Wirecard 'disaster' piles on pressure for corporate reform in Germany

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Wirecard's fall from grace prompted calls for an overhaul of Germany's system of corporate oversight on Tuesday, as the fraud scandal threatened to further undermine the country's once-prized reputation for integrity. Some foreign investors said Wirecard's admission that 1.9 billion euros (£1.7 billion) booked in its accounts was likely never to have existed highlighted slipshod oversight and shortcomings in the way German executives are kept in check.The..