Working Paper - Transatlantic Financial Market Integration

AmCham Germany calls on the US and the EU to commit to and to promote an effective coordination of financial market policy and regulations. More

 

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Working Paper - Transatlantic Financial Market Integration

AmCham Germany calls on the US and the EU to commit to and to promote an effective coordination of financial market policy and regulations. More

 

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Financial Services Committee

 

 

The Financial Services Committee engages in policy issues and discussions relating to financial developments on national, European and global levels. The Committee takes a special interest in the promotion of a business- and investment-friendly financial legal framework in Germany. Activities focus on developments in the banking and insurance industry, consolidation trends and bank assurance concepts on both the EU and national level. Additionally, trends and developments of the financial services sector in the United States are also closely monitored.

Chair
Volker Sach
Geschäftsführer
F.A.Z. Institut

Co-Chair
Rolf Maihöfer
Managing Director & Head of Public Sector Group
Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG & Co. KGaA

 

Topics 2009 / 2010

  • International financial market integration
  • Global financial crisis - causes, effects and lessons learned
  • Access to public funding
  • Accounting standards
  • Revision of Basel II
  • Hedge Funds and Private Equity - Alternative Investment Funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Capital market access and competitiveness, Capital Requirement Directive

Meetings

Committee Meetings

Committee Meeting in Frankfurt on December 9, 2009

Discussion on the th US economic sanctions system: "The Office of Foreign Assets Control – Recent Enforcement Developments and New Trends under the Obama Administration with William B. Hoffman, Counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Washington, DC and long-time Chief Counsel for the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The presentation is available for download PDF here

 

Committee Meeting in Frankfurt on October 13, 2009

PDF Committee members discussed with  Prof. David A. Singer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the topic of "New Standards for the International Financial System." Prof. Singers presentation is available for download PDF here

 

Committee Meeting in Frankfurt on September 23, 2009

At a roundtable discussion with Dr. Axel Nawrath, Member of the board, KfW Bank, participants had a fruitful discussion on the many questions related to the issue of access to government funding in times of global economic crisis.

 

Committee Meeting in Frankfurt on April 28, 2009
The committee convened on April 28, 2009 in order to exchange best-practices and discuss International Financial Accounting Rules, US GAAP as well as the German HGB.

Präsentation Honeywell "IFRS - Chance zur Effizienzsteigerung" PDF Download

 

Committee Meeting in Frankfurt on November 17, 2008
Die Mitglieder des Financial Services Committee diskutierten mit BaFin über aktuelle Entwicklungen auf den Finanzmärkten und regulatorische Entwicklungen aufgrund der Erfahrungen aus der Subprime Krise.

Gäste: Sabine Lautenschläger-Peiter, Exekutivdirektorin Geschäftsbereich Bankenaufsicht, Peter Kruschel, Referatsleiter BA 16, Auslandsbankenaufsicht, und Christoph Crüwell, Referatsleiter INT 6, Internationales/Bankenaufsicht.

Statements

Statements & Publications

Working Paper on Transatlantic Financial Market Integration (March 2010)

In a new working paper, the Financial Services Committee stresses the need for deeper transatlantic financial market integration. The US and the EU should work to advance an international framework amongst the G-20 to include mutual recognition of standards. Click here to download PDF German version or PDF English summary.

 

AWG Novelle

AmCham Germany Stellungnahme zum Entwurf eines Dreizehnten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes und der Außenwirtschaftsverordnung (6. August 2008)

Die Pressemitteilung in Deutsch und Englisch finden Sie hier

Das Kabinett beschließt 13. Gesetz zur Änderung des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes und der Außenwirtschaftsverordnung:

Hier finden Sie die  Pressemitteilung des BMWi und den Regierungsentwurf vom 20. August 2008.

Bundestag verabschiedet AWG Novelle (13. Februar 2009) - Neue Rahmenbedingungen für M&A Transaktionen. Lesen Sie hier den PDF Bericht von Lovells

 

AmCham Germany Pressemitteilung vom 16. Februar 2009 hier

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