Claus Mansfeldt

Nomura AM Deutschland is an active investor and manages diversified portfolios with alpha potential invested in equity, fixed-income and money-market instruments. The firm focuses primarily on Japanese and Asia-Pacific equity as well as European fixed-income. As part of the Nomura Group, which is the market leading asset manager in Japan, Nomura AM Deutschland combines international expertise and local presence, and relies on research provided by their parent company's analysts for investments in Asia. The firm follows a bottom-up investment approach and utilizes fundamental, technical and quantitative management processes. They perform in-house qualitative research but also use mathematical and statistical models to identify investment opportunities. Risk management is integrated to each step of the investment process and a risk management team permanently controls portfolios. The fund management team meets daily to evaluate market conditions and make investment decisions.

Functions as a College/University

SwanCap provides access to a range of private markets investments including Private Equity Fund Investments both primary & secondary ^ Direct investments in Equity & Debt alongside global & regional financial sponsors ^ Direct Investments in Equity & Debt directly with corporate relationships^ Geographically focus on DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Italy, Emerging Europe and North America.^

Commerzbank-IM employs active asset management strategies, launched as public or special funds as well as advisory/outsourcing mandate in external funds. Depending on the product or mandate, the investment approach may use fundamental, quantitative and/or technical research. The firm’s pensions and stock selection strategies follows a benchmark universe and make selections utilizing a research overlay on the bond side and a quantitative filter for equities. For their overlay strategies, Commerzbank-IM focuses on active-quantitative asset management across all asset classes with liquid hedging instruments. Their market-neutral option strategies offer investors the opportunity to achieve positive returns regardless of the movements of the stock market.

Operates as a private equity and venture capital firm