Germany to Give BaFin Power to Probe Financial Reports: FT
- Official says self-regulation by auditors doesn’t work
- Government to end contract with accounting watchdog, Bild says
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Germany will give the power to start investigations into company accounts to the nation’s financial regulator BaFin, the Financial Times reported, as the fallout from an accounting scandal at payments company Wirecard AG widens.