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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ((ドイツ語:Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht)) better known by its abbreviation BaFin is the financial regulatory authority for Germany. It is an independent federal institution with headquarters in Bonn and Frankfurt and falls under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany). BaFin supervises about 2,700 banks, 800 financial services institutions and over 700 insurance undertakings. ==History== BaFin was formed on 1 May 2002 with the passing of the ''Financial Services and integration Act'' ((ドイツ語:Gesetz über die integrierte Finanzaufsicht (FinDAG))) on 22 April 2002. The aim of this legislation was to create one integrated financial regulator that covered all financial markets.〔(Rahul Prabhakar, "And Then There Was One: Conglomeration, Internationalization & the Formation of Consolidated Financial Supervisors," SSRN 3/2009 )〕 BaFin was created by the merger of the three supervisory agencies, the Federal Banking Supervisory Office ((ドイツ語:Bundesaufsichtsamt für das Kreditwesen (BAKred))), the Federal Supervisory Office for the Securities Trading ((ドイツ語:Bundesaufsichtsamt für den Wertpapierhandel (BAWe))), and the Federal Insurance Supervisory Office ((ドイツ語:Bundesaufsichtsamt für das Versicherungswesen (BAV))). This meant there was uniform national supervision of banks, credit institutions, insurance companies, financial service companies, brokers and stock exchanges. This model was designed to provide transparency and manageability and to make sure all financial activity was regulated. In 2003 changes to the Banking Act (KWG) gave BaFin further responsibility to monitor the credit worthiness of financial institutions and to collect detailed information from those institutions. The aim was to increase customer protection and the reputation of the financial system. It shares responsibility here with the Bundesbank. As of 2015, BaFin is in transition, after major responsibilities for banking supervision shifted to the purview of the European Central Bank in November 2014.〔Matthias Sobolewski (January 19, 2015), (Insurance expert Hufeld set for top German watchdog job -sources ) ''Reuters''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Financial Supervisory Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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