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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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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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About the FSC
The Financial Stability Committee (Ausschuss für Finanzstabilität) is the central body for macroprudential supervision in Germany. The purpose of macroprudential supervision is to limit systemic risks and strengthen the resilience of the financial system in a preventive manner. Macroprudential means looking at the stability of the financial system as a whole. To this end, the Financial Stability …
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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 …