Instead, it is about reducing operational burdens on small institutions without hollowing out capital and liquidity requirements. This, ladies and gentlemen, is how we can secure a diverse, successful and, above all, stable financial sector - to serve the German economy. Thank you very much for your attention.
1 See A Dombret (2016), Banking regulation and diversity – do we need more proportionality in banking  regulation? Speech delivered at the Banking Industry Conference of the People's Banks and Raiffeisen Banks in Berlin, 8 June 2016.