Allegations of corruption in the insurance distribution of company pension plans

Allegations of corruption in the insurance distribution of company pension plans   The most recent investigations by the public prosecutor against insurance sales in connection with the bAV-IVECO affair weigh heavily: an insurance broker was able to bribe a confessed works council with six figures from lavish commissions presumably amounting to millions. The insurance industry […]

A place to stay for the bills

April 1, 2008 – A small CD-ROM containing data from a small bank in a small state plunged a large number of international investors into a major crisis. From which she hasn’t really recovered yet. The capitalists, constantly on the run from the grasp of the treasury, no longer know where to go. How easy […]

Insurance coats come into fashion

With the final withholding tax, traditional asset management with funds is losing much of its appeal. Insurance shells based on the Luxembourg or Liechtenstein model are likely to gain in importance despite the current heated debates on tax evasion. You don’t have to be a prophet to predict one thing: insurance shell companies will come […]

Company pension scheme often disadvantageous: private pension beats deferred compensation

Intermediaries and employers are liable for failing to provide information to reduce social pensions – around €6 billion liability potential annually!     Advertising for deferred compensation with tax and social security savings The conversion of remuneration is made palatable to the employee by advisors or intermediaries, above all because of the tax and social […]

Leveraged business: immediate annuity – bank loan – savings plan

Chance of high profit – but also high risks Leveraged transactions are in practice referred to by financial service providers as “savings annuity”, “savings annuity”, “lex- annuity”, “interest rate differential transaction”, “loan-financed annuity”, “immediate annuity”, “leveraged annuity”, “guaranteed annuity”, “loan-financed life insurance”, “leveraged life insurance”, “fixed loan with repayment substitute”, “leveraged pool”, “loan-financed investment”, “fixed […]

Leverage transactions ; chance of multiple profit ? but also private bankruptcy risk! (at the same time with reference to the new BGH ruling on consultant liability, V ZR 402/99)

by Johannes Fiala, lawyer Leveraged transactions are in practice referred to by financial service providers as “savings annuity”, “savings annuity”, “lex annuity”, “interest rate differential transaction”, “loan-financed annuity”, “immediate annuity”, “leveraged annuity”, “guaranteed annuity”, “loan-financed life insurance”, “leveraged life insurance”, “fixed loan with redemption replacement”, “leveraged pool”, “loan-financed investment”, “fixed loan with repayment substitute”, “leveraged […]