Germany: Commodities/Derivatives/Stock Exchanges

Michael Huertas examines the future direction of financial supervision in Europe against the backdrop of the EU's Savings and Investments Union and the Market Integration and Supervision Package. The article explores the ongoing debate between national supervisory autonomy and greater European oversight, analysing the implications for capital market integration, competitiveness and cross-border financial services.

Die ESMA hat klargestellt, dass Event Contracts mit binärem Auszahlungsprofil als Derivate unter bestehende EU-Produktinterventionsmaßnahmen fallen und deren Vertrieb an Retail-Kunden EU-weit verboten ist. Unternehmen, die solche Produkte oder vergleichbare Prediction-Market-Instrumente anbieten, müssen ihre Produktklassifizierung, Vertriebskanäle und MiFID-II-Zulassungsstatus dringend überprüfen und dokumentieren.

The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has published two draft reports on the Market Integration and Supervision Package that significantly expand the European Commission's proposals, introducing comprehensive direct ESMA supervision over all EU CCPs and CSDs, direct oversight of significant asset management groups, and a statutory competition mandate for ESMA. These far-reaching changes to EU capital markets supervision architecture will fundamentally impact regulated firms' supe

The following two articles explore the developments and opportunities in Germany's cannabis market.

As set out in an earlier Client Alert, the EU's Listing Act package was formally adopted in October 2024, published in the EU's Official Journal (OJ) on 14 November 2024 and entered into force on 4 December 2024.

Seit 2012 ist die Verordnung (EU) Nr. 648/2012 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 4. Juli 2012 über OTC-Derivate, zentrale Gegenparteien und Transaktionsregister („EMIR") das europäische Fundament.

On January 7, 2019 the Council or "Consilium" of the European Union, which is part of the EU bicameral legislature and represents the executive governments of the EU's Member States ...

On August 24, 2018, ESMA announced, in its first use of this power, an extension of the existing ban from October 2, 2018 for binary options for those products it has not exempted from the further extension.

The BaFin warns against entering into transactions, particularly involving CFDs (Contracts for Difference),