Expert witness for banking, lending and stock exchanges
Expertise for banks and financial service providers.
with expert opinions, regulatory advice and Fit & Proper seminars – based on many years of experience in auditing and advising banks.
personally, thoroughly and with a clear focus on what matters.
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Quality through experience
Many years of working with clients in the financial services sector have given us a precise understanding of the demands of banking and extensive industry know-how.
The client comes first
We develop tailored regulation & risk solutions for your institution, so that you can focus on your core business.
Stronger together
Whether bank, investment fund management company or investment firm: regulatory requirements keep getting more complex. With us you reliably stay up to date.
Our solutions
Expert Opinions
Expert opinions, reports and statements on banking, stock exchanges and lending, credit cooperatives, accounting, auditing and consolidated financial statements – for courts, authorities, lawyers, banks and companies.
Learn more →Regulation & Risk
Regulatory advice from concept to implementation: support in inspections and in the structured dialogue with the FMA, OeNB and ECB, credit risk, large exposures, anti-money laundering, DORA, ICAAP and SREP, M&A and business valuation.
Learn more →Fit & Proper Seminars
Fit & Proper one-to-one training to prepare for the hearing, Fit & Proper seminars and regulatory seminars – for supervisory board members, managing directors and key function holders, practical and easy to follow.
Learn more →SENSATIONAL – the best speaker I have experienced in my now 25 years of working life!
Mag. Markus
Kern
WP · StB · AbgzSV · GenRev · Univ.-Lekt.
Markus Kern has more than 22 years of professional experience advising and auditing international and Austrian banks. His areas of specialisation are banking supervision, risk management, regulatory reporting and the valuation and accounting of financial instruments. He was an audit partner at PwC.
He has an in-depth understanding of internal bank processes and European regulation. His clients range from traditional retail banks to specialised institutions. He also leads extensive training on regulatory matters, reporting, anti-money laundering and compliance.
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Markus Kern
Qualifications and career
Professional licences
Education and career
Teaching and lectures
Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Department of Business Law (European banking supervision law)
Since 2016 speaker at Raiffeisen Campus and Volksbanken Akademie, including Fit & Proper for managing directors, supervisory board members and key function holders
Further seminars for Finanzverlag, imh, ARS and the Chamber of Labour (IFAM training for bank supervisory board members)
imh Trainer of the Year 2025
Memberships
Austrian Chamber of Tax Advisors and Auditors (KSW)
Institute of Austrian Auditors (IWP)
Austrian Association of Court Experts
Austrian Society for Banking Research (Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)
Languages
German (native), English (business fluent)
Partners for complex questions
Many questions touch on economic, regulatory and legal aspects at the same time. As a cooperation partner of rk partners rechtsanwälte in Vienna, Markus Kern can draw on an interdisciplinary team of lawyers when needed.
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