Benedict Braus has around 25 years of professional experience, including more than ten years in the audit and advisory of banks and financial services firms at Deloitte. In addition to his professional qualifications as a Public Auditor and Tax Advisor, he has also completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination. 

Qualifications 

• Public Auditor
• Tax Advisor
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Master of Business Administration (TCU, USA)

Selected Project Experience

• COO of a financial services group: Responsible for the back-office functions of an internationally operating group of investment firms, including accounting, financial reporting, regulatory reporting and IT.
• Annual financial statement audits: HGB and IFRS, including separate and consolidated financial statements
• Regulatory audits: Audits pursuant to FinVermV (for intermediaries licensed under Sections 34f and 34h GewO), anti-money laundering audits, audits pursuant to the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), depositary audits and audits of depositaries

Publications

• Emde/Dornseifer/Dreibus/Hölscher, Commentary on the German Investment Act / Capital Investment Code (InvG/KAGB), commentary on Section 51 InvG (together with Sebastian Zinken), new edition in preparation
• Gehwald/Naumann, Investment Funds – An Industry Positions Itself, Investor Protection and Regulation of the Fund Industry
• Absolut Report No. 51, Eligible Assets – Challenges and Opportunities for Asset Management Companies (together with Dr. Norbert Brühl)
• Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen, Risk Management of Asset Management Companies During the Financial Crisis (together with Andreas Koch)