Benedict Braus has approximately 20 years of professional experience, including over ten years in auditing and advising banks and financial service providers, notably at Deloitte. In addition to his professional qualifications as a Certified Public Accountant and Tax Advisor, he has successfully completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Texas Christian University (USA). He founded BRAUS BERATUNG+REVISION in 2016.

His work encompasses conducting and supporting internal audits for financial service providers, asset management companies, and banks, as well as annual financial statement audits under HGB and IFRS for both individual and consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, he performs regulatory audits, including examinations under the German Investment Intermediary Act (FinVermV) for intermediaries (§ 34f, 34h GewO), anti-money laundering audits, audits under the Securities Trading Act (WpHG), depositary audits, and custodian audits.

Benedict Braus also conducts special audits for banks on various topics and performs audits on behalf of BaFin for institutions of all types and sizes. Another focus of his work is due diligence for banks, custodians, asset management companies, financial service providers, and 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)