Sponsors Germany Forum
Sponsors Germany Forum
Aktia
Aktia Asset Management is a Nordic boutique manager backed by Aktia Bank Plc, a Finnish financial services group with history dating back to 1826. The first mutual funds were launched in 1987, laying the foundation for the businesses’ investment philosophy. Aktia Asset Management has built a strong track record in its chosen areas of expertise, which are Emerging Market Debt and European Credit, receiving recognition both domestically and internationally. It has EUR 13.6 billion of AUM, a well-established institutional client base in Finland and a growing international presence. Aktia Asset Management builds a sustainable future through responsibility and impact across all asset classes. Aktia’s Responsible Investment Policy, Climate Strategy and dedicated ESG team guide all investment activities.
Alianz Global Investors
Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 600 investment professionals in over 20 offices worldwide and managing EUR 521 billion in assets. We invest for the long term and seek to generate value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active – in how we partner with clients and anticipate their changing needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on protecting and enhancing our clients’ assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability to drive positive change. Our goal is to elevate the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or objectives.
Anthos
Anthos Fund & Asset Management was established almost 100 years ago. Their mission is to provide comprehensive values-based asset management and investment advisory services to select, like-minded clients. Values-based asset management is implemented across various asset classes, with the aim to generate financial outperformance as well as positive impact.
Ardian
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of $ 140bn managed or advised in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The company manages funds on behalf of more than 1,400 clients through Private Equity (Secondaries & Primaries, Co-Investments, Buyout, Expansion, and Growth), Real Assets (Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Real Estate Debt) & Credit (Private Debt & NAV Financing).
ASC Impact
asc impact is an independent owner-led firm that primarily manages sustainable investments in the agriculture and forestry sector.
In 2022 the asc impact forestry fund celebrated a successful first closing with a subscription volume of over € 25 million. The fund invests according to strict ESG criteria in a diversified portfolio of up to 20 sustainable forestry projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Due to the strongly growing demand for sustainably produced timber, the fund combines high return potential with measurable benefits for climate and local communities.
All projects are actively managed by the asc impact management team, which combines decades of experience in agriculture and forestry with dedicated expertise in venture capital, start-up and legal.
Clarity Ai
Clarity AI is a sustainability technology platform that uses machine learning and big data to deliver environmental and social insights to investors, organizations, and consumers. As of January 2023, Clarity AI’s platform analyzes more than 70,000 companies, 360,000 funds, 198 countries, and 199 local governments – the broadest data coverage in the market with up to 13x more than other leading players. Clarity AI delivers data and analytics for investing, corporate research, benchmarking, consumer ecommerce, and reporting. Clarity AI has offices in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, and its client network manages tens of trillions in assets.
Community Investment Management
Community Investment Management (“CIM”) is a global institutional impact investment manager that provides strategic debt funding to scale Fintech innovation and expand access to capital in traditionally underserved communities in the U.S. and emerging markets. Since 2014, CIM has partnered with 25 innovative digital lenders to provide over $2 billion in debt financing to 500,000 unique small businesses and individual borrowers.
Dentos
Convero matches your private market opportunity with suitable investors.
- We provide emerging and selectively established managers with fundraising support
- We advise on complex secondary market transactions.
- We lead tailored debt & equity capital raises for your company.
Founded in 2018, Convero AG brings a combination of experience and a network of relationships gained both as investors – and sellers – of private market opportunities to provide solutions and advice tailored to your needs. To date, we’ve raised more than USD 3.0 billion from institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance groups, asset managers and family offices. Our experience spans the entire lifecycle of funds, as well as secondary and direct opportunities: from conception to strategic positioning, structuring, investor identification, and fundraising to closing. We understand how to navigate challenges to be successful in today’s private markets.
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Evli
Finance in motion
Finance in Motion is a global impact asset manager focused exclusively on sustainable development in emerging markets and developing economies. The company structures, manages, and advises impact investment funds that bring together public and private investors to address climate change, strengthen biodiversity conservation, foster the sustainable use of natural resources, improve livelihoods, and promote economic opportunities.
