QUEST Funds focuses on fund business with private investors
- QUEST Funds Managing Partner Roland Holschuh has sold his shares and will oversee the transition until the end of 2023
- QUEST Funds Managing Director Susan Winter will leave the company at the end of 2023
- Peter Schröder and Florian Wagner will become Managing Directors for Private investor business
Frankfurt, Hamburg, 2 October 2023. The real estate company QUEST Funds will be focusing on fund management for private clients in the future. All institutional asset management clients will be transferred to VIVAO Investment und Asset Management GmbH, which was founded by QUEST and Competo. The aim is to further expand the business segment within VIVAO, with collective expertise in the field of institutional clients such as insurance companies, pension funds, foundations and family offices.
Since QUEST Funds was founded in 2019, Co-Managing Partner Roland Holschuh has built up and managed fund assets of €1.6 billion with Co-Managing Director Susan Winter and the team based in Frankfurt and Hamburg. These include a real estate portfolio for a large German pension fund, the architectural icon RAW in Stephensonstraße in Frankfurt am Main with over 50,000 m² of rental space, and the SATELLITE NINE 4 project development in Hamburg.
Theja Geyer, Managing Partner at QUEST Investment Partners and VIVAO: “Roland Holschuh and Susan Winter have successfully built up the fund business over the past years. We thank them for their great commitment and the attractive real estate portfolio that has resulted from it. We see great potential in active asset management for existing properties. That is why we will be pooling our expertise with that of Competo Capital Partners in order to provide even more comprehensive services as a larger player in the future.”
Roland Holschuh, Managing Partner at QUEST Funds, has sold his shares in the company to the majority shareholders of QUEST Funds GmbH and will hand over his management role at the end of the year in order to take on new entrepreneurial tasks. Susan Winter will also step down from her role as Managing Director of QUEST Funds at the end of the year to pursue new professional challenges. All employees at QUEST Funds who are responsible for the institutional fund business will be transferred to the new company VIVAO.
A new management at QUEST Funds
All real estate funds for private investors will continue to be managed by QUEST Funds. At the beginning of next year, Peter Schröder and Florian Wagner will be appointed Managing Directors. Peter Schröder has been working in the fund business for almost 25 years, among others as Managing Director of the issuing house Nordcapital. A graduate in mathematics (Diplom-Mathematiker), he was most recently Head of Projects at E.R. Capital Holding. Florian Wagner has been working in the real estate industry for more than 20 years. Holding a degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann), he was also previously Managing Director at Nordcapital and most recently Head of Investment Management Private Clients at QUEST Funds.
About QUEST Investment Partners
QUEST Investment Partners is an owner-operated real estate investment company. Its offices are located in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. With a portfolio of around €3.4 billion in assets under management, the company which is a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in selected locations of major German cities. QUEST Development develops and finances high-quality real estate projects both independently and in cooperation with co-investors. QUEST Funds is responsible for the fund business, while the team at QUEST Property Management team handles around 550,000 m² of usable space in its own and third-party projects. QUEST Energy supplies CO2-free energy: the company installs and operates photovoltaic systems on the roofs and exterior surfaces of buildings.
Florian Wagner, future Managing Director QUEST Funds
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Peter Schröder, future Managing Director QUEST Funds
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