BVI - Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V.(German Investment and Asset Management Association) [www.bvi.de ] Organisation safeguarding the interests of the investment sector whose main emphasis lies in the preparation and management of statutory regulations.
BFW e.V. Bundesverband Freier Immobilien- und Wohnungsunternehmen [www.bfw-bund.de]
DVFA – Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management (German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management) [www.dvfa.de] Professional association with 1,000 members from investment companies, banks, and fund management companies.
EPRA – European Public Real Estate Association [www.epra.com] European Real Estate Association
IFD – Initiative Finanzstandort Deutschland (“Promoting Germany as a Location for Holding Companies” work group) [www.finanzstandort.de] Work group initiated by the financial sector in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the German Federal Bank.
NAREIT – National Association of Real Investment-Trusts [www.nareit.com] Association of US American Real Estate Investment-Trusts.
VDP – Verband Deutscher Pfandbriefbanken (German Mortgage Bonds Association) [www.hypverband.de] Represents the interests of its institutional members in business, capital market, and tax policy matters.
Research Institutes
European Business School, Real estate business studies [www.ebs.de] Professional Academy of Saxony, Branch of Studies: Real Estate [www.ba-leipzig.de]
Expo Real [www.exporeal.de] International Commercial Real Estate Trade Fair which is held once a year in Munich. Federal Financial Supervisory Authority [www.bafin.de] This authority supervises inter alia capital investment companies and real estate funds.
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