Real estate funds for asset managers

Your real estate funds –
from fund launch
to administration

You take care of your real estate, we take care of all fund services

Universal Investment is a strategic partner and fund service platform for fund promoters and asset managers. With many years of experience for real estate, the Real Estate Team successfully structures and administers real estate investments in Germany and Luxembourg.

As a fund initiator and specialist in real estate transactions and management, you concentrate on your core tasks. We take care of the fund administration.

Advantages

Structuring and administration from one source

Transparency

a review right through to the real estate’s DNA

Flexibility

asset managers can be onboarded at any time

Regulatory

knowledge of tax, corporate and investment law always up to date

Focus

division of competence for administration and value creation strategies in asset management

Real estate in numbers

34.4

billion euros gross fund assets (accumulated)

>1.650

transactions concluded

54

real estate special AIFs (according to German and Luxembourg law)

>55

onboarded national and international asset managers

As of September 2023

Global real estate competence

Universal Investment supports fund promoter and asset managers with global real estate competence in implementing investment strategies by active monitoring and reviewing of transactions on all markets.

Source: Universal Investment

Real estate platform

Since the launch of the real estate platform in 2011, outstanding growth has been achieved with an increase in assets under administration (AuA) exceeding 34.4 billion euros. This success story reflects the high level of our client confidence in the quality of services (as of September 2023).

Source: Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH

Contact

We could manage the implementation of your real estate fund strategies. Let's talk.

New customers

Marcus Kuntz

Area Head Sales & Fund Distribution

+49 69 71043 190

marcus.kuntz@universal-investment.com

Existing customers

Andreas Gessinger

Area Head Relationship Management Fund Initiators

+49 69 71043 552

andreas.gessinger@universal-investment.com

Further topics

News at a glance

News

May 2024

Leading third party ManCo & AIFM in Luxembourg again

PwC analyses 300 ManCos in its annual "Observatory for Management Companies" - and the Universal Investment Group performs excellently thanks to its many successful fund launches with asset managers and asset owners. The Luxembourg-based ManCo is once again the largest third-party ManCo in the Grand Duchy and is also ranked first in the top 10 largest Luxembourg AIFMs.
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News

May 2024

Three fund domiciles under one roof

For some time now, Universal Investment has been offering the option of launching funds in Ireland – in addition to Germany and Luxembourg. What does this mean for fund initiators who can now choose between the three main European fund hubs? How has the new domicile with the ISIN code “IE” been received? And what advantages can Universal Investment offer to fund initiators and institutional investors through its standardised reporting across three domiciles?
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News

May 2024

Alternatives gaining traction in German structures

There is movement in the market for alternative investments. Luxembourg remains the leading choice for registering investment vehicles. However, more and more fund initiators and investors are opting for German structures such as Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) or Open-Ended Infrastructure AIFs (OIS).
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