BVI Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management

The BVI (Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management), also presented as the Deutscher Fondsverband, describes itself as the competence centre of the German fund industry. According to its website, it represents the interests of 113 fund companies and asset managers with close to 5,200 billion euros in investment capital for private investors, insurers, pension institutions, banks, churches and foundations. Its stated mandate is to work with politicians, supervisory authorities and international institutions for sensible regulation of the fund business and fair competitive conditions. The BVI organizes opinion-forming within the fund industry and represents its members nationally and internationally; its member companies together cover over 95 percent of the German fund market by assets under management. It maintains offices in Frankfurt, Berlin (present in the capital since 2002) and Brussels, and its management includes Hauptgeschäftsführer Thomas Richter and Geschäftsführer Rudolf Siebel.

The BVI presents itself as the competence centre of the German fund industry and states that it has grown rapidly in recent years. It reports that it today represents the interests of 113 fund companies and asset managers with close to 5,200 billion euros in investment capital for private investors, insurers, pension institutions, banks, churches and foundations. Its member companies together cover over 95 percent of the German fund market by assets under management. The BVI has been present in Berlin since 2002, and it also lists offices in Frankfurt and Brussels. Its stated mandate is to work with politicians, supervisory authorities and international institutions for sensible regulation of the fund business and fair competitive conditions, and it organizes opinion-forming within the fund industry while representing its members nationally and internationally. The association also engages in education: it supports schools through the "Hoch im Kurs" initiative, states that it substantially co-developed the occupation of Investmentfondskaufmann/-frau and the additional qualification Investment-Fachwirt, and supports a "Lehrstuhl für Investment, Portfolio Management und Alterssicherung" in Frankfurt.

Competence centre of the German fund industry; third pillar of the financial sector alongside banks and insurers

1. 1Fondsverband BVI - Kompetenzzentrum der deutschen Fondswirtschaft – Fondsverband BVIbvi.de
2. 2Über den deutschen Fondsverband BVI – Fondsverband BVIbvi.de
3. 3BVI-Standort Berlin – Fondsverband BVIbvi.de
4. 4Bildungsinitiativen des BVI – Fondsverband BVIbvi.de