Over the course of its operations, Finance in Motion has unleashed a cumulative total of EUR 7.0 billion toward these goals in Southeast Europe, the Caucasus, Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. Finance in Motion also manages technical assistance facilities to supplement these investments, providing support to investees, fostering responsible finance, and maximizing impact.
Through its 16 locally staffed offices that manage activities across more than 35 countries, Finance in Motion leverages its regional expertise and market proximity to help partners develop their businesses and demonstrate that sustainable and financial returns can go hand-in-hand.
Finreon
Finreon was founded in 2009 as a spin-off of the University of St.Gallen (HSG) and is today an established and competent partner when it comes to innovative investment concepts in the field of asset management and investment advisory. Based on client needs and many years of practical experience, the latest scientific findings in financial market theory are translated into innovative solutions. The team consists of doctoral students and graduates from the University of St.Gallen, the ETH Zurich and other universities, many of whom are also active in research themselves, thus ensuring a continuous knowledge transfer. As a think tank, Finreon focuses
Indefi
Indefi, with headquarters in Paris and New York, is a leading strategy advisor for the global investment management business.
Established in 2007, Indefi helps asset managers shape their business strategies and build a sustainable competitive advantage. The firm’s expertise spans public and private markets, including infrastructure, private credit and equity, and real estate.
A PRI signatory, Indefi also advises asset managers in developing and implementing differentiated ESG strategies.
Invest in Visions
Invest in Visions is the German pioneer in impact investments and microfinance. Founded in 2006 by Edda Schröder, the asset manager oversees assets worth EUR 1.05 billion in mutual and funds (as of November, 20 2022).
The impact asset manager provides institutional and private investors with access to investments that offer social returns in addition to financial returns and have a positive impact on society and the environment.
In 2011, Invest in Visions reached an important milestone by initiating the first public microfinance fund in Germany that is also open to retail investors. In addition to microfinance, the financial services provider is also involved in the areas of renewable energies (decentralized projects) and the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Kepler-Fonds
KEPLER-FONDS KAG is the fourth biggest asset management company in Austria and is located in Linz. As of December 2022, we manage over 17 bn euros.
We offer 20 years of experience in fund management as well as in sustainable investing and are committed to delivering the best possible results for our clients.
KEPLER-FONDS employs specialists whose competences encompass sustainable investments, a defensive orientated equity strategy, the use of premium bonds with reduced liquidity and dynamic asset allocation.
We are highly customer orientated and offer an advanced level of transparency including direct contact with our portfolio managers.
KEPLER-FONDS has signed the UN PRI in 2014 and consistently works to advance sustainable investing.
We have been awarded with numerous awards, which highlight our top
LBBW Asset Management
LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH (LBBW AM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) and acts as a center of competence for asset management within the LBBW Group. Its main business areas are the management of special funds for institutional investors, direct investment mandates for insurance companies and pension funds, and retail funds for institutional and private investors. As of Dec. 31, 2023, the company managed a total volume of 78.5 billion euros, of which 8.5 billion euros in mutual funds and 53.7 billion euros in special funds, as well as 16.3 billion euros in direct investment management for insurance companies. Our core competencies lie in the areas of European equities with in particular value-oriented investment approaches, European interest rate products, absolute return strategies, value protection concepts, commodity management and sustainability solutions.
With many years of experience and expertise, we are a professional partner for special fund solutions for pension funds, insurance companies, savings banks and banks, companies, public institutions, asset managers, foundations, church institutions and family offices. In addition, LBBW AM is one of the leading insurance-independent managers of direct portfolio investments.
