“Nothing can strengthen a person more than the trust that is placed in him” (Paul Claudel). This insight also continues to apply to the field of fund management. Especially in fund management, market entry barriers for new portfolio managers are a critical factor in seeding and subsequent distribution. Many feel […]
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“Our time is partly robbed and partly cursed, and what is left is lost unnoticed” (Seneca). As is well known, time is a key factor in the discovery of independent talent in the asset management sector, including family offices. The impression is often created that this factor is not given […]
“Hence, see who commits himself eternally” – alternative asset classes are in demand among institutional investors against the background of the low-interest rate phase. The area of infrastructure investments is currently being discussed particularly intensively. According to various studies, but also according to ongoing reports on this asset class at […]
“Don’t you even have an idea?”, “We only need 5 million euros, then the fund can start” – this or similar is how the statements of fund initiators on seed-money searches often sound. Many steps in the search phase for seed money when funds are set up are reminiscent of […]
“Hang a golden collar around a pig, but it will remain a pig”, this or similarly, many measures in the marketing of funds can be aptly characterized. Although there is far more interest in facts in the due diligence of investments, especially among semi-institutional or institutional investors, many providers of […]
“And just as water has no stable form, so too in war there are no stable conditions” (Sun Zi). The words of a well-known strategist seem true-to-life and understandable – economic parameters change, markets, correlations, and other parameters are constantly changing. Whether head, gut, or machine: hardly any fund selector […]