The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the same as between a flash of lightning and a firefly (Mark Twain, US storyteller and satirist, 1835 – 1910). Since many training courses of product providers and/or distributors are based on legal statements whose contents were not checked in advance, the […]
*by Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), certified financial and investment advisor (A.F.A.), banker (www.fiala.de) For initiators and distributors it is of crucial importance that all necessary permits are available ? including audited prospectuses. However, there are always initiators who are badly advised or not advised at all. So it comes […]
*by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert (C.I.F.E.), Lecturer (Univ. of Cooperative Education), Banker (www.fiala.de) He who knows nothing must believe everything.” (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach) For the financial service provider, the BGH stipulated in its ruling of 13.01.2000 (Ref. III ZR 62/99) that […]
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 […]
*by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), M.B.A. (Univ.Wales), M.M. (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert (C.I.F.E.), Banker (www.fiala.de) The financial manager Erhard Straub refers to his very good experience with DCM Deutsche betriebliche Altersvorsorge AG: In his opinion, the intermediary should also point out in the cooperation with StB, RA and WP that […]
*by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer(Munich), M.B.A. (Univ.Wales), M.M.(Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert(C.I.F.E.),Banker (www.fiala.de) Commentary on the “expert check The expert check is a formal check. This means that the adviser and/or intermediary is also obliged in any case to check an investment concept at least for plausibility ? for example on economic […]
By Dipl.-Math. Peter Schramm, Actuary DAV, actuarial expert publicly appointed and sworn by the IHK Frankfurt am Main for actuarial mathematics in private health insurance and Johannes Fiala Lawyer, Master of Business Administration, Master of Mediation, Banker (IHK) Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), www.fiala.de Liability for crashed profit participation? The weakness of the capital […]
by Johannes Fiala Insurance gap The experienced insurance broker will point out two common coverage gaps in the VSH conditions to his VSH client: On the one hand, the lack of coverage if the insured, in particular, “knowingly violates an order, instruction, resolution, power of attorney, or in any other way”. This can be mitigated […]
*by Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), certified financial and investment advisor (A.F.A.), banker (www.fiala.de) The claim: A policyholder had been a proud yacht owner until a loss occurred: a fire had damaged the vessel. The rejection of the benefit: The insurer later informed the policyholder that it was rejecting the […]
*by Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), certified financial and investment advisor (A.F.A.), banker (www.fiala.de) The claim: A policyholder had been a proud yacht owner until a loss occurred: a fire had damaged the vessel. The refusal of the benefit: The insurer later informed the policyholder that it was refusing to […]
