AlTi Tiedemann International, a publicly traded worldwide wealth administration and different investments firm with greater than $77 billion in property, has acquired Kontora Household Workplace, a Hamburg, Germany-headquartered multi-family workplace and asset administration agency with about $15 billion in AUM.
That is AlTi Tiedemann’s first European-based acquisition since promoting stakes to Allianz X and Constellation Wealth Capital final 12 months. The agency earmarked a portion of Allianz X’s funding for its enlargement into Germany, the third-largest ultra-high-net-worth market on the earth.
The deal is anticipated to shut within the second quarter of 2025.
Kontora is a founder-run enterprise that serves shoppers primarily in Germany and Austria. It focuses on open- and closed-end funds and different methods. As a part of the deal, co-CEOs Stephan Buchwald and Dr. Patrick Maurenbrecher will reinvest a portion of the proceeds into AlTi. They are going to transfer into senior positions at AlTi and assist with its technique within the German market.
“Germany is a complicated and deep market with established wealth and a thriving entrepreneurial scene, and we stay up for working with Kontora to supply best-in-class world entry and options with the service of a boutique household workplace,” AiTi Tiedemann International CEO Michael Tiedemann stated in a press release. “The continued backing from Allianz X displays their conviction in AlTi’s potential to construct a number one place within the UHNW section and demonstrates their clear worth as a strategic investor.”
Final February, the agency introduced that Allianz X, an arm of European holding firm Allianz SE that buys items of recent and established firms with cutting-edge tech and appreciable development potential, was investing $250 million by a mix of $110 million in newly issued Class A standard inventory and $140 million in newly created Collection A convertible most well-liked inventory. Â
Constellation’s funding of $150 million included an preliminary funding of $115 million in new Collection C convertible most well-liked inventory and one other $35 million on the finish of June.
This follows AlTi Tiedemann’s acquisitions of two U.S.-based registered funding advisors final 12 months.
Final April, the agency acquired East Finish Advisors in New York Metropolis for an preliminary $76 million. East Finish Advisors reported managing nearly $5.25 billion for 9 ultra-wealthy households and 9 charities, with one other $1.2 billion beneath advisement. Â
Then, in Might, it purchased Envoi LLC, a Minneapolis-based multi-family workplace with $3 billion of AUM. That deal was valued at $25.2 million, contingent on post-closing funds payable over a four-year interval.Â
About two years in the past, Tiedemann merged his New York-based RIA and different asset administration corporations, Tiedemann Group and TIG Advisors, with London-based asset supervisor, service provider financial institution and world multi-family workplace Alvarium Investments and took them public by way of a particular goal acquisition firm.
