Forum on "White-collar Crime and the Capital Market"

On 9 and 10 November 2017, BaFin hosted its annual forum on "White-Collar Crime and the Capital Market" for the 14th time. The participants consisted of around 400 representatives of the police and the public prosecutor's office, as well as representatives of the Deutsche Bundesbank, stock exchange supervisory authorities, trading surveillance offices of stock exchanges and foreign supervisory authorities. The participants also had the opportunity to attend seminars, such as those on digital white-collar crime and on price determination on the stock exchanges.

BaFin conference on the new Payment Services Directive

BaFin also hosted a conference, held on 5 December 2017, on the effect of the new Payment Services Directive (PSD2) on payment services in the conflict between digitalisation and security requirements. At this event, BaFin together with the Federal Ministry of Finance provided insights into current developments at national and international level, and informed those attending about the supervisory requirements for security in payment services.

MiFID II conference

BaFin held a conference on 27 October 2017 for representatives of the entities under its supervision, dealing with the implementation of the MiFID II requirements relating to the conduct of business rules. Around 375 participants obtained information about the most important changes in the conduct of business rules.

Workshop on “IT Supervision in the Banking Sector”

On 16 March 2017, representatives of the finance industry and IT security experts gathered at BaFin’s invitation for its workshop on "IT Supervision in the Banking Sector”. Around 400 participants brought themselves up-to-date on current supervisory issues relating to IT supervision in the banking sector. The major topics were the supervisory requirements for IT in financial institutions and PSD2.

Information for investors

In April 2017, BaFin took part in the "Invest" trade fair in Stuttgart, providing information for investors. Talks given by BaFin representatives informed investors about credit-linked notes, structured products and contracts for difference (CFDs), among other things, and showed them what to bear in mind when buying these products.

Last but not least, BaFin was represented and provided information at the Börsentage in Berlin, Dresden, Munich and Hamburg as well as at the Federal Ministry of Finance's open house in Berlin.