Tag: Felix Hufeld
Bafin executive director Béatrice Freiwald has to go
Beatrice Freiwald The lawyer has long been considered a shaky candidate in financial supervision. (Photo: Bernd Roselieb/BaFin) Frankfurt The financial supervisory authority Bafin is separating from its executive director Beatrice…
Bafin Executive Director Béatrice Freiwald is threatened with extinction.
Beatrice Freiwald The lawyer, whose contract runs until the beginning of 2024, has long been considered a shaky candidate in the authority. (Photo: Bernd Roselieb/BaFin) Frankfurt The Bafin Executive Director…
Financial regulator Branson warns of risks in the real estate business
Mark Branson at the Handelsblatt Banking Summit The Bafin boss, who has been in office since August 2021, has announced a tougher approach to the supervision of financial institutions. (Photo:…
Ex-Bafin boss hires small and medium-sized financiers
Felix Hufeld The former president of the financial supervisory authority Bafin is allowed to take on new tasks again a year after his retirement. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt,…
The new boss Mark Branson is turning financial supervision upside down.
Mark Branson The new Bafin President is a qualified mathematician and acts in a sober and fact-driven manner. “Sometimes he reminds you of Angela Merkel,” says a Bafin insider. (Photo:…
Why banks and insurers do not have to fear an in-depth examination in 2020
Frankfurt Many German banks and insurers should breathe a sigh of relief: Even for the 2021 financial year, they do not have to show their auditors how effectively they have…
How dependent is he on the Treasury?
Frankfurt The new head of the German financial regulator Bafin finds tough capital requirements important for big banks. Mark Branson said in April that thick capital buffers are of great…