DGAP-News: BF.direkt AG / Key word(s): Financing/Real Estate
BF.direkt AG extends mezzanine operations
01.10.2015 / 08:55
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BF.direkt AG extends mezzanine operations
- Commitment as a co-investor for mezzanine club deals
- Further Optimisation for funding real estate developers
- New array of services for semi-institutional investors and family offices
Stuttgart, 1 October 2015. BF.direkt AG, an independent specialist for
commercial real estate financing, will be extending its spectrum of
services in the field of alternative investments and will increasingly
operate as a co-investor itself within the scope of "mezzanine club deals".
Apart from the ability to "tailor" very individual transactions, the main
advantage of the "club deal model" is that investors can make their
decisions on a case-by-case basis and therefore take into account the
individual risk-return ratio. In the experience of BF.direkt, this is
especially appreciated by family offices.
BF.direkt focuses predominantly on funding residential development project
in Germany and in the German-speaking region ("DACH" countries). Being one
of the leading bank-independent financing companies for a long time now,
the company has had numerous regular customers who have predominantly been
financed in the first-ranking segment by banking partners of BF.direkt.
After BF.direkt AG had taken up its activities as an advisor in the fields
of real estate equity and mezzanine in 2013, club deal structures with
co-investments of BF.direkt have evolved in 2015 and have developed into a
new core field of activity.
Francesco Fedele, CEO of BF.direkt AG, has the following to say about this
trend: "Within the context of our advisory activities, our experience has
shown that in addition to those projects that we're able to realise via our
established mezzanine contacts, investment opportunities also exist that
cannot be placed there but which we consider attractive nevertheless. On
behalf of a regular customer, in such a situation we developed an
individual financing solution in the form of a "mezzanine club deal" and
implemented it together with closely associated investors. In doing so, we
have found a further solution approach to enable BF.direkt to help project
developers and construction companies in raising mezzanine capital and,
therefore, in line with our "one-stop shopping" approach, in successfully
realising their financing."
In order to be able to take care of "club deal prospects" and investors not
only in initiating transactions but also in the course of existing
commitments, BF.direkt AG plans to extend the range of activities of its
subsidiary BF.services GmbH accordingly.
In parallel with its past activities, in future BF.services GmbH will
provide services in particular for family offices and semi-institutional
investors within the scope of "mezzanine club deals".
Francesco Fedele: "On top of our strength in sourcing attractive mezzanine
transactions, via our service subsidiary we are now also in a position to
represent the interests of investors and to give them advice and proactive
support."
Manuel Köppel, CFO of BF.direkt and responsible as Managing Director of
BF.services GmbH for relationship management of the mezzanine business,
adds: "BF.direkt AG operates on a transaction-oriented basis, a strategy
that has proved to be successful especially in business with banks and
institutional investors. However, as we predominantly bring our clients in
touch with semi-institutional investors and family offices when transacting
a "club deal" and since, as a rule, such entities do not have a suitable
infrastructure for processing and settlement, we see demand for more
extensive services that we plan to cover via BF.services GmbH in future."
The business with "mezzanine club deals" is to be continually expanded at
BF.direkt and BF.services in the coming years. This refers both to
transactions in terms of their number and volume and to the circle of
investors.
About BF.direkt
The company BF.direkt AG is an independent specialist for financing
residential and commercial real-estate projects. As one of the leading
financing consultants, it develops innovative financing strategies and
finds suitable financing partners in this field. In the process, the
clients of BF.direkt stand to benefit from the company's numerous
connections with big, special and private banks, with capital market
service providers, insurers and specialised funds as well as with
investment companies for borrowed funding, mezzanine and equity capital.
www.bf-direkt.de
Contacts
BF.direkt AG
Manuel Köppel
Tel.: +49 711 22 55 44 136
Mail: m.koeppel@bf-direkt.de
BF.direkt PR liaison
GFEI Aktiengesellschaft
Tel.: +49 511 47 40 23 10
Mail: bf-direkt@gfei.de
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BF.direkt AG
Leuschnerstrasse 12
70174 Stuttgart
BF.direkt AG
Registered office: Stuttgart - Stuttgart District Court, HRB 20834 CEO:
Francesco Fedele
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr Peter Maser, attorney-at-law
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