Union Investment is a leading international investment company, providing customised real estate solutions to meet the requirements of private and institutional asset allocation. Union Investment currently has assets under management totaling around €42.5bn in actively managed funds and €10.1bn in service and pooling mandates.
Established in 1965, Hamburg-based Union Investment Real Estate GmbH is the specialist for private real estate investment within the Union Investment Group. Its sister company, Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, focuses on real estate investment for institutional customers.
Established in 1965, Hamburg-based Union Investment Real Estate GmbH is the specialist for private real estate investment within the Union Investment Group. Its sister company, Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, focuses on real estate investment for institutional customers.
The portfolios of Union Investment’s open-ended real estate funds comprise 465 properties and projects in Germany and other European countries, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Within the commercial real estate sector, Union Investment is active as an institutional investor and asset manager.
Investment principles & strategy
Union Investment – active in 24 countries worldwide – has many years of experience in real estate investment, strong in-house expertise in asset management, its own project and risk management team, and extensive research capabilities. These strengths make it one of Europe’s leading real estate investment managers.
Union Investment has been offering real estate solutions for institutional investors for over 48 years. The first special fund was launched in 1977, and the first institutional public fund in 2004. The first service KVG mandate was added in 2011, followed by the first bundling vehicle in 2012. Currently, €10 billion is invested in actively managed funds and €10.1 billion in service mandates.
Union Investment offers institutional investors individual real estate solutions under German and Luxembourg law, as well as an effective platform (pooling vehicles, real estate service KVG mandates). Union Investment covers the entire value chain: from research to transaction and fund management, risk management and reporting to active asset management.
In addition to its broadly diversified products (special and public funds), Union Investment develops special solutions and strategies tailored to individual client requirements. Most recently, this has involved the launch of specific thematic funds, as well as the offering of investment limited partnerships, real estate service KVG mandates and pooling vehicles.
Strategic corporate development
Union Investment aims to progressively expand its product range for institutional customers by creating more special funds for bundling indirect property investments and providing property administration services. The strategic corporate development is building on:
- Individual product solutions
- Modular service packages (from vehicle only to full service offering)
- Solutions compliant with German or Luxembourg law
- Professional asset management
- Holistic and proactive portfolio management
- Robust risk management standards
- Transparent best-in-class processes
- Fund reporting (internal, legal and investor reporting)
