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24.02.2010

Pfandbrief Banks unveil price index for German housing

Member of the index family GREX (German Real Estate Index), which will gradually incorporate other market segments as well - Important contribution to improving market transparency - Index shows slight upward trend in residential property prices since 2003 more »
21.01.2010

Fitch Rating Action not a reflection of decline in Pfandbrief quality

Germany's Pfandbrief Banks critical of procedure more »
27.11.2009

Pfandbrief banks achieve funding targets

Pfandbrief a safe investment product and reliable refinancing instrument, even in difficult times more »
09.10.2009

Germany's Mortgage Lending Value under the microscope

vdp publishes new book more »
15.09.2009

The Pfandbrief 2009/2010

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19.06.2009

Changes in vdp Board and General Management

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04.06.2009

vdp welcomes Covered Bond Purchase Programme

Some Questions remain more »
06.04.2009

TEGoVA launches European Valuation Standards 2009

Helping professionals and clients face the valuation challenges of market volatility and recession more »
26.03.2009

Pfandbrief Act amended

Commitment of German lawmakers to the Pfandbrief system underpinned more »
16.02.2009

Pfandbrief market revival is evident

- vdp sees issuing activity pick up at the start of the year - Perceptible rise in issuing volume for 2008 – despite financial market crisis - Study confirms the Pfandbrief’s superiority to Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) more »
30.01.2009

Pfandbrief banks oppose widening scope of government guarantees for bank bonds

vdp President Henning Rasche warns against disadvantaging the Pfandbrief more »
17.12.2008

Law - made in Germany

New brochure highlights the benefits of the German legal system more »
04.12.2008

Top management changing of the guard at vdp

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28.11.2008

State guarantees are out of the question for Pfandbrief market

Market suffers from “collective punishment” more »
11.11.2008

Henning Rasche stays on as president of the vdp

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13.10.2008

German Financial Market Stabilization Act: Unrestricted Endorsement of the Pfandbrief

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08.10.2008

New vdp brochure: "The Pfandbrief - A Safe Investment"

Important Questions and Answers more »
11.09.2008

Significant Rise in Pfandbrief Sales during First Half of 2008

vdp President Rasche: Sign of the Pfandbrief's function as safe haven in turbulent times – Gradual melting of increased spreads in Jumbo Pfandbrief trading expected more »
01.09.2008

vdp welcomes further normalisation of Interbank Market Making

Market Makers support initiative of the issuers' association more »
31.07.2008

vdp shows the way towards Normalisation of Interbank Market Making

Jumbo Pfandbriefe Investor Protection in secondary market crucial more »
29.07.2008

The Pfandbrief - a Blueprint for the US Treasury

US Covered Bonds in the Focus more »
06.06.2008

Henning Rasche re-elected vdp President

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22.04.2008

No loss of quality for Pfandbrief investors following transfer of ownership of Düsseldorfer Hypothekenbank

Pfandbrief Act contains many safeguarding provisions more »
18.04.2008

“Important signal for the German culture for fixed-rate financing”

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28.02.2008

Simply Pfandbrief – simply good

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14.01.2008

vdp publishes model contract for Investment Portfolio Loan Agreements

An alternative to extensive Anglo-American drafts more »
04.01.2008

Tighter conditions in interbank market making for Jumbo Pfandbriefe

Transparency in trading in Jumbos to be improved more »
18.12.2007

Favorable fixed-rate loans for German homebuyers preserved for the time being

But EU Commission reserves right to introduce directive at a later date more »
14.12.2007

Pfandbrief weathers the subprime crisis

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26.11.2007

Interbank Market Making of Pfandbriefe and other Covered Bonds resumed

Interbank trading of Covered Bonds was resumed at 2:30 p. m. Frankfurt time today. more »
22.11.2007

Jumbo Pfandbrief interbank market making temporarily suspended

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20.09.2007

International Covered Bond experts in Berlin for the first time

State Secretary Thomas Mirow opens congress in Berlin with more than 800 participants; after three years in office, Louis Hagen hands over the chair of the European Covered Bond Council. more »
22.08.2007

Pfandbriefe not affected by subprime crisis

Numerous safety measures in place to protect investors more »
19.06.2007

vdp enlargens its Board to better meet future challenges

Members include senior managers from all German banking groups more »
24.04.2007

2006: A successful year for the Pfandbrief and the vdp

- Distinct increase in members after vdp repositions itself - Pfandbrief remains premium product on the Covered Bond market - Business development of the Pfandbrief banks in 2006 more »
08.03.2007

Defending Credit Quality

Louis Hagen remains Chairman of the European Covered Bond council until September 2007 more »
06.02.2007

10 % of Jumbo Pfandbrief issues go to Asia

- Pfandbrief banks currently in Tokyo and Peking - more »
23.01.2007

vdp publishes amended Pfandbrief Act brochure for download

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