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The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions
In Germany, banks and insurance companies are regulated and supervised by the finan cial supervisor, the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht [BaFin]. The Bank ing Supervision Act Kreditwirtschaftsgesetz [KWG] and the Insurance Supervision Act Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz [VAG] provide th...
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| description | In Germany, banks and insurance companies are regulated and supervised by the finan cial supervisor, the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht [BaFin]. The Bank ing Supervision Act Kreditwirtschaftsgesetz [KWG] and the Insurance Supervision Act Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz [VAG] provide the financial supervisor with a broad range of powers regarding the enforcement of the law. One of these powers is the ability to appoint a special representative. Under certain circumstances, according to s 83a (1) VAG, the financial supervisor is allowed to suspend parts or even whole organs of a supervised company and to replace them with a special representative. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43258 The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions Eric Fiedler, Bernhard Thor Larkin, Mike Germany banks governance financial institutions In Germany, banks and insurance companies are regulated and supervised by the finan cial supervisor, the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht [BaFin]. The Bank ing Supervision Act Kreditwirtschaftsgesetz [KWG] and the Insurance Supervision Act Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz [VAG] provide the financial supervisor with a broad range of powers regarding the enforcement of the law. One of these powers is the ability to appoint a special representative. Under certain circumstances, according to s 83a (1) VAG, the financial supervisor is allowed to suspend parts or even whole organs of a supervised company and to replace them with a special representative. 2026-05-20T09:30:22Z 2026-05-20T09:30:22Z 2007 2026-05-20T09:14:16Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43258 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Germany banks governance financial institutions Eric Fiedler, Bernhard Thor The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| title_full | The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| title_fullStr | The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| title_short | The German “special representative” and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| title_sort | german special representative and corporate governance corporate governance for crisis situations in financial institutions |
| topic | Germany banks governance financial institutions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43258 |
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