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Mark Branson
Mark Branson has been President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) since August 2021. Prior to that, he was CEO at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Mr Branson is member of the Financial Stability Board´s (FSB) Steering Committee.
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European Systemic Risk Board
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) is responsible for macroprudential supervision within the European Union. At the end of 2011, the ESRB recommended that macroprudential authorities or bodies be established at the national level. Germany implemented this recommendation by creating the Financial Stability Committee.
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AFS-Communication
Macroprudential supervision is preventative in nature. Its impact is largely based on the expectations and behaviour of many financial market players. Consequently, the Financial Stability Committee communicates regularly and transparently in order to provide effective macroprudential supervision.
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Prof. Dr Claudia Buch
Dr Claudia Buch has been Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank since 2014. Her remit there covers banking and financial supervision, financial stability, audit and administration. She also serves as the Bundesbank’s deputy at G20 and G7 meetings. Her previous positions include serving as President of the Halle Institute for Economic Research, Professor of Economics at the University of …
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Heiko Thoms
Heiko Thoms was appointed as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance in April 2023. He is responsible for financial market policy, European policy and international financial policy. From 2020 to 2023, he was German Ambassador to Brazil.
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Data
Indicators from a variety of data sources are regularly used and evaluated to assess financial stability. The data pool for some of these indicators, as well as overviews of the use of macroprudential instruments in various countries, can be found here.
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Prof. Dr Joachim Wuermeling
Prof. Dr Joachim Wuermeling has been a member of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Executive Board since November 2016. His remit covers data and statistik, risk control, information technology and controlling, accounting and organisation. His previous positions include serving as Member of the European Parliament, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology, member of …
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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.