UniCredit baffled by Wirecard 'moonlighting' allegation

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By Aidan Gregory, Jon Hay, Sam Kerr
19 Feb 2021

A report that Jana Hecker, global head of equity syndicate and equity capital markets at UniCredit, had worked privately for Markus Braun, the imprisoned former CEO of Wirecard, stunned UniCredit employees on Friday afternoon when it appeared in the Financial Times.

Referring to emails that have come to light because of the collapse of Wirecard last June, which led swiftly to Braun's imprisonment pending trial for fraud, the FT reported that Hecker (pictured) had begun working for Braun while at Deutsche Bank, where she had been co-head of equity cash ...

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