BENEDICT BRAUS CFA
PUBLIC AUDITOR - TAX ADVISOR 

+49 (0) 6084-9179719 
+49 (0) 179-4710729 

b.braus@braus.de

BENEDICT BRAUS CFA
PUBLIC AUDITOR - TAX ADVISOR 

+49 (0) 6084-9179719 
+49 (0) 179-4710729 

b.braus@braus.de

Benedict Braus has more than 20 years of professional experience, largely gained at the Big 4 audit firms. In additional to his professional German qualifications (public auditor, tax advisor), he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

 

Education

  • Public auditor
  • Tax adviser
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
  • Master of Business Administration (TCU, USA)

Selection of Projects

  • Support for the Internal Audit function: Internal audit services for financial service providers and asset managers on a fully outsourced basis; individual audits and secondment to support the internal audit team at asset management companies.
  • Regulatory audit of a newly founded very large asset management company. Including gap analysis and recommendations on implementation; audits according to FinVermV (for intermediaries §§ 34f, 34h GewO), money laundering inspection, audits according to Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (WpHG), audits of custodians, portfolio audit
  • Audit in accordance with IDW PS 951 n.F. for a multi-client service provider
  • Audit of a retirement savings product for a large German asset manager: product calculation, product management, risk controlling, reporting
  • Annual audits: HGB and IFRS, individual and consolidated financial statements
  • Special audits: special audits for banks or on behalf of BaFin
  • Due Diligences: banks, custodians, capital management companies, financial services firms, intermediaries

Publications

  • Emde/Dornseifer/Dreibus/Hölscher, Commentary of the German Capital Investment Code (KAGB), Sec. 197 KAGB in conj. with DerivateV (with Sebastian Zinken)
  • Gehwald/Naumann, Investment Funds – Positioning an Industry, Client protection and Regulation of the Fund Management Sector
  • Absolut Report Nr. 51, Eligible Assets - Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten für Kapitalanlagegesellschaften (zusammen mit Dr. Norbert Brühl)
  • Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen, Das Risikomanagement von Kapitalanlagegesellschaften in der Finanzmarktkrise (zusammen mit Andreas Koch)