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International bodies
In addition to the Financial Stability Committee at the national level, there are two central international bodies that monitor financial stability from different perspectives.
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Strategy and rules of procedure
The strategy sets out how the Financial Stability Committee defines its goal of financial stability, how it intends to achieve it and what options it has for taking action. It also sets out the standards and guidelines according to which the Financial Stability Committee fulfils the responsibilities assigned to it by law.
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Monitoring
The Financial Stability Committee discusses and assesses threats to financial stability in Germany based on analyses performed by the Bundesbank. In addition, its work is based to a large extent on findings of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) taken from its supervisory activities in the banking, insurance and securities sectors.
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Dr Benjamin Weigert
Dr Benjamin Weigert has been Director General for Financial Stability at the Deutsche Bundesbank, and a member of the Financial Stability Committee, since August 2016. He has also worked at Deloitte & Touche and served as Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts. He graduated from the Technical University of Dresden in 2002 with a degree in Economics and received his Ph.D. …
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Raimund Röseler
Raimund Röseler has been Chief Executive Director of Banking Supervision at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) since 2011. Prior to that, he served as Head of the Department for General Policy Issues in the Directorate for Insurance Supervision. Mr Röseler is a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. He also serves on the European Banking Authority’s Board of …
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Dr Eva Wimmer
Dr Eva Wimmer is Head of the Directorate-General for Financial Market Policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance. Her remit covers federal credit institutions, federal debt management, financial market regulation (banking, insurance, securities) and international financial market policy. In addition, she is responsible for the oversight of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and …
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Responsibilities of the Financial Stability Committee
The Financial Stability Committee regularly analyses and assesses risks to financial stability. On the basis of its risk assessment, it considers whether, and in what form, macroprudential action is required. The structure of the Financial Stability Committee ensures that the participating authorities exchange relevant information among themselves on an ongoing basis and collaborate in a …
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Macroprudential supervision in other countries
EU member states have established national macroprudential authorities on the basis of CRD IV and the recommendation of the ESRB. The ESRB website provides an overview of the macroprudential authorities of our European neighbours. In addition, the ESRB website provides a summary of macroprudential policies at the national level.
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Birgit Rodolphe
Birgit Rodolphe has been Chief Executive Director of Resolution and Prevention of Money Laundering at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) since November 2021. Prior to that, she served as Divisional Board Member Non-Financial Risk/Global Chief Remediation Officer at Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt.
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Dr Wolf Heinrich Reuter
In April 2022, Dr Wolf Heinrich Reuter was appointed Chief Economist and Director General for Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance. From 2018 to 2022, he was Secretary General at the German Council of Economic Experts. He has also previously worked at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna University of Economics and Business, and the International Institute for …