Eugen Keller

How risk management drives AIFs – spotlight on real estate funds

The financial crisis of 2008 has highlighted the importance of thorough risk management processes, especially in the real estate sector. For too long, risk management of real estate funds has been purely a qualitative exercise, owing to lacking data and lacking methods. As risks have become more and more complex and interrelated, this approach has reached its bo […]

Debt funds to the rescue

Corporate financing in Europe is currently undergoing a significant transformation. Historically, it has been largely dominated by banks, but with banks being in the process of deleveraging and currently burdened by additional capital requirements, debt funds have stepped in and increasingly provided funding to small- to medium-sized enterprises, either through […]