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FMA report on Q3 2011 performance of Austrian insurance sector29.12.2011
Weak life assurance performance leads to slight decrease in premiums
more InformationAustrian Financial Market Authority FMA appoints by administrative decision auditor Dorotea Rebmann government commissioner for the licensed Bank “ALIZEE Bank AG”27.12.2011
In an administrative decision issued December 22, 2011, the Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA has appointed, with immediate effect, auditor Dorotea Rebmann as government commissioner for the management board of the licensed...
more InformationFMA publishes five updated circulars related to combating money laundering and terrorist financing14.12.2011
The Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA has updated five circulars on the subject of combating money laundering and terrorist financing. The circulars concerned are the following: on “Identification and Verification of...
more InformationEBA Identifies Capital Need for Participating Austrian Banks of EUR 3.9 Billion 08.12.2011
Against the backdrop of the sovereign-debt crisis, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has identified for 71 systemically relevant European banks the amounts by which banks will need to increase their core tier-1 capital buffers...
more InformationFMA Q3 2011 Report on Austrian Pensionskassen 07.12.2011
Negative performance, assets under management slightly down
more InformationFMA extends temporary ban on naked short selling of selected financial stocks22.11.2011
Austria’s Financial Market Authority FMA has extended the temporary ban, limited to 30 November 2011, on naked short selling in the cash market of shares of Erste Group Bank AG, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, UNIQA...
more InformationFMA and OeNB Devise a Set of Measures to Strengthen Business Model Sustainability for Austrian Banks Operating in CESEE21.11.2011
Following intensive consultations, the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) and the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) have devised a set of measures to make the business models used by Austrian banks operating in Central,...
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