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Decades of experience, close ties to real estate markets, and a strong network enable us to uncover property opportunities and act on them quickly at the right market phase.

Around 280 institutional clients entrust their capital investments to HIH Invest. Our specialists in structuring, product development, real estate management, and infrastructure/renewable energy are available to develop tailored investment solutions for them.

HIH Invest is represented at eight locations across Europe. As part of the HIH Group, we cover the entire value chain of an investment with our in-house capabilities. Early identification of market changes, implementation of regulatory requirements, and forward-thinking digital management are integral to our corporate philosophy.

Currently, assets with a total volume of €25 billion are under management.

It has its head office in Hamburg and also maintains a branch in Frankfurt am Main. HANSAINVEST is represented in Luxembourg by the subsidiary HANSAINVEST LUX since 1988. A total of around 550 mutual and special funds with gross fund assets of more than EUR 65 billion are currently managed by approximately 410 employees. (Information correct as at 30 June 2025)

Our German team is represented by c. 70 experienced real estate professionals in three locations in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Munich and is responsible for c. EUR 6.6 billion AuM, of which
around EUR 2.8 billion are in Germany.

We offer clients access to a full range of products, consisting of pooled funds, separate accounts, strategic partnerships and Asset Management. These range from core to value add and we invest across a broad spectrum of assets such as office, retail, logistics, residential and alternatives. Our debt offering includes products in the high yield, whole loan and senior space.

We believe income is the bedrock of long-term real estate performance. We are proud of our 30+ years track record built upon our local insight, investment and asset management resources; and this is how we have delivered sustainable returns to our clients.

M&G has over 377 billion euros in assets under management worldwide. Our real estate division, M&G Real Estate, is responsible for 38 billion euros in real estate equity and debt (as at 30 June 2025). Our clients include insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, banks and private investors.
M&G Real Estate manages some of the largest open-ended, diversified core real estate investment funds in Europe and Asia. Long-lease and living investment funds, joint ventures and individual mandates round off the product range. We hold a majority stake in BauMont – a leading European investment manager specialising in value-add strategies.
M&G takes an active approach to integrating ESG criteria in its real estate investments as well.

CAERUS advises a Luxembourg domiciled real estate debt fund regarding it‘s investment strategy as well as its investments in real estate secured loans and also offers the management of real estate debt investments within the scope of separate accounts. In total, more than EUR 2.6 billion in real estate secured loans have already been paid out in Europe with the participation of CAERUS. The investment focus is on the DACH region and the BeNeLux countries. CAERUS has many years of in-depth knowledge of the requirements of institutional investors combined with comprehensive real estate market expertise over several cycles. This enables both sourcing and selection of sustainably attractive investment opportunities and results in an above-average track record. Expertise, track record, access to deals as well as established processes in combination with CAERUS' consistent ESG orientation give investors additional security for their investments in real estate financing.

Through its corporate strategy, "Sheds, Beds & Infrastructure," GARBE operates three independently managed holding companies employing a 360-degree approach as a developer, asset manager, and investor. This strategy enables the company to cover the entire value chain of real estate across multiple asset classes. A key component of GARBE’s operations is its focus on the challenges and requirements of decarbonizing the real estate industry, integrating areas such as renewable energy production, energy storage, and the energy transition.
Committed to both ecological and economic sustainability, as well as corporate social responsibility, GARBE conducts its business under the guiding principle of "Sustainonomics" — the seamless integration of ecology and economy.

