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"The legislator is seeking for a responsible, mature and critical investor"
Interview with Volker Gollin (formerly Managing Director of Severn Consultancy Germany) and Stefanie Ahrens-Herwig (Senior Manager) for "Bank + Markt" July 2010 (in German)
The UCITS IV directive aims for an harmonisation of the European fund market. The directive introduces five key modifications in the regulatory landscape. Three of these offer new strategic opportunities (management company passport, master-feeder funds, cross-border funds mergers), the other two enhance time-to-market (new notification process) and investor protection (Key Investor Document).
"Money-Laundering Prevention Measures - An approach to ensure relevant risk and legal requirements in five steps."
Article in "Geldinstitute " June 2010
Author: Norman Nehls, Manager
Fachbeitrag "Prävention von Geldwäsche - In fünf Schritten zur risikoorientierten Compliance" (in German)
"Wenn Banken Neuland betreten - Risikomanagement im Neue-Produkte Prozess" ("If banks enter new business -Risk Management within the New-Product-Process")
Article in "Die Bank" magazine, October 2009
Authors: Christian Moerler, Managing Director and Konstantin Fundulus, Senior Consultant
"Im Rahmen der so genannten Neue-Produkte-Prozesse (NPP) fordert die Bankenaufsicht eine Analyse des Risikogehalts solcher Geschäftsaktivitäten, bei denen ein Kreditinstitut Neuland betritt. Ein sinnvoll gestalteter NPP dient der Risikominimierung und Kontrolle, verkürzt die Time to Market und erhöht die Ressourceneffizienz." (in German)
"Quantifizierung Operationeller Risiken" (Quantification of Operational Risks)
Reference book (in paperback)
Author: Christian Bohlender, Senior Consultant Severn Consultancy
In October 2008 Christian Bohlender, a senior consultant at Severn, published a reference book on quantification of operational risks. Focusing on quantitative assessment, this book also provides a detailed presentation of all the key issues for the topic as a whole.
"Anti-Fraud-Management zur Minimierung von Betrugsrisiken – Risikobasierung als Chance" (Anti-Fraud Management to Minimise Fraud Risks – Risk Orientation as an Opportunity)
Article in “Riskomanager” magazine, February 2009
Author: Christian Moerler, Managing Director, Severn Consultancy
According to the statistics, one in two financial institutions is the victim of white-collar crime and, for some, cases of fraud can even jeopardise a bank's existence.
