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David Mortlock (45) and Christian Kühn (52) have been appointed 39th and 40th managing partners in the 430 years history of the bank. Mortlock is the first non-German to become a managing partner of Berenberg since its founding in 1590 and will also take a 5% stake in the bank.

Frankfurt. Germany's oldest bank achieved top marks in its first annual assessment of the Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) supported by the United Nations.

In the main category ESG Strategy & Governance, Berenberg achieved the highest score of A+. In the other six categories, Berenberg received the second highest grade A. This means that the house, with its very first rating in six out of seven categories, was rated better than the median for all PRI signatories and the participating investment managers.

Hamburg/Berlin. 430-year-old private bank Berenberg and digital private assets investment platform Moonfare, founded in 2016, start a partnership to provide Berenberg customers with digital access to top-tier private equity funds.

Hamburg/Frankfurt. When assessing a company’s sustainability in terms of ESG (environmental, social and governance standards), many asset managers rely heavily on scores by external rating agencies. However, a study by Berenberg’s ESG Office has shown that many of these ratings are inadequate and only partially reflect real-life circumstances. Particularly smaller companies tend to receive a poorer rating, often preventing investors from recognising investment opportunities. Consequently, ratings should only be used as an indicator in an ESG analysis and cannot replace the need for the…

Hamburg. Berenberg arranges a EUR 70 million rolling stock institutional debt solution with the aim to fund new rolling stock vehicles for a German regional passenger rail (SPNV) franchise. A group of investors represented by Allianz Global Investors (AGI) is acting as long-term lender. The funds are used to purchase of 8 DMUs and 2 EMUs to be operated in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Berlin.

Hamburg/Frankfurt. Fund rating agency Refinitiv Lipper has named the “Beren-berg-1590-Aktien Mittelstand” fund managed by Andreas Strobl the best fund in Europe in the category “Equity German Small & Mid Cap” in recognition of its outstanding performance over three years.

Hamburg. Privately owned bank Berenberg has won an award as the “Best Bank for Small Cap Equity Capital Markets” (ECM) for the third consecutive time. GlobalCapital, the specialist magazine belonging to the Euromoney Group, awarded the distinction as part of its Annual Equity Capital Markets Awards, which recognises outstanding achievements in the EMEA region. Berenberg was additionally named among the top three ECM banks in the GSA region.

Hamburg. Berenberg closed the year 2019 with net profit for the year from operations of €60.5 million (previous year: €23.3 million). Germany’s oldest privately owned bank has thus surpassed the previous year’s earnings by 160%.

Berenberg Bank Foundation of 1990 has been supporting young artists for 30 years. The 10,000 euro Berenberg Culture Prize goes to clarinettist Roman Gerber. Violoncellist Anna Olivia Amaya Farias and Dutch pianist Daan Boertien receive scholarships.

Hamburg. The investigations initiated in March 2019 against Hendrik Riehmer, Managing Partner of Berenberg, were discontinued in accordance with Section 170 (2) of the German Code of Criminal Procedure on the grounds that the accusations were completely unfounded, as announced by the Hamburg public prosecutor's office on 11.02.2020. Riehmer had been wrongly suspected of having passed on insider information.

Hamburg/Frankfurt. Prof. Dr. Bernd Meyer, Chief Strategist and Head of Multi-Asset at Berenberg’s Wealth and Asset Management, has given a cautiously optimistic outlook for the year 2020. Above all else, the high degree of political uncertainty will continue, he says, not least in view of the US presidential elections. Berenberg expects global economic growth to expand slightly in the coming year. Berenberg is forecasting moderate, single-digit growth for equities, as economic recovery was already more or less priced in with the very good year in 2019. Limited growth, low inflation, low…

Hamburg/Munich. For the eleventh time in a row, the Berenberg private bank has been named “Best Asset Manager” in the German-speaking countries in the Handelsblatt Asset Manager Elite report. The highest rating, “summa cum laude,” went to Germany’s oldest private bank for the 16th time.

Hamburg. Berenberg’s currency overlay team will actively manage the currency risks of the private markets portfolio of one of Germany’s biggest pension funds. This mandate with a volume of EUR 1.6 billion underscores Berenberg’s expertise in currency overlay management. In this segment, Germany’s oldest privately owned bank manages a total of EUR 7.6 billion and is one of the world’s biggest providers of active currency overlay management.

