Business activities
Comprehensive range of services and enhanced product offering
With a team of more than 90 highly qualified staff and assets under management totalling almost € 5 billion, SOPEP joins the exclusive rank as one of the world’s largest private equity fund of funds managers. Thanks to their prior business focus and competence, the three partner companies complement each other exceedingly well in the new entity.
For these reasons, SOPEP is in a position to offer its clients a considerably more comprehensive range of products and services than the individual former companies. With SOPEP, it will be possible to offer attractive programmes for all important private equity markets (mature and emerging markets), segments (buyout, venture capital, growth capital, mezzanine, special situations, infrastructure) and investment strategies (primary investments, secondary investments and co-investments) from a single provider.
SOPEP can be expected to distinguish itself in the market as a “value-add” investor. Thus, it will act not only as a mere capital provider but also as an active partner and problem-solver, enabling targeted access on demand for target fund managers, portfolio companies and investors to the Sal. Oppenheim Group network and resources.
Continuation of proven model for success
In merging the three companies, great importance was attached to a strong customer focus. Thus, SOPEP will ultimately focus on the design, placement, investment and administration of fund of funds and managed accounts in the areas of private equity and private debt. The guiding principle is the optimisation of risk-reward profiles for client investment portfolios.
SOPEP is a partnership between the owners of Sal. Oppenheim bank and the managers of CAM, VCM and Sal. Oppenheim Alternative Investments (SOAI). It is headed by a management team from each of the three companies, under the leadership of Rolf Enders, Stefan Herzog and Dr. Rolf Wickenkamp. There are also a number of participating partners: Volker Beckmann, Egbert von Cramm, Andreas Schmidt, Dr. Matthias Unser and Dr. Andreas Wilde. CAM and VCM remain as legal entities, but as SOPEP subsidiaries, they will no longer be independently active in the market.
SOPEP will avail itself of the competence and centuries of experience of Sal. Oppenheim, while also promoting the entrepreneurial flexibility and innovative strength of CAM and VCM. As in the past, it will be headed by partners experienced in business who will continue to participate significantly in SOPEP’s success and drive the future of their joint enterprise.
