Institute for Cooperative Studies and Banking Siegen / Berlin

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The Institute for Cooperative Affairs and Banking Siegen / Berlin (IGB) is a German research and advisory institution, especially for medium-sized banking, in the organizational form of an association. The institute's fields of activity are cooperatives from all sectors of the economy, in particular cooperative banks and the savings bank sector.

history

The IGB emerged from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Banken , an interest grouping of small cooperative banks from North Rhine-Westphalia and the new federal states founded in 1990. Today, after ongoing restructuring, the institute is organized on a decentralized basis nationwide; The coordination office is in Siegen.

tasks

The institute is dedicated to advising banks, in particular assessing lending business and mergers . In addition, special audits of individual company areas and reports for courts and insurance companies are carried out, in particular on questions of liability when granting loans. ITUC board members provide advice on banking supervision measures against credit institutions. In addition, the IGB represents the interests of board and supervisory board members in matters of banking supervision and civil law (liability, service contracts), statutory issues (dismissal) and criminal charges. In this context, the focus is on: the technical requirements for the managers of cooperative banks and savings banks in accordance with § 25c KWG or to the members of supervisory or administrative bodies in accordance with § 25d KWG.- The IGB is also used in the establishment, financing and audit advice of cooperatives and medium-sized projects as well as the implementation of citizens' projects.

organization

The executive committee consists of the president Rudolf Klein Heßling, the board of directors (Hartmut Glenk, chairman and institute director, Heinz Bauer), and the advisory board (chairman: Heinz Gussen). Board members are lawyers and economists who are also active as lecturers and publicists (including the publishing house CH Beck, Hartmut Glenk , The registered cooperative; cooperative law - systematics and practice of cooperatives). The legal committee of the institute, the advisory and decision-making body of the IGB's in-house lawyers, is expanded on a case-by-case basis to include auditors / tax advisors and provides advice on legal and audit issues.

Alignment

According to a board resolution of December 29, 2017, the IGB sees its tasks in the future as advising municipal economic development agencies, small companies and freelancers in crisis situations, as well as safeguarding the interests of the economically weak population groups in the provision of financial resources. The institute calls for a return to Section 1 of the Genossenschaftsgesetz (cooperative funding obligation for members / shareholders) and the savings banks 'obligation to provide care and care (Sections 1 and 2 of the federal states' savings bank laws).

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