UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities) funds may invest in securitisation, subject to a concentration limit of 10%. As part of a consultation on the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (see TSI kompakt of 15 April 2025), ESMA discussed the pros and cons of adjusting the concentration limit with market participants. Mixed feedback from
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Capital markets, economic growth and transformation financing
The transformation of the German economy requires significant investment and thus extensive financing. Against this background, the report “Capital Markets, Economic Growth and Transformation Financing” by Prof. Christoph Kaserer, TU Munich, and Prof. Marc-Steffen Rapp, Philipps-Universität Marburg, analyses the development of German financial and capital markets in an international comparison, highlights corporate financing and concludes
German government answers written parliamentary question on German securitisation task force
The German government has answered the FDP faction’s written parliamentary question on the final report of the German Financial Industry Initiative (“Taskforce Verbriefungen”) dated 23 December 2024 (for more information, see TSI kompakt from 7 January 2025). As expected, the federal government has not formulated any concrete plans in view of the upcoming elections. Concrete
Final Report of the Financial Industry Initiative: Written Parliamentary Question
On 16 September 2024, the final report of the Financial Industry Initiative on securitisation entitled ‘Strengthening Europe’s competitiveness: seizing the opportunities offered by securitisation’ was presented to the Federal Ministry of Finance (see TSI kompakt dated 16 September 2024). In this report, TSI and Association of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken, BdB) highlighted the importance
Risk Control supports debate on reforms regarding the securitisation regulatory framework
Risk Control Limited, with the support of renowned co-authors, has published a paper that contributes to the current debate on the reform of the securitisation regulatory framework (see also our TSIkompakt article from31 July 2024). Risk Control proposes reform of supervisory structures Risk Control focusses, with regards to the usual proposals for the revision of




