Institute for Financial Services
| institute for financial services ( iff ) |
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| purpose | Research and consumer protection |
| Chair: | Sally Peters , managing director |
| Establishment date: | 1987 |
| Seat : | Hamburg |
| Website: | www.iff-hamburg.de |
The institut für finanzdienstleistungen eV (iff) is an independent, non-profit association based in Hamburg, which was founded in 1987 by Udo Reifner and researches and advises in the field of sustainable financial services. The institute is headed by Dr. Sally Peters (managing director). It works for government institutions as well as consumer advice centers , debt counseling centers and financial service providers . It also prepares calculations and reports for courts, small and medium-sized companies and private individuals.
The institute will u. a. by the Federal Ministries of Finance , Justice , Education and Research , for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth , and for Food and Agriculture , the General Directorate for Health and Consumer Protection and the General Directorate for the Internal Market and Consumers of the European Commission and the European Parliament with expert opinions and opinions on financial services and financial products.
Well-known national studies and publications are
- iff overindebtedness report (published annually since 2007)
- Study on "Overdrafts / Installment Loans" for the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection 2012,
- "Design of an information sheet for certified old-age provision and basic pension contracts" for the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) 2012,
- “Private debt in an international comparison. Trends, problems, solutions "on behalf of SCHUFA Holding AG ,
- "Nationwide advice test in old-age provision (credit institutions, financial distributors, insurance companies, consumer centers)" on behalf of Öko-Test Verlag AG,
- “Feasibility study for an educational campaign on old-age provision” on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Health and Social Security
Well-known international studies and publications are:
- “Study on interest rate restrictions” in cooperation with ZEW for the European Commission 2011,
- “Study on Financial Supervision in the EU - A consumer perspective” for BEUC 2011,
- “Study on the costs and benefits of the EU policy options for mortgage credit” in cooperation with London Economics for the European Commission 2011,
- “Study on Equity Release Schemes in Europe” for the European Commission 2010.
The institute is a co-founder of the European Coalition for Responsible Credit (ECRC) and the European Consumer Debt Network (ECDN).
Socio-economic research
The purpose of the association is to promote and conduct research in the field of relationships between law, economy and society. The iff treats and answers sociological and economic questions in an interdisciplinary manner from different perspectives. The founder Udo Reifner taught and researched for over 30 years as a professor of business law in the Department of Social Economics at the University of Hamburg , formerly the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics (HWP). In 2012 he was offered a professorship at the University of Trento (Italy).
Web links
- Official website
- Literature from the institute for financial services in the catalog of the DNB
Footnotes
- ↑ https://www.iff-hamburg.de/sally-peters/
- ↑ www.iff-ueberschuldungsreport.de: most recently iff -Überschuldungsreport 2019
- ↑ Between 2002 and 2005 there was a Federal Ministry for Health and Social Security. Then the social area came to the Federal Ministry of Labor.
- ^ Statutes of iff
- ↑ Udo Reifner: Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
