Optimum Asset Management S.A.: Best Value Real Estate Investment Strategy Germany 2023
Optimum Asset Management S.A. has a strong track record in generating extremely attractive risk adjusted returns. It achieves this by identifying, acquiring and transforming mispriced and mismanaged real estate assets into stable, attractive portfolios.
The firm regularly prefers niche markets around the world, where its smaller target asset size and focus on specific sub-sectors enables it to outmanoeuvre larger competitors.
Optimum is currently active in the German and US markets, with a network of strategically located offices in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Miami, Boston and New York. It is authorised and regulated by the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Commission. Optimum take a hands-on approach to asset management at every stage of the investment process, from property purchase through asset optimisation to exit.
The firm is active with its fourth fund in a series of Berlin residential and commercial focussed vehicles, has partnered with Blackstone on a joint venture and is launching a luxury hospitality fund in partnership with the globally renowned operator, Cipriani. During recent years Optimum’s established portfolios have navigated the challenging economic environment with relative resilience. The longer-term fundamentals that drive the cherry-picked investments provide a great platform for future performance. This combined with the team’s proactive operational approach is how the company generates returns for its clients.
The firm manages €1.5bn in assets, with portfolios weighted towards residential, commercial and hospitality properties. Optimum works with institutional investors, such as pension funds, global investment managers, insurance companies and foundations, amongst others, and continues to seek out transactions worldwide. Over the next 12 months, the firm intends to continue its value enhancing asset management initiatives, whilst keeping a keen eye on potential future opportunities. The CFI.co judging panel presents Optimum Asset Management S.A. with the 2023 award for Best Value Real Estate Investment Strategy (Germany).
