer found for Signature Bank
Signature Bench The New York bank is taken over by the Community Bancorp. (Photo: AP) new York The US deposit insurance FDIC has found a buyer for the failed Signature…
Test case against EY over Wirecard bankruptcy begins
Frankfurt Damaged Wirecard shareholders are now taking on the auditor EY. On Monday, the Bavarian Supreme Regional Court (BayObLG) in Munich appointed the private investor Kurt Ebert as model plaintiff…
DWS refrains from advertising after consumer protection lawsuit
Protest against DWS Greenpeace activists protest against so-called “greenwashing” in the foyer of the DWS Group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After a lawsuit by the Baden-Württemberg…
P&R investors can keep their distributions
Container ship in Norway Investors in the insolvent container distributor P&R will be happy. The insolvency administrator may no longer contest payments made by the group before the bankruptcy. This…
Tesla investors fail in class action lawsuit against Musk
Elon Musk Tesla shareholders have failed in a class action lawsuit against CEO Elon Musk over his 2018 tweets. (Photo: dpa) san francisco Tesla shareholders have failed in a class…