Michael Rüdiger

Deka Investment GmbH (Deka) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale in Germany. Founded in 1995, the firm is headquartered in Frankfurt and acts as the investment arm of the DekaBank Group. The firm offers a range of funds in a variety of asset classes including large-, mid- and small-cap, corporate and government bonds, asset backed securities and convertible bonds for retail and institutional investors.

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale provides asset management and banking services. The firm operates through the following business divisions: Securities, Real Estate, Services, Capital Markets, and Financing. The Securities business division handles actively managed securities funds, passively managed index funds, as well as fund-linked asset management and special funds. The Real Estate business division offers property-based investment products for private and institutional investors. The Services business division provides banking services for asset management. The Capital Markets business division focuses on the development and supply of products, provision of infrastructure for capital market transactions, and acting as a liquidity platform for the savings banks and institutional customers. The Financing business division provides refinancing services to savings banks, as well as real estate, infrastructure, transport and export financing. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Credit Suisse AG is an investment management firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1856 and was acquired by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) from Credit Suisse Group AG in 2023. Credit Suisse manages global and regional portfolios, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide. They also offer private banking and wealth management, investment banking, and corporate and business support services.

Credit Suisse Asset Management Kapitalanlage GmbH (CSAM-D) is the wholly-owned German asset management arm of Credit Suisse (Deutschland) AG, ultimately owned by Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group (VX: CSGN). Based in Frankfurt, the firm was originally established in 1988 as SKA Investment GmbH. In 1997 they were restructured and they joined CSAM, a firm regrouping all the asset management companies of the group. In 2006 CSAM fully integrated their banking business, which now operates under a single Credit Suisse brand. As a result the brand name Credit Suisse Asset management is no longer in use.

Deka Vermögensmanagement GmbH (Deka) is the wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale in Germany. Founded in 1988, the firm was formerly known as Landesbank Berlin Investment GmbH (LBB-INVEST) and changed their name into Deka Vermögensmanagement GmbH in April 2018. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Deka specializes in managing mutual funds and segregated accounts for private individuals and institutional investors, respectively.

DEKA Immobilien Investment GmbH (DIIG) is an asset management firm headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The firm was founded in 1966 as Despa (Deutsche Sparkassen-Immobilien-anlage-Gesellschaft mbH). They are wholly owned by DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, a subsidiary of Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband eV. DIIG is the investment fund manager for both fund products related to real estate and infrastructure as well as investment funds related to financing. In addition to open-ended real estate mutual funds and special real estate funds with different regional and sectoral investment strategies as well as real estate funds of funds, the firm offers a comprehensive range of tailor-made solutions.