In addition to its headquarters in Frankfurt, the company operates offices in London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Brussels and Atlanta, employing more than 100 people.
As a one-stop shop focused on office real estate and expanded to logistics and hospitality, the Group covers the risk categories Core, Core+, Value-Add and Development in Germany and across Europe. Its solutions include real estate special funds, separate accounts, club deals and open-ended real estate funds – delivered through KanAm Grund Institutional, KanAm Grund Real Estate Asset Management and KanAm Grund Privatinvest. Investment focuses on Germany, Europe and North America, where the Group has excellent market access. Target clients include institutional investors and private investors.
Since its founding, the KanAm Grund Group has completed transactions totalling more than EUR 31 billion and manages around EUR 5 billion in investor capital, of which approx. 85% is institutional.
Sustainability plays a major role at both corporate and fund level. The Group is a member of UN PRI, GRESB and the U.S. Green Building Council. Assets are certified according to international standards such as BREEAM, LEED, DGNB and HQE.
With its Green Real Estate Solutions, the KanAm Grund Group offers comprehensive, innovative sustainability services for institutional investors. More information: www.kanam-grund-group.de

Together with institutional investors, joint venture partners, and its own capital, the company pursues a manage-to-core/manage-to-sustainability investment strategy.

Founded in 2010 by the managing partners and the Zech Group in Cologne, Art-Invest Real Estate now manages real estate assets of around €12.5 billion and is one of the largest project developers for office and hotel properties in Germany.

Since 2012, a total of 26 investment vehicles have been launched for institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, and foundations through the company's own capital management company. The focus is on the interests of investors; potential conflicts of interest are avoided through complementary portfolio approaches. In addition to regulatory requirements, successful asset management is the central focus.

The product range includes office and commercial buildings, retail properties, hotels, apartments, and social infrastructure such as schools. Due to changed framework conditions, the company can also use new vehicles such as investment limited partnerships or closed-end special funds. In addition, Art-Invest Real Estate offers a Luxembourg platform specifically for alternative investments such as private equity or operator strategies.

For institutional investors and family offices, this independent, owner-managed real estate management company offers a comprehensive range of services across the entire value chain with a team of over 100 experts. These services include acquisition and transaction management, financing, research, fund management, asset management, property management, risk management, and sales. Since its founding in 2014, GPEP has built a nationwide portfolio in Germany comprising more than 470 properties with a current volume of around €2.3 billion.

Our focus is on creating and improving sustainable living and working environments in urban locations, whilst respecting ecological, economic and social factors. The Group, founded in 1997, manages project and property assets of over €4.0 billion across Germany in the asset classes of residential, social infrastructure, city districts and office properties. 

Options include the launching of both open-ended and closed-end real estate funds or real asset funds or the outsourcing of AIFM back offices to INTREAL. With over 500 employees, the INTREAL Group offers long-term real estate know-how along with detailed and highly professional fund management expertise.
 
In Luxembourg, the largest investment fund centre in Europe, INTREAL is represented by its subsidiary, INTREAL Luxembourg. INTREAL Luxembourg is an independent AIFM and central administrator for Luxembourg-domiciled real estate funds and other real asset classes such as infrastructure or private debt for German and international clients.
 Through its subsidiaries, INTREAL Solutions and REAX Advisory, the company makes its comprehensive fund experience in the real asset sector available to other market players within the scope of best-practice consultancy. INTREAL Solutions provides IT consulting services and IT services (e.g. IT infrastructure, IT compliance, AI solutions), whereas REAX Advisory acts as management consulting firm, helping to organise processes and structures more efficiently, to cut costs, to manage risks or to develop and implement ESG strategies.

In the Real Estate division, we successfully manage an international portfolio with a volume of approximately EUR 15 billion. We build on decades of track record in the acquisition and management of commercial and residential real estate in various countries and risk classes.

Nuveen has $1.3 trillion in assets under management as of 30 Jun 2025 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information, please visit www.nuveen.com.  

