Legal status and liability risks of the pseudo-broker

By Dr. habil. Boris Bartikowski, Associate Professor in Marketing, Euromed Marseille School of Management, Tel.: +49 (0) 8294 30 63 60; Tel.: +33 (0) 4 91 82 79 82, boris.bartikowski@euromed-marseille.com, www.euromed-marseille.com and lawyer Dr. Johannes Fiala, Kanzlei Fiala & Weber – RA, Mediator, StB & WP, MBA (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), Bankkaufmann (IHK), Geprüfter Finanz- und […]

New sources of danger

23 November 2006 ? Today, the new intermediary law is to pass the Bundestag. This brings new insights for the impact on the work of all intermediaries in the insurance and financial services sector. In the future, the insurance intermediaries will be subject to the so-called information, consulting and documentation obligations. We are however the […]

Controlling und Vertriebsrecht: Immer größere VSH-Lücken im Bereich geschlossener Fonds und Beteiligungen*

Controlling and distribution law: Increasingly large VSH gaps in the area of closed-end funds and participations*. (Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician, 1900 – 1971) The VSH broker Ralf W. Barth has long recognized (www.rwb-finanz.de) that with the increasing legal regulation of the intermediary market (EU-VRL, MiFID, VVG reform, etc.) a clear limiting trend in the […]

Initiator monitoring and controlling: sales companies and training managers in personal liability for incorrect training of financial intermediaries and financial advisors

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 […]

Initiatoren-Begleitung und Controlling: Lack of BaFin approval with punishment ? Reversal trap in distribution law

*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 […]

bAV: Time value account and U-Kasse without VSH protection

*by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), Mediator (Univ.), 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) The defendant asked his lawyer how long the whole affair was likely to take. Lawyer: “For me three hours and for you three years…” Again and […]

Company pension schemes, social security clearing, tax saving schemes: Liability brake by checking the permissibility of tax and legal advice !

Es ist verrückt, die Dinge immer gleich zu machen und dabei auf andere Ergebnisse zu hoffen. (Albert Einstein) In den letzten Jahren haben der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) und das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) die Rechtsberatung massiv liberalisiert. Der Gesetzgeber plant weitere Erleichterungen auf Wunsch der Wirtschaft, durch das neue Rechtsdienstleistungsgesetz (RDG). Für Finanzdienstleister ergeben sich dadurch neue Märkte: […]

Initiatoren-Begleitung und Controlling: Lack of BaFin approval with punishment ? Reversal trap in distribution law ?

*by Johannes Fiala, Attorney at Law (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), Chartered Financial and Investment Adviser (A.F.A.), Banker (www.fiala.de) For initiators and distributors it is of crucial importance that all necessary permits are available ? included tested Brochures. However, there are always initiators who are poor or even are not advised. And so […]

Financial loss liability insurance for intermediaries when operating beyond the borders of Germany

by Ralf W. Barth, pecuniary loss liability broker (www.rwb-finanz.de) and 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 prime case: As is well known, the retirement provisions of entrepreneurs in Germany can hardly be protected from the access of third parties in […]

Occupational pension schemes: Advice protocols and products put to the test

*by Peter F. Then, insurance broker (Veitshöchheim), lawyer (www.then-finanz.de) and Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), banker (www.fiala.de ) The information problem: An agent writes ‘I personally have no problem with broker liability. I am largely responsible for my own actions. Only that I should take over the liability for the mistakes of my suppliers does not […]