Wolf-Peter Sandmann

Stifel IM is an active investor which manages portfolios invested primarily in European equity with a particular focus on Germany, Switzerland and France. They typically follow contrarian value and quality growth investment styles and employ European and global equities, emerging market fixed-income and absolute return multi asset strategies. The firm uses a top-down approach for sector allocation and a bottom-up approach for security selection.

Provides securities brokerage services

Augur Capital is an active, long-term manager which invests through the Augur Financial Opportunity SICAV private equity fund in small and medium-sized companies in the financial services seector (primarily in insurance) in Western and Central Europe. Through the fund, the firm aims to achieve attractive yield rates at moderate risk, typically investing EUR 15-200 million in solid companies with stable and predictable cash-flows. Predominant investment targets are insurance companies, asset managers, small banks, sales organizations and industry-specific IT and service platforms in Europe. Augur Capital's investment strategies include management buyouts and the formation of effective units through the successive acquisition of several similar companies which are considered to be too small to succeed on their own.