In German legal terminology, pursuant to Section 1, Paragraph 3a of the German Banking Act (KWG), a financial holding company – whose subsidiaries (subsidaries) are exclusively or primarily financial services institutions, and – which has as a subsidiary at least one deposit-taking institution – namely, a credit institution that accepts deposits or other repayable amounts from the public and engages in lending business – or – a securities trading company. – A financial holding company is subject to special supervision in Germany. § Section 2d of the German Banking Act (KWG) requires that persons who actually conduct the business of a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company must be reliable and have the necessary operational ability to conduct the business. – In general, a holding company is a company that does not produce any goods itself, but only takes up (holds) interests in other companies, expands them or provides them with new capital. – See control, participation, qualified, holding company, complex groups, Europa-AG, financial conglomerate, holding company, control, conglomerate. – Cf. Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report of April 2005, p. 39 ff (important definitions there as well), BaFin Annual Report 2012, p. 67 f. (comprehensive revision of the EU Commission’s Financial Conglomerates Directive: financial holding companies to be included), and the respective BaFin Annual Report, chapter “International Affairs.”
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