It is almost impossible to ignore the changes our world is going through: Asia, the Indian subcontinent, South America and Central Europe are experiencing a rapid economic development, which has a major impact on global capital markets. India's and China's industries have attained levels of growth of hitherto unprecedented dimensions, stimulating investments in various asset classes, in particular "real" assets, such as commodities, vessels, freight rates and property.

The national economies of the USA, Europe and Japan have diverged substantially from their economies back in the 80s and 90s. Their stock exchanges have become subject to massive fluctuations and now require new and proactively managed investment solutions. Buy and hold strategies don't appear to generate satisfying results any longer. At the same time there is a growing demand for investment alternatives, such as hedge funds, private equity and other special theme and industry investments, which promise continuous, higher-than-average returns. Aquila Capital has soon understood to rightly interpret the scope of this development, and is now able to provide investors a wide range of suitable investment products, which belong to the class of alternative investment solutions; they already account for a big slice of sophisticated institutional investors' portfolios, such as the Yale and Harvard University Foundations or the future fund of Norway.

 

Aquila Capital considers itself a modern production site for investment products. The company has been granted the relevant licenses by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungen (BaFin) and employs experts in product structuring, tax law, fund administration, and risk management, as well as professional analysts and fund managers.
Aquila Capital provides the stability and infrastructure of an institutional investor yet, as a 100 % independent service provider, maintains flexibility and close proximity to the markets. This makes us highly attractive for successful fund managers, who, after many years of employment in leading investment banks, are now embracing new challenges and career opportunities. At Aquila Capital you work as an independent entrepreneur in our company, with a substantial share in our success. The majority of our team members have contributed a considerable amount of their private funds to our investments, thus pursuing a common interest with our clients: long-term, higher-than-average returns.
Our team of fund managers includes experts in the field of securities, equities, derivatives, hedge funds, commodities and other financial investments. The close-knit teamwork between our fund managers allows decisions to be taken quickly and to increase the pace of innovation to offer investors attractive products.

 

Aquila Capital was founded by former top managers from companies such as Citigroup / Salomon Brothers and Münchener Rück / MEAG. They represent both the characteristics of an investment bank and those of our institutional investors. Another member of the founding team is Bernardino Branca. After having sold the family-owned spirit company that produces Fernet Branca, the native-born Milanese manages his assets in an own family office. Mr. Branca is one of the first and most successful umbrella hedge fund managers in Europe and has invested a considerable amount of his private assets in an own fund. He represents all the characteristics of a professional private investor.

Fusing the two cultures of a family office and an investment bank is unique in the German financial industry and allows for solutions beyond market standards.

 

Aquila Capital works closely with renowned management and investment companies, as well as issuers of structured products. The vast number of successfully realized projects for institutional investors and corporate partners underlines our competence. It allows us to maintain a high degree of individualism for product development, whilst bearing in mind investors' requirements for liquidity, asset protection and returns, as well as tax issues.

Aquila Capital Concept GmbH is pursuant to article 32 KWG registered with and controlled by the Bundestanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. The company is a registered member of the Bundesverband Alternativer Investments and the Verband unabhängiger Vermögensverwalter.