Alexander Blum

Lazard AM Deutschland is an active manager which constructs portfolios that invest across a wide range of global, regional and country-specific strategies - both traditional and alternative - in listed equity and fixed income. Their Frankfurt-based portfolio managers, in conjunction with the group's global network, conduct fundamental research on securities from a large number of industries and countries. The firm follows a bottom-up investment approach. They have several teams of analysts, each specialized by asset class and industry, who conduct fundamental quantitative and qualitative research upon which portfolio managers base their investment decisions. Analysts complement their research by meeting the management of investees and using third-party research and databases. Portfolios are managed against benchmarks and investment decisions are team-based.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as an alternative investment manager

Liberta Partners invests in companies located in Germany with a turnover of €5 million and €100 million. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors. It provides financing for buyout and carve-out transactions. It also makes co-investment.

Functions as a College/University

SEVEST invests in lower mid-market companies located across the DACH region with positive cash flows, strong organic EBITDA growth and enterprise values of Euro 40 - 150 million. The firm target sectors includes differentiated industrials, industrial technology, software and services. It takes majority, or minority with significant control rights and also provides financing for succession, management buy-out, carve-out, growth capital and restructuring transactions, and also co-invest from existing investors.