Manulifeim Investment Management
Manulife Investment Management is the asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation, a global financial institution that has protected investor assets since 1887. With leading capabilities in public and private markets, we partner with institutions to understand their needs and create tailored solutions to help meet them. Our focused teams are led by industry veterans with decades of experience managing their strategies on behalf of investors—an approach that’s led to a culture of investment excellence and highly differentiated strategies across asset classes. We’re committed to investing responsibly; we develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets. As of 30/09/2022, our 650+ investment professionals working in 19 geographies, manage US$705B in AUM and administration.
Mikro Kapital Management
Founded in 2008, MIKRO KAPITAL is focused on impact finance and microfinance. MIKRO KAPITAL operates primarily through two Luxembourg based securitization funds MIKRO FUND and ALTERNATIVE. Both securitization funds assume risks connected to a portfolio of companies and micro finance institutions, providing various financing services to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs in emerging countries of EMEA and APAC regions. MIKRO FUND and ALTERNATIVE provide investment opportunities to institutional and professional investors through issuance of debt securities (total assets – over EUR 1.6 billion as of 30 September 2022). MIKRO KAPITAL is part of the European Microfinance Network, signatory of OPIM (Operating Principles for Impact Management) and have partnerships and adhesions with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), the National Institute of Italian Microcredit (ENM), as well as collaborations with important international investors such as European Investment Fund.
MSCI
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools and services for investors globally. The company’s offerings include equity, fixed income, and multi- asset class indexes, as well as portfolio analytics, risk management tools, and ESG & Climate Solutions.
MSCI’s solutions are widely used by institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, and asset managers, to benchmark the performance of their investments and to inform their asset allocation decisions.
Headquartered in New York, MSCI has a global presence with offices in major financial centers around the world. The company serves clients in over 80 countries and its products and services are used by some of the world’s largest investors.
MSCI has a strong commitment to sustainability and is a leader in providing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) indexes and analytics to help investors incorporate ESG considerations into their investment decision-making. The company has also been recognized for its efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
NIXDORF Kapital
NIXDORF Kapital AG represents the tradition for sustainability in all NIXDORF companies, in which one of the special mittelständischen (medium-sized) company histories was written well into the 1980s. For the most part out of its own social responsibility, the name NIXDORF stood and still stands for medium-sized companies from the region, for the region and above all, for their own employees. For more information, please follow the link to www.nixdorf-kapital.de
Ocean 14 Capital
Ocean 14 Capital is an impact investment firm that invests in growth companies and technologies in the Blue Economy that offer both environmental gains for our oceans and competitive financial gains for our investors.
One
ONE group solutions provides next generation fund management solutions delivered by a hand-picked team of senior industry experts and supported by NextGen technology. We provide third-party Management Company, Corporate Secretary, Regulatory and Compliance Consulting, and Governance Technology solutions. As one of the few privately-owned businesses in our sector, we focus on tailored Fund Governance solutions. Our team of over 70 passionate professionals in Luxembourg, London, Dublin and Zurich service some 150 leading and boutique asset managers from around the globe and across all asset classes.
Preqin
Preqin, the Home of Alternatives™, empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to alternatives with essential data and insight to make confident decisions. It supports them throughout the entire investment lifecycle with critical information and leading analytics solutions. The company has pioneered rigorous methods of collecting private data for almost 20 years, enabling more than 200,000 professionals globally to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed.
Sustainable Land Management
Founded in 2009, SLM Partners is a specialist Real Assets manager investing in regenerative agriculture and forestry. Our mission is to use capital to scale up sustainable land management practices. We manage a total of US$435 million, in funds and separate accounts. We work with institutions, family offices and other long-term investors who want to achieve sustainable financial returns alongside positive environmental impacts. We believe that regenerative land management can deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for investors, while generating positive environmental impacts on soil health, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, water quality and climate resilience. We invest in land systems across three continents, including holistic planned grazing land for cattle beef production in Australia, continuous cover forestry in Europe, organic farming in the US and regenerative permanent crops in Iberia.
https://www.slmpartners.com/
Taaleri Energia
Taaleri Energia is a renewable energy developer and fund manager. With 45 professionals, it has one of the largest and most capable dedicated renewables investment teams in Europe. The team is currently raising its sixth renewable energy fund, the Taaleri SolarWind III fund, and has 4.9 GW portfolio of development, under construction, and operational wind, solar and battery energy storage assets in Europe, the US, and the Middle East.
