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The Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) will become a full member of the Association of German Banks on 1 January 2022 …

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Christian Sewing, President of the Association of German Banks, on the decision of the IFRS Foundation to base the International …

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The European Commission’s proposals for implementing the Basel rules are a step in the right direction. But they do not …

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Shortly before the COP26 world climate conference in Glasgow, the private banks have set out their position on how to …

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The years 2020 and 2021 have shown that sustainability and climate change are the burning issues of our time and …

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Jens Weidmann has been a strong Bundesbank President for more than ten years and, internationally, he is a highly respected …

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DK participated in the consultation on ESMA guidelines for EMIR reporting requirements.

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The GBIC advocates that newly created risk provisions should avoid a double burden on Common Equity Tier 1 capital.

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”Time is nevertheless of the essence: what we need as quickly as possible is an alliance to tackle the challenges …

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GBIC welcomes the decision to update the SREP Guidelines.

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GBIC welcomes proposal for an EU standard for green bonds – further revisions necessary

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We welcome that, regardless of a threshold calculation, small and non-complex institutions (SNCIs) will be exempt from extended reporting requirements.

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Digitisation has been a key topic for many years now and it is one to which the Association of German …

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The GBIC has commented on a consultation of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on the regulatory treatment of crypto …

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From the GBIC's point of view, there is already a high level of transparency on the secondary markets for non-performing …

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GBIC understands EBA’s wish to implement the strengthening of supervisory convergence in Europe for interest rate risk exposures in the …

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GBIC expressly supports the revision of the NPL transaction data templates with the aim of a simpler, more proportionate and …

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But of the three letters “E-S-G”, which are now commonly used as an acronym for environmental, social and governance aspects …

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The German Banking Industry Committee has commented on the EU draft of a "Retail Investment Strategy" and, among other things, …

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The ECB should take active account of climate policy aspects only in the context of a “secondary” objective subordinate to …

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“We very much welcome the ECB’s decision to press ahead with its plans for a digital euro,” said Andreas Krautscheid, …

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In a policy paper, the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) for the first time sets out detailed thoughts on the …

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The Association of German Banks is now an official endorser of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRBs). The initiative launched …

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The new Transatlantic Business Initiative (TBI) works to strengthen economic ties between the US and Canada, on the one hand, …