Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
English translation: BAFin (Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority)
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| 09:35 Dec 7, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Susanna & Christian Popescu Germany Local time: 12:24 | ||||||
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7 mins confidence: 
financial services watchdog Explanation: would be the equivalent in England, I think As far as I know, it's not an entirely governmental-run office, so to translate the above term literally, you would have to say: Securities Industry Council (SIC) |
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11 mins confidence:
don't translate Explanation: Leave the name as it is, add the abrev. (BAFin) and a footnote (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) Reference: http://www.bafin.de/index_e.htm |
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2 hrs confidence:
Additional explanation Explanation: The reason why you need to add "services" is that the BAFin is not the only financial supervisory body in Germany - the German central bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) is responsible for supervising the banking sector, while exchanges are monitored by authorities on a state ("Länder") level. |
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