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In forceInstitutions: annual accounts and holdings (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Annual collective reports on holdings (Beteiligungssammelanzeigen, SAAB, SAPB)

A regulatory return listed by the Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany.

Annual collective reports, as at 31 December, of the institution's holdings in other undertakings and close links (active holdings) and of significant holdings in the institution (passive holdings). Single reports on changes during the year are event-driven and not covered here. Source

The facts

Who files
Institutions under the KWG (AnzV Sections 7 and 8), payment and e-money institutions (ZAGAnzV Sections 11 and 12), investment firms (WpIG, WpI-AnzV) and firms under the KMAG; the NExt file naming rules list collective reports for each of these laws. Source
How often
Yearly, as at 31 December of the previous year. Source
Deadline
By 15 June of the following year (AnzV Sections 7(2) and 8(2); ZAGAnzV Sections 11(2) and 12(2); 15 June also for investment firms' passive holdings). Source
Format
PDF, XML. Electronic filing is required. Minimum standard: PDF of the official forms in the NExt topic 'Aufsichtliche Anzeigen und Meldungen - Upload Dokumente' (codes SAAB and SAPB). Voluntarily, XML files (BETEIL.A.<number>.<date>.<time>.zip) via ExtraNet, validated against the published schemas; electronic filing replaces filing with BaFin. Draft schemas for a future switch to PRISMA were published in October 2026. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the Bundesbank: PRISMA (Bundesbank reporting line for supervisory reports); ExtraNet; NExt. See how firms file with the Bundesbank.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Institutions: annual accounts and holdings (national)

Templates (5)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the Bundesbank's code in brackets.

  • Active holdings report (Aktivische Beteiligungsanzeige), AnzV Annex 3 (AB)
  • Annex for complex holding structures, AnzV Annex 4 (KB)
  • Passive holdings report (Passivische Beteiligungsanzeige), AnzV Annex 5 (PB)
  • Active holdings report of ZAG institutions (ZAGAnzV Annex 8)
  • Passive holdings report of ZAG institutions (ZAGAnzV Annex 7)

Forms named in AnzV Sections 7 and 8 (codes from the Bundesbank's 2022 overview for financial services institutions) and ZAGAnzV Sections 11 and 12. The investment firm form WpI-PB is named in the 2026 overview for small and medium-sized investment firms but its file was not opened, so it is not counted. Source

Validation rules

The Bundesbank publishes the checks it runs on this return. They could not be counted from the published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: XML schemas (XSD) for holdings reports.

The Bundesbank recommends validating XML files against the schemas before filing.

The rules, on bundesbank.de

How they were counted

Not counted: the checks are the XML schemas, not a rule list.

Counts are in the Bundesbank's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by the Bundesbank was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (17)

The Bundesbank's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.