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In forceInvestment firms (WpIG): financial information (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Financial information of small and medium-sized investment firms (GVWI, STWI)

A regulatory return listed by the Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany.

Quarterly financial information under Section 66(2) WpIG: profit and loss account and asset position. A correction is needed if the annual accounts give materially different figures for the balance sheet date. Source

The facts

Who files
Small and medium-sized investment firms within the meaning of the WpIG. Source
How often
Quarterly, as at each quarter end. Source
Deadline
11 February, 12 May, 11 August and 11 November (WpI-AnzV Section 19). Source
Format
XML, Web form. Direct entry in PRISMA, or XML via ExtraNet to PRISMA (work area NAT). Submitted to the Bundesbank's PRISMA reporting line as national (NAT) reports: an XML file, zipped, uploaded with ExtraNet file transfer to the mailbox 'PRISMA - Einreichung von bank- und finanzaufsichtlichen Meldungen' (work area NAT in the file name), or entered with PRISMA's online entry function. Since 1 July 2025 all former WIDAT contents (FinaRisikoV, LiqV, WuSolvV, WpIAnzV and ZAG) are processed in PRISMA. PRISMA sends feedback in PDF and JSON. 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
Investment firms (WpIG): financial information (national)

Templates (2)

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

  • Profit and loss account (WpI-AnzV Annex 9) (GVWI)
  • Asset position (WpI-AnzV Annex 10) (STWI)

Forms named on the WpI-AnzV page and in the 2026 overview for small and medium-sized investment firms. Source

Validation rules

32 rules, as counted from the Bundesbank's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: Rule formulas in the PRISMA rule catalogue (Excel workbook, sheet 'Nationales Meldewesen'), checked automatically in PRISMA.

The rules, on bundesbank.de

How they were counted

Rules named NAT_GVWI_.. and NAT_STWI_.. with no end date in sheet 'Nationales Meldewesen' of the PRISMA rule catalogue (version 1.5): GVWI 15, STWI 17.

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 (7)

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.

Knowing exactly what is collected, in what format and under which rules is the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.