Press Releases

Current Press Releases

• FMA Survey on Foreign Currency Loans in Q4 2018: percentage of loans to households denominated in foreign currencies falls to below 10% again

  Release date: 20. March 2019 |

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  Percentage of loans to households denominated in foreign currencies falls to below 10% again
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• FMA published Requirements for Internal Governance in the Fight against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

  Release date: 19. March 2019 |

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  Requirements for Internal Governance in the Fight against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
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• Q4 2018 FMA Report on the Austrian Funds Market

  Release date: 15. March 2019 |

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  Funds under management fall due to falling prices during the fourth quarter of 2018
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• The FMA warns about fraudsters impersonating FMA staff members requesting money to be transferred to conduct an apparent transfer of funds

  Release date: 12. March 2019 |

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  Fraudsters are impersonating FMA staff members and are requesting bank transfers to be able to conclude a money transfer
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• Q4 2018 FMA Report on Supervision of Capital Market Prospectuses: continuing stable issuance activity

  Release date: 11. March 2019 |

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  continuing stable issuance activity
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• Q4 2018 FMA Report on the Austrian Pensionskassen: number of beneficiaries increases (+0.8%), Assets under Management fall (-3.7%).

  Release date: 5. March 2019 |

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  Number of beneficiaries increases (+0.8%), Assets under Management fall (-3.7%).
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• FMA increases maximum amount for building savings loans

  Release date: 26. February 2019 |

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  FMA increases maximum amount
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• New Information Requirements for Pensionskassen and Life Insurance ensure greater transparency in old-age provision

  Release date: 4. January 2019 |

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  Greater transparency for Pensionskassen and Life Insurance
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• FMA On-Site Inspection Strategy 2019: 261 measures planned, priority on Sustainable Business Models, Information Requirements, IT Risk and the Prevention of Money Laundering

  Release date: 3. January 2019 |

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  261 measures planned. Priority on sustainable business models, information requirements, IT risk and preventation of money laundering
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• New Deposit Guarantee System commences operations as start of year

  Release date: 2. January 2019 |

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  Fundamental transformation of the Austrian deposit guarantee system comes into force on 1 January 2019
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