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Current Press Releases

• Foreign Business of Austrian Insurance Undertakings increased by 4.1% to € 5.8 bn and accounts for approx. 40% of total premiums

  Release date: 17. January 2020 |

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• Inclusion of virtual currencies in the prevention of money laundering: certain providers subject to FMA supervision from 10 January 2020

  Release date: 9. January 2020 |

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  certain providers subject to FMA supervision from 10 January 2020
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• FMA Inspection Plan 2020: 172 on-site inspections, significantly increased intensity of inspections

  Release date: 3. January 2020 |

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  172 on-site inspections, significantly increased intensity of inspections
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• FMA publishes revised Minimum Standards on Internal Auditing

  Release date: 2. January 2020 |

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  FMA publishes revised Minimum Standards on Internal Auditing
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• Number of investor warnings issued by FMA at new record high: 97 investor warnings were published in 2019

  Release date: 30. December 2019 |

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  97 investor warnings published in 2019
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• FMA and OeNB define their joint objectives for banking supervision for 2020

  Release date: 27. December 2019 |

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  Objectives for Banking Supervision in 2020
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• FMA Report on the State of the Austria Insurance Market: Investments away from the capital markets are more attractive in the low interest environment; cyberresilience of the Austrian insurance sector is currently still strongly driven in a “bottom-up” manner

  Release date: 23. December 2019 |

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  on the State of the Austrian Insurance Industry
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• FMA Survey on Foreign Currency Loans in Q3 2019: massive reduction of outstanding volume of foreign currency loans continues

  Release date: 20. December 2019 |

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  massive reduction of outstanding volume of foreign currency loans continues
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• Q3 2019 FMA report on the Austrian insurance industry: Premium volume increased by 4.67% to € 4.07 bn, result from ordinary activities increases.

  Release date: 19. December 2019 |

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  Premium volume increased by 4.67% to € 4.07 bn, result from ordinary activities increases.
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• Q3 2019 FMA Report on Supervision of Capital Markets Prospectuses: FMA approved 21 prospectuses and 18 supplements

  Release date: 18. December 2019 |

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  FMA approved 21 prospectuses and 18 supplements
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