Compliance Services for FMIs Services in Germany
Payment systems, CCPs, CSDs, and trade repositories in Germany operate in a market where Frankfurt hosts the ECB and Deutsche Börse. ABM Global Compliance provides PFMI alignment, DORA resilience, recovery planning, and oversight readiness built for exactly that environment, keeping your business compliant with EU frameworks and BaFin alike. We build compliance for exactly that reality.
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Principles Written for Systemic Importance
The starting point in Germany is the market itself: Frankfurt hosts the ECB and Deutsche Börse, and BaFin supervises markets with detailed WpHG conduct requirements layered on MiFID II. The CPMI-IOSCO Principles govern FMIs directly, covering governance, credit and liquidity risk, settlement finality, and default management, with published self-assessments authorities read closely. National law adds its own layer through GwG.
The cost of misreading this market is concrete. DORA’s resilience obligations bite hardest on infrastructure, and recovery planning now sits alongside daily compliance as a live expectation. Oversight findings at FMIs echo across every connected participant. We build frameworks for Germany from local supervisory reality rather than generic EU templates.
How We Support Clients in Germany
For clients in Germany we deliver PFMI self-assessments and disclosure, gap remediation, EMIR and CSDR compliance, DORA resilience frameworks, recovery and wind-down planning, and oversight engagement, shaped to this market’s supervisory expectations, including engagement with BaFin,. One team covers the complete relationship.
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Why Clients in Germany Choose ABM
Principles Depth
PFMI requirements and oversight expectations handled with infrastructure-grade precision at every stage.
Resilience Focus
DORA frameworks and incident readiness built for systemically important operations every time.
Oversight Fluency
Self-assessments and authority engagement prepared to the standard overseers expect every time.
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FMI Compliance Questions Answered
What are the PFMI principles?
The CPMI-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures, twenty-four international standards covering governance, risk management, settlement, default handling, and operational reliability for systemic infrastructure.
Who oversees FMIs in Europe?
Central banks and securities regulators share oversight depending on infrastructure type, with ESMA and the ECB holding direct roles for CCPs and systemically important systems, including GwG duties.
What disclosure must FMIs publish?
The PFMI disclosure framework requires published self-assessments describing how each principle is met, updated after material changes and reviewed by authorities every time.
What does FMI recovery planning involve?
Credible plans for surviving extreme losses or liquidity shortfalls, including loss allocation tools and service continuity, assessed by authorities for genuine usability.
Does DORA apply to market infrastructures?
Yes, intensively. FMIs face DORA’s ICT risk, incident reporting, and testing requirements, with expectations scaled to their systemic importance at every stage.