Archive for the category ‘Capital Markets and Securities Law’

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  Sep. 29, 2020

  Electronic Securities and Crypto Securities in Germany

  Corporate financing by issuing blockchain-based securities in fully digital form becomes possible On August 11, 2020, the German Federal Ministry of Justice...
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  April 3, 2020

  Introduction of Electronic Securities in Germany: This Is A Challenge For Issuers

  Digitization effects and innovative technologies such as the blockchain increasingly influence the financial market. The German Federal Ministry of Justice and...
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  June 28, 2019

  Obligations of Issuers of Financial Instruments in Germany

  Companies raising money on the capital market by issuing shares or debt securities usually have to publish an information prospectus for investors. However, it...
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  May 13, 2019

  German BaFin Classifies Tokenised Investments as Securities

  In its latest journal, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungen, BaFin) has addressed the regulatory assessment...
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  June 28, 2018

  Public Offerings and ICOs About to Become Much Easier in Germany?

  Federal government is planning a “short prospectus” for public offerings of up to eight million euros Whenever a company wishes to realize a...
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  May 9, 2018

  How Does Financing a Start-up Through an ICO Work in Germany?

  Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are presently probably the most hyped way of procuring venture capital not only in Germany but worldwide. ICOs associate elements...
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  June 29, 2017

  Standardization of Prospectus Requirements Under European Prospectus Regulation

  The European Parliament approved the regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a...
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  March 31, 2017

  Providers of Investments Required to Publish Prospectuses in Germany

  In 2017, the Act Amending Financial Market Regulations came into effect in Germany. The expansion of the obligation to draw up a prospectus has a particularly...
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  Dec. 28, 2016

  Reducing liability risks by investment prospectuses

  Any so-called soft costs contained in an investment need to be described in the related investment prospectus in an accurate and easily understandable way....