{"id":29208,"date":"2021-12-20T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immo-invest.ch\/?p=29208"},"modified":"2021-12-21T13:01:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:01:24","slug":"swiss-prime-site-akquisition-der-akara-gruppe-in-zug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immo-invest.ch\/en\/swiss-prime-site-akquisition-der-akara-gruppe-in-zug\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Prime Site: Acquisition of the Akara Group in Zug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Acquisition of the founder-managed and successful Akara Group, Swiss Prime Site, strengthens the business model in the services segment with the intended takeover of the founder-managed Akara Group from Zug. Akara Funds AG was founded in 2016 by Karl Theiler and Jonathan van Gelder and developed into a fund provider regulated by FINMA with a focus on residential and commercial real estate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also includes Akara Real Estate Management AG, which provides real estate services in the areas of development, realization, management and marketing, and Akara Property Development AG, which manages a limited partnership for collective capital investments (KmGK). The group employs a total of around 50 specialized real estate specialists, all of whom will be taken over. The real estate assets under management total around CHF 2.3 billion and consist of the “Akara Diversity PK”, a real estate fund for tax-exempt pension schemes, the private equity product “Akara Property Development 1 KmGK” for qualified investors and a development pipeline (including Akara Tower, Baden) of over CHF 240 million. Ren\u00e9 Zahnd, CEO of Swiss Prime Site: \u201cWe are very pleased to be able to acquire an innovative, dynamic and at the same time established company in the Akara Group. The business model
of the fund provider and the corporate culture are a perfect match for Swiss Prime Site Solutions. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karl Theiler, CEO Akara adds: “The future membership of the Swiss Prime Site Group enables us to bundle our strengths in the area of funds and to significantly expand our market position.” The two contracting parties have agreed not to disclose the sales price. The acquisition will be financed 35% from Swiss Prime Site shares and the authorized capital provided for this purpose. The remainder of the transaction amount is paid from freely available funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significant expansion and strengthening of the group-wide investment platform<\/strong>
The closing of the transaction is expected to take place in mid-January 2022 retrospectively to January 1, 2022. It is planned to integrate the Akara Group or the respective companies into Swiss Prime Site Solutions in the course of the 2022 financial year and to merge the two fund management companies. The intended merger will make Swiss Prime Site Solutions one of the leading Swiss real estate asset managers with real estate assets and under management (including development pipeline) of over CHF 6.5 billion and an expected EBIT contribution of CHF 27 to 28 million in 2022. With the acquisition, Swiss Prime Site Solutions can significantly expand its customer base and expand the existing investment platform with additional product and fund categories such as real estate private equity investments. To ensure an orderly transition, the two company founders will continue to work for the company until July 2022. There is also the option of further collaboration on a mandate basis. Anastasius Tschopp, CEO of Swiss Prime Site Solutions, sums up: \u201cI am delighted to welcome the Akara team to our place and, together with Swiss Prime Site Solutions, to shape them into an even more quick-witted real estate asset manager. The two companies complement each other perfectly in terms of customers, employees and know-how. “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zukauf der gr\u00fcndergef\u00fchrten und erfolgreichen Akara-Gruppe Swiss Prime Site st\u00e4rkt das Gesch\u00e4ftsmodell im Segment Dienstleistungen mit der beabsichtigten \u00dcbernahme der gr\u00fcndergef\u00fchrten Akara-Gruppe aus Zug. Die Akara Funds AG wurde 2016 von Karl Theiler und Jonathan van Gelder gegr\u00fcndet und zu einem durch die FINMA regulierten Fondsanbieter mit Fokus auf Wohn- und Kommerzimmobilien entwickelt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12481],"tags":[19596,19597,19165,19598,19599,19600,12564,12525,12526,19601,19602,19603,12528,12783,17267,19604],"class_list":["post-29208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-en","tag-akara-funds-ag-en","tag-akara-gruppe-en","tag-dienstleistungen-en","tag-finma-en","tag-fondsanbieter-en","tag-geschaeftsmodell-en","tag-immobilien-en","tag-immoinvest-en","tag-immonews-en","tag-jonathan-van-gelder-en","tag-karl-theiler-en","tag-kommerzimmobilien-en","tag-news-en","tag-swiss-prime-site-en","tag-wohnimmobilien-en","tag-zukauf-en","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"bild_mit_ki_erstellt_worden":[],"lead":"Zukauf eