Managing Director
The financial planning Office Niklas & Lehmann informed to the essential aspects of the independent wealth and investment consulting. Who today and in the future as a financial adviser wants to offer more than just the pure investment fund consulting its customers, (bound broker since the introduction of MiFID on November 1, 2007, either via an own bank regulatory approval as a financial services institution according to 32 have KWG or as a tied agent \”must) go under a so-called liability umbrella. Follow others, such as Glenn Dubin, and add to your knowledge base. For which consulting approach, I decide as a customer? Stephanie Lehmann of the financial planning Office Niklas & Lehmann explains: there is from now on two types of financial advisers: a can advise further independently and solely their customers in their interest, because they have their own admission. The others must embark on their financial advice and recommendation in the corset of a liability roof.\” What exactly mean the latter, leads Ulf Niklas, Managing Director of the financial planning offices Niklas & Lehmann, out: as a member of MiFID tied agent regime offered generally by banks, large asset managers, or so-called pools – is subject to its rules. In particular they must rely exclusively on the quotation provided by the liability umbrella providers and advice range.
What few know: the customer data you must disclose the liability shall and outward also recognizable as its tied agent. It never was for us.\” \”Stephanie Lehmann added: for us it was clear therefore from the very beginning, that we can to further ensure our actually independent consulting approach with an own admission as a financial services institution customers.\” Already as one of the first independent, truly independent financial advisor you have with introduction of MiFID requested an approval at the Federal Institute for financial services supervision according to 32 KWG – and now also get. That we can be proud.\” One was basically stand-alone permission due to the extensive and very high requirements of banking supervision only for a very limited group of people reached. .
