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)