{"id":1674053,"date":"2022-10-05T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674053"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:52:31","slug":"apollo-names-former-german-regulator-chief-as-senior-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apollo-names-former-german-regulator-chief-as-senior-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo names former German regulator chief as senior adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapollo-names-former-german-regulator-chief-as-senior-adviser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Global investor Apollo has appointed the former president of Germany\u2019s financial regulator, Felix Hufeld, as a senior adviser, he confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hufeld, a prominent figure in German finance who left the BaFin regulator following the collapse of the payments company Wirecard, declined to elaborate further.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bonn-based regulator, which is part of the finance ministry, came under fire for failing to spot wrongdoing ahead of Wirecard\u2019s implosion in 2020 in Germany\u2019s biggest fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>Hufeld left the regulator last year after six years as president. \u201cNow there are other tasks to tackle,\u201d he said at the time, and wished his successor the best.<\/p>\n<p>Apollo Global Management Inc holds banking and insurance assets in Germany that BaFin oversees. Hufeld went on a 12-month cooling-off period before taking the Apollo role in June.<\/p>\n<p>BaFin, which declined to comment, is now under new leadership. Apollo also declined comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Apollo role is one of several Hufeld has since taken on. In May, Hufeld joined the financial firm Rantum Capital to focus on debt and equity investments in services, financial services and fintechs. <\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg first reported Hufeld\u2019s hiring. <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Tom Sims and Alexander Huebner; Editing by Miranda Murray, Maria Sheahan and Bill Berkrot)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/apollo-names-former-german\/attachment\/file-photo-bafin-president-hufeld-visits-thomson-reuters-office-in\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI940VH-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI940VH-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Global investor Apollo has appointed the former president of Germany\u2019s financial regulator, Felix Hufeld, as a senior adviser, he confirmed on Wednesday. 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