Hamburg. For some time now, the staff at Germany’s oldest private bank have been helping disadvantaged children. To provide a solid footing for the employees’ great commitment to this cause, in 2009 their activities were folded into the BerenbergKids Foundation that was established for that purpose. Since that time, the foundation has supported over 150 projects for children and youths, to the tune of over EUR 750,000. “We wanted to help disadvantaged children through BerenbergKids. This initiative comes from the heart and is sustained by the commitment of our employees. I am proud that in the…

Hamburg/Frankfurt. The HWWI/Berenberg City Ranking has a new winner. Berlin leads the field of the 30 largest cities in Germany for the first time. That puts three East German cities into the Top 10, with Leipzig again coming second in overall ranking and Dresden climbing to seventh place. Bavarian state capital Munich is showing the first limits in its growth, losing some of its former dynamism to slip back to third place.

Joint Press Release by Berenberg and Donner & Reuschel: Hamburg. The bank Donner & Reuschel acquires Berenberg’s business with external asset managers. Berenberg currently serves some 160 external asset managers with a business volume of around €8 billion. As communicated by the two Hamburg-based banks, the purchase agreement was signed today. The transfer of the business unit is still subject to approval, among others by the regulatory authorities, and is scheduled for early 2020. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Hamburg. Henning Gebhardt, until now Head of Central Business Unit Wealth and Asset Management at Berenberg and member of the extended management board, has decided to leave Germany’s oldest privately owned Bank. Matthias Born, Chief Investment Officer Equities, will as Head of Investments take over the management of Berenberg’s Investment Platform, consisting of Equities, Multi Asset and Quant and offering investment opportunities for private and institutional clients.

Hamburg. Rating agency Scope has awarded Berenberg’s equity fund management an AA+ rating. This is the second-highest rating that Scope can give. The rating score is 3.57, just short of the 3.60 figure needed to obtain the highest rating (AAA). The rating thus attests to the excellent quality and competency of Germany’s oldest private bank in the management of discretionary equity strategies with a focus on Europe.

Hamburg. Fund rating agency Citywire has selected Berenberg’s Asset Management as the best address for German equities for the second time in a row. Furthermore, Henning Gebhardt, Head of Wealth and Asset Management and fund manager for Berenberg Aktien-Strategie Deutschland, won the distinction of best fund manager for German equities. In addition to the fund performance, factors such as the experience of the individual managers and of the team as a whole were taken into consideration.

Hamburg. From 21 to 23 June, private bank Berenberg is hosting the tradition-steeped Berenberg Polo Derby at Hamburg Polo Club in Klein Flottbek for the 19th time. Top players from Argentina and Germany are expected. They will play in the highest class of the sport – the High Goal.

Hamburg. In cooperation with Universal-Investment, Berenberg has launched a new ESG fund. Managed by Bernd Deeken, this equities fund, Berenberg Sustainable World Equities, invests in global equities with a focus on sustainability. This makes the fund the third ESG fund of Germany’s oldest private bank, following the Berenberg Sustainable EM Bonds and Berenberg 1590 Stiftung funds launched last year.

Hamburg. Around 400 guests attended last night’s Berenberg Culture Prize ceremony at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall. The 10,000 euro award went to Harpist Anaëlle Tourret.

Hamburg. Berenberg succeeded in winning market shares once again in 2018 but ended the financial year with a significant fall in net profit for the year to €23 million (previous year: €90 million).

Hamburg/Frankfurt. The 2008/2009 global financial crisis led to a huge increase in sovereign debt virtually everywhere. The mountain of debt in most countries remains high despite good economic developments in recent years. “In our assessment, a new debt crisis is nevertheless not to be expected if the world sees another one or two years of good economic growth,” says Dr Jörn Quitzau, macroeconomic specialist at Berenberg in the current study entitled “Sovereign Debt” published by private bank Berenberg and the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI). “The single largest risk is…

Hamburg/Munich. For the tenth time in a row, the Berenberg private bank has been named “Best Asset Manager” in the German-speaking countries in the Handelsblatt Elite Report.