Articles & interviews
The vdp conveys the common standpoints of German Pfandbrief banks to legislators, the government, authorities, as well as banking and financial-sector institutions at the national, European and international levels. In addition, it informs the media and the public. Below you’ll find positions by the vdp on statutory changes that have an impact on Pfandbriefe and the underlying business sectors of Pfandbrief banks.
Articles & interviews
Round Table on Security Rights over Immovable Property (Part1) - Objectives and Working Methods
By Dr. Otmar Stöcker / Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Rolf Stürner
Since 2005, the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken, vdp) has invited academics and practitioners in mortgage and land register law from over 30 countries to Berlin twice a year to discuss legal developments. The following article explains the objectives and working methods of this comparative law project, whose database is progressively being made available to the public.
Difficult environment challenges issuers
Article Börsen-Zeitung on the vdp emissions climate
Germany sets the standard
Interview with Dr. Georg Reutter and Jens Tolckmitt
Partners on the road to sustainable economic transformation
Guest article by Dr. Georg Reutter
Basel reform on the home stretch: improvements needed and possible!
By Jens Tolckmitt
How Pfandbrief banks are preparing for the new ESG requirements
By Sascha Kullig
Pfandbrief banks successfully meet new ESG requirements
Taxonomy tool for assessing green property finance – Excessive complexity