["Conflicts of interest among security service providers and security analysts in the process of security analysis. An account and acknowledgement of statutory and professional regulations in the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany under inclusion of the European level"]The confidence of many investors in the objectivity and integrity of the recommendations from analysts, banks and journalists has yielded to profound mistrust after the decline of the stock exchange prices. The book explains the evolution of security analysis, indicates specific cases of potential conflicts of interest and also offers solution possibilities. It pursues a comprehensive presentation of statutory and professional regulations in the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany - also with a view of the European level.