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Institutional Investors in Germany: Insurance Companies and Investment Funds

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  • Raimond Maurer

    () (Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main)

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This chapter focuses on institutional investors in the German financial markets. Institutional investors are specialized financial intermediaries who collect and manage funds on behalf of small investors toward specific objectives in terms of risk, return and maturity. The major types of institutional investors in Germany are insurance companies and investment funds. We will examine the nature of their businesses, their size and role in the financial sector, the size and the composition of the assets under their management, aspects of financial regulation, and features of their asset-liability-management.

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Paper provided by Center for Financial Studies in its series CFS Working Paper Series with number 2003/14.

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Length: 41 pages
Date of creation: 14 Jan 2003
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Handle: RePEc:cfs:cfswop:wp200314

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Keywords: Institutional Investors; Insurance Companies; Investment Funds; Regulation; Pension;

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  1. Maurer, Raimond & Sebastian, Steffen, 2000. "Inflation Risk Analysis of European Real Estate Securities," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 00-07, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim.
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Cited by:
  1. Bannier, Christina E. & Fecht, Falko & Tyrell, Marcel, 2007. "Open-end real estate funds in Germany: genesis and crisis," Discussion Paper Series 2: Banking and Financial Studies 2007,04, Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Centre.
  2. Steffen Sebastian & Marcel Tyrell, 2006. "Open-end real estate funds: danger or diamond?," Working Paper Series: Finance and Accounting 168, Department of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
  3. Raimond Maurer & Barbara Kaschützke (geb. Somova), 2005. "The German Insurance Industry: Market Overview and Trends," Working Paper Series: Finance and Accounting 156, Department of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
  4. Horst Siebert, 2004. "Germany's Capital Market and Corporate Governance," Kiel Working Papers 1206, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

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