Taaleri Energia is ranked by Preqin as one of the most consistent top performing infrastructure fund managers. Taaleri Energia is part of the Taaleri Group, which is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
The SolarWind III Fund’s investment strategy will be to acquire, develop, contract, construct, operate and exit a portfolio of utility scale onshore wind farms, photovoltaic solar parks and battery energy storage assets across the Fund’s target markets – the Nordics & Baltics, Poland, Southeast Europe, Iberia, and Texas. The Fund will target a return of 10% net IRR, over its 10-year term, and a first close is expected in Q2 2023.
The Taaleri SolarWind III Fund will be classified as an Article 9 “Dark Green” Fund, the highest sustainability category under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The SolarWind III Fund’s investments will have significant and sustainable positive impacts in the countries and local communities where they are constructed. The renewable energy power and storage plants that the Fund will develop and build will offset millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions, reduce air pollution, improve grid infrastructure, create local employment, generate local and state tax revenues and increase energy security.
The Fund will be seeded with a portfolio of 25-35 development projects which are being acquired using the EUR 44 million in development financing that Taaleri Energia secured in 2021.
ThomasLloyd Group
ThomasLloyd is an impact investment solutions provider, advisor and asset manager. Founded in
2003 and headquartered in Zurich, ThomasLloyd is a pure play impact investor and aims to apply a
robust, socially and environmentally responsible investment approach that is geared towards
reducing carbon emissions and improving economic prospects, while reducing investment risk through diversification across countries, sectors and technologies. Over the last decade,
ThomasLloyd has deployed over US$1 billion across 16 projects in renewable energy power
generation, transmission, and sustainable fuel production with a total capacity in excess of 700 MW.
As of 30 September 2022, ThomasLloyd has raised over USD 1.6 billion of aggregate capital in
sustainable infrastructure and manages a wide range of investment solutions for private and
institutional investors around the world.
Tobam
TOBAM is an asset management company offering innovative investment capabilities designed to maximize diversification. TOBAM’s Maximum Diversification ® approach, supported by original, patented research and a mathematical definition of diversification, provides clients with diversified core exposure, in equity and fixed income markets.
In line with its mission statement and commitment to diversification, TOBAM built a separate research and portfolio management activity on digital assets and DeFi in 2016.
TOBAM manages close to USD 6 billion (as of 31 December 2022). Its team includes 47 finance professionals based in Paris, Dublin, Luxembourg and New York. For more information, visit www.tobam.fr
Twelve Capital
United Bankers
Universal Investment
Universal Investment Group is one of Europe’s leading fund service platforms and Super ManCos, with around EUR 950 billion in assets under administration, more than 2,000 mutual and special fund mandates and a workforce of more than 1,600 at locations in Frankfurt am Main, Luxembourg, Dublin, London, Paris and Krakow. Founded in 1968, the company is an independent platform for asset managers as well as institutional investors offering structuring and administration solutions as well as risk management for Securities, Real Estate and Alternative Investments. The companies EFA, UI labs, UI Enlyte and CAPinside complement the group’s innovative service offering. Universal Investment is a signatory of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment. (as per 30 November 2022)
Knowledge Partners
Knowledge Partners
Indefi
Indefi, with headquarters in Paris and New York, is a leading strategy advisor for the global investment management business.
Established in 2007, Indefi helps asset managers shape their business strategies and build a sustainable competitive advantage. The firm’s expertise spans public and private markets, including infrastructure, private credit and equity, and real estate.
A PRI signatory, Indefi also advises asset managers in developing and implementing differentiated ESG strategies.