The company was founded in 1992 as a sales and administration corporation for residential properties. Since that time WERTGRUND invests only in the German residential market and developed to an asset manager of regulated real estate residential investment funds and separated accounts.
For our private and institutional investors we are managing more than 12,500 units at 35 locations in Germany operated by our team of 120 employees. The Assets under Management are totalized € 2.3 billion (1 open end retail fund, 7 open special funds/ separated accounts according to the German KAGB and 2 asset management mandates). We are investing in residential properties with and without refurbishment needs (manage to ESG) as well as in developments and forward deals.
The property management and leasing of the units are managed by the team of WERTGRUND Immobilien Verwaltungs GmbH at 15 locations in Germany.
For its performance in the asset management, WERTGRUND was dignified from the rating company Scope continous since 2017 with awards as best asset manager residential, as best asset manager ESG residential 2023), as best specialized asset manager (2024, 2025) and as best asset manager institutional real estate residential (2026).

McDermott Will & Schulte is one of Germany's leading law firms in the areas of investment funds, real estate, and infrastructure. We offer 360-degree solutions for real estate and infrastructure projects and have successfully advised on and implemented some of the largest and most challenging transactions in Germany in recent years. We advise investors, fund and asset managers, project developers, family offices, and others on all legal, regulatory, tax, and related issues, such as structuring, financing, taxation, and supervisory and corporate law. 

 Our experienced fund practice provides comprehensive advice to AIF and UCITS capital management companies, fund initiators, institutional investors, private equity funds, and others on the launch and management of funds. We structure special funds of various asset classes, investment limited partnerships, and other investment companies, fund-of-funds structures, fund of funds, and club deals, as well as foreign regulated structures. In addition, we provide support in approval procedures with supervisory authorities, in regulatory matters (KAGB, VAG, KWG, Solvency II, etc.) and in tax and compliance issues. mwe.com

BF.direkt AG acts as holding company, its operating activities being conducted by subsidiaries BF.real estate finance GmbH (advisory for asset- and cashflow-based financing), BF.capital GmbH (asset management for private debt funds), BF.agency GmbH (collateral trustee), Nova Fides GmbH (management and restructuring of commercial loans) and CoRE Solutions GmbH (real estate leasing).
Among the Group’s clients are professional real estate investors, listed real estate companies, lenders, real estate funds and institutional investors domiciled inside and outside Germany. The BF Group as a whole has arranged loans in total volume of more than 20 billion euros to date. BF.capital, the Group’s asset management arm, currently manages more than 1.5 billion euros in the private debt asset class. While having its principal place of business in Stuttgart, BF.direkt AG also maintains offices in Berlin, Munich, Krailing and Frankfurt through its subsidiaries. The company employs a total workforce of 50.

As a subsidiary of the Stockholm-based Catella AB, CIM advises more than 25 mutual real estate funds and special real estate funds as well as several mandates across 15 European countries, with a focus on residential, mixed-use, parking, and logistics properties. CIM provides (advisory) services in research, portfolio management, acquisitions, disposals, and asset management. The company operates offices in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna.  

We employ more than 2,300 people including over 550 investment professionals and over 200 research experts based in 17 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. We offer our clients a wide range of strategies across equities, fixed income and alternatives, as well as specialist responsible investment capabilities and a comprehensive suite of solutions.
The European offices of Columbia Threadneedle Investments in the United Kingdom (London), Germany (Munich) and France (Paris) manage AuM of € 13.3bn, of which € 4bn are managed by the Munich office. The services offered range from investment, fund and asset management, project planning and management for developments to research and financing.

EnBW has established itself as a full-service provider in the field of e-mobility and, together with its subsidiaries, covers the entire spectrum: from electricity generation from renewable energy sources to charging infrastructure and digital solutions for consumers. 

Its subsidiary EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG is now the largest operator of fast-charging infrastructure in Germany. With over 1,500 locations and more than 7,000 charging points, it is creating a dense network of fast-charging stations for long-distance transport, city centres and retail. By 2030, the company plans to operate 20,000 fast charging points and is taking on the entire investment in charging infrastructure and project management from planning to operation. Through e-mobility solutions, it is increasing the attractiveness of locations and making a significant contribution to electric mobility in Germany.

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