What are acquisition brokerage, investment advice, financial portfolio management, financial planning, investment brokerage and prospectus liability?

Investment brokerage: Investment brokerage (also called acquisition brokerage, especially in the insurance sector) is the pure brokering of a third party’s investment (no products created by the client). What is owed is the provision of information and the execution of the mediation, but no advice. The investor has a limited expectation here, because he only […]

Intermediary liability: bankruptcy due to incorrect investment advice

A must read for advisors, agents, brokers, employees of distribution companies, employees of insurance companies, partners and employees of credit institutions.   Intermediary liability: The early death of the investment advisor through bankruptcy due to incorrect investment advice!   New market development trends: The banking and investment scene is in a state of upheaval. The […]

Dubai asset investment

Mecca of the rich and beautiful Dubai, with its capital Dubai City, is probably the best known emirate in the United Arab Emirates and certainly the most notorious. Time and again, the small princely state attracts attention with controversial topics such as the investment of assets in Dubai, the casual treatment of women’s and human […]

Investment in North America

Why Canada is attractive for investors The economic and political situation in Europe, as well as the issues of climate change and peace, are prompting more and more people to diversify their assets. Whereas in the past people had invested their assets classically in real estate and shares in Germany, there is a clear trend […]

Alternative investments

How to protect your assets Where to put all that money? An admittedly somewhat gloating question that will certainly only concern a portion of our readership, but could be all the more valuable for them. Cash is dead, long live cash. Not only since the current inflation (2022) of more than 7%, we are noticing […]

Massive investor losses due to overly safe investments

– Why the Small Investor Protection Act does not protect against investment losses due to low interest rates –   Obligation to provide investor-friendly advice According to the BGH Bond ruling (Federal Court of Justice ruling of 14.06.2007, Ref. XI ZR 12/93), all investment advice must be appropriate to the investor and the property. Investor-oriented […]

Reversal of insurance policies for capital & financial investment

Why you should cancel an insurance policy After taking out an insurance policy, there are Insured persons have two options contractual relationship with your insurer to terminate the contract: On the one hand, the contract can be terminated – like any contract- under Compliance with the legal deadlines informal and on the other hand, it […]

Legal advice for your private pension provision

Private pension provision and its pitfalls Anyone who wants to take out insurance for old age cannot afford to ignore a private pension plan today. The standard of living with the statutory pension in the future is doubtful. A well thought-out concept for a private pension scheme is therefore equally important for self-employed and employees. […]

Lawyer for investment law in Munich

Investment law: Ask at the right time The investor protector Heinz Gerlach (*1945, +2010) once said that the typical investor at the regulars’ table only has three questions: First question: The investor waves various prospectus documents and asks “Is that something?”Second question: “And what’s the best?”Third question (usually after months or years): “What is the […]