Expansion, succession of ownership, spin-offs: there are many reasons for choosing HANNOVER Finanz Austria as an equity partner. For over three decades more than a hundred businesses have come to trust and value our solid expertise and dependability – and, not least, the possibility of retaining operational control of their middle-market companies while profiting from the boost in capital derived from the acquisition of a participating interest by HANNOVER Finanz Austria.
Hannover Finanz has closed HF Fonds X, a new evergreen fund, after two closings on €120m, which is the largest of Hannover Finanz to date. The fund is located in Hannover, Germany.
Following an almost doubling of activity in the German small- and mid-cap segment between January and September 2008, the financial crisis finally began to take its toll on the space in the final quarter. Mareen Goebel discusses the situation with Andreas Schober, vice-chairman of HANNOVER Finanz, who has recently joined EVCA, where he represents the interests of investors in the German Mittelstand