{"id":14387,"date":"2018-02-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hihinvest-gyeegbg7hxdxf8d4.a01.azurefd.net\/warburg-hih-invest-increases-assets-under-management-by-11-percent-to-6-7-billion-euros\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:47:18","slug":"warburg-hih-invest-increases-assets-under-management-by-11-percent-to-6-7-billion-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hih-invest.de\/en\/warburg-hih-invest-increases-assets-under-management-by-11-percent-to-6-7-billion-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Warburg-HIH Invest Increases Assets under Management by 11 Percent to 6.7 Billion Euros"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Average fund performance (total return) in 2017 at around eight percent<\/li>\n<li>Sustained trend toward individual mandates and equity investments in property developments<\/li>\n<li>Expansion of the pan-European investment strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hamburg, 13 February 2018<\/strong> \u2013 Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (Warburg-HIH Invest), a German AIF management company (KVG), successfully maintained its growth trajectory last year. By the end of 2017, its assets under management added up to 6.7 billion euros. This implies an increase by 11.0 percent (up from 6.0 billion euros in 2016). The AIFM\u2019s portfolio currently includes 56 investment funds. \u201cWe owe the robust result to a series of successful project acquisitions both in Germany and other European countries, as well to our ability to find bespoke investment solutions for institutional clients and their portfolios,\u201d said Hans-Joachim Lehmann, Managing Director at Warburg-HIH Invest and head of the Transaction Management Germany unit. He went on to point out that the result is also reflected in the strong average fund performance across all funds during 2017. \u201cDelivering a total return of around eight percent, we achieved another impressive result for our investors while rolling back the leverage at the same time. Our strategic long-term investment strategies are paying off,\u201d said Alexander Eggert, Managing Director of Warburg-HIH Invest and head of the Fund Management and Product Management units.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing Acquisition Volumes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The transaction volume in 2017 approximated 1.6 million euros. The sum total breaks down into 1.1 billion euros for altogether 26 acquisitions (2016: 1.1 billion euros) and 0.5 billion euros for a total of 21 disposal (2016: 0.8 billion euros). In 2016, Warburg-HIH Invest reported a transaction volume of 1.9 billion euros. \u201cWe are quite pleased with the stable volumes in what is after all a strained market environment, defined by pent-up demand,\u201d said Lehmann. \u201cAs in previous years, we were able to realise substantial volumes in the form of off-market deals. Moreover, we managed to buy into many core properties in a very early property development stage, and thereby to secure comparatively favourable initial cost conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assets acquired in 2017 included the \u201cQuartier am Ausw\u00e4rtigen Amt\u201d complex in Berlin, the \u201curban view\u201d property development in Heidelberg, the \u201cOberwiehre\u201d shopping centre in Freiburg, the \u201cBremer Carr\u00e9e\u201d retail scheme in Bremen, and the \u201cSagittarius Business House\u201d and \u201cPegaz\u201d schemes in the Polish city of Wroc\u0142aw. A major club deal worth noting is the property development of the new Gruner + Jahr corporate headquarters in Hamburg\u2019s HafenCity sub-district, which is expected to have an investment volume of 250 million euros. The sales side was dominated by strategic disposals of single properties such as the \u201cK\u00f6- Blick\u201d mixed office-commercial building in D\u00fcsseldorf, the \u201cArts20\u201d office scheme in Brussels, Belgium, as well as a retail scheme each (shopping centre or retail warehouse park) in Italy, Spain and Austria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expansion of the Pan-European Investment Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warburg-HIH Invest was also very active in European countries other than Germany. Indeed, the company transacted 312 million euros worth of deals abroad in 2017. It closed transactions in seven countries outside Germany. By opening branch offices in Vienna (September 2017) and Amsterdam (January 2018), Warburg-HIH Invest continued to expand its pan-European investment strategy. \u201cMaintaining a presence on the ground reinforces our local network in the market, and brings us closer to the assets managed by the HIH group of companies,\u201d said Andreas Schultz, Managing Director of Warburg-HIH Invest and head of the Transaction Management International unit. \u201cWe will continue to expand into other locations where the property portfolios under our management have grown to a certain size.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sustained Keen Investor Interest in Fund Products and Club Deals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the trends we continued to see in 2017 was that pooled funds as well as individual funds and club deals met with keen interest,\u201d reported Alexander Eggert, Managing Director and responsible for fund management and product management. \u201cWe launched funds with closely defined investment strategies as well as products with a broad-based pan-European orientation.\u201d Felix Gold, the Managing Director responsible for the Capital Management and Structuring units, assumes that the ongoing year will continue to see a steady increase in investor interest and a persistent trend toward single mandates and single investments, supplemented by a constant need for portfolio diversification and pooled fund solutions. The latter trend is driven mainly by savings banks and cooperative banks.<\/p>\n<blockquote  class=\"blockquote\"><p> <em>\u201cWe owe the robust result to a series of successful project acquisitions both in Germany and other European countries, as well to our ability to find bespoke investment solutions for institutional clients and their portfolios.\u201d<\/em>  <em>\u201cWe are quite pleased with the stable volumes in what is after all a strained market environment, defined by pent-up demand. As in previous years, we were able to realise substantial volumes in the form of off-market deals. Moreover, we managed to buy into many core properties in a very early property development stage, and thereby to secure comparatively favourable initial cost conditions.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hans-Joachim Lehmann, Managing Director and in charge of the Transaction Management Germany unit,<br \/> Warburg-HIH Invest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <em>\u201cMaintaining a presence on the ground reinforces our local network in the market, and brings us closer to the assets managed by the HIH group of companies. \u201cWe will continue to expand into other locations where the property portfolios under our management have grown to a certain size.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Andreas Schultz, Managing Director and in charge of the Transaction Management International unit,<br \/> Warburg-HIH Invest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>   <em>\u201cDelivering around eight percent, we achieved another impressive result for our investors while rolling back the leverage at the same time. Our strategic long-term investment strategies are paying off.\u201d \u201cOne of the trends we continued to see in 2017 was that pooled funds as well as individual funds and club deals met with keen interest. We launched funds with closely defined investment strategies as well as products with a broad-based pan-European orientation.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexander Eggert, Managing Director and in charge of the Fund Management and Product Management units,<br \/> Warburg-HIH Invest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average fund performance (total return) in 2017 at around eight percent Sustained trend toward individual mandates and equity investments in 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