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Oliver Bierhoff and FINVIA found FINVIA Sports

24.11.2023

  • Access to attractive investment opportunities in the global sports business
  • Expansion of support for international wealthy professional athletes
  • First investment in a portfolio of player transfer receivables from the top 5 leagues

Frankfurt am Main, 24.11.2023 - Oliver Bierhoff and FINVIA Family Office enter into an extensive partnership. To this end, the Frankfurt-based family office and the former national soccer player and DFB national team manager are founding the new FINVIA Sports GmbH.

The company will develop attractive investment opportunities in the global sports business for existing and future FINVIA clients. At the same time, the FINVIA unit will address the target group of wealthy top athletes in Germany and selected European markets with specially tailored family office services.

"I have always been very interested in economics, finance and investment throughout my career and have gained a comprehensive overview of the most important wealth managers over the years since I retired as a player," says Oliver Bierhoff, who as Chairman of FINVIA Sports also holds a stake in the FINVIA Group. "FINVIA has a unique approach for high-earning top athletes and other wealthy target groups, which convinced me." According to Bierhoff, it is also important to have the right partner at wealth planning , especially for the time after the end of a career. Oliver Bierhoff: "It's easy to end up with the wrong person and make mistakes that can cost you a lot of money. It is a personal concern of mine that athletes are also protected in old age."

Torsten Murke, co-founder and CEO of FINVIA: "Oliver Bierhoff is the ideal partner for us to further drive FINVIA's progress as the modern family office." The CEO emphasizes that FINVIA Sports is an important addition to the service offering for all existing and future FINVIA clients.

"The 'sports business' is highly attractive. It is growing continuously and is virtually uncorrelated with other asset classes. Sport has its very own boom," says Torsten Murke. However, the most important thing here is access to appropriate investment opportunities. Torsten Murke: "Over the decades of his career, Oliver Bierhoff has built up a unique network and expertise, which we will use to continue to implement our long-term international growth strategy and consistently pursue our mission of defining a new standard for family office services."

In addition to supplementing the range of products and services for all existing and future FINVIA customers, the new FINVIA unit now also addresses the target group of wealthy top athletes internationally. "We know the needs and challenges of top athletes. We help them to make the right investment decisions and are the ideal financial companion - during and after their active career," says Mathias Jauch, co-founder and co-CEO of FINVIA Sports. In this context, Jauch emphasizes that the company already supports numerous top national and international athletes and coaches.

New investment product with attractive returns

Right from the start, FINVIA offers its clients the opportunity to invest directly in the attractive "sports" asset class for the first time. Together with Score Capital AG, one of the leading specialist financiers for soccer clubs in the top European leagues, FINVIA has put together an attractive portfolio of player transfer receivables, which securitizes the receivables from clubs in the top European leagues and makes them investable for its clients in the form of a promissory note loan.

The European soccer market has been growing impressively for more than a decade and transfer spending in the top 5 leagues reached a new record of EUR 5.8 billion in the summer of 2023 (source: Transfermarkt.de).

Torsten Murke: "FINVIA is once again demonstrating its character as an innovative multi-family office." Previously aimed exclusively at institutional investors, FINVIA is now offering this service to semi-professional private clients for the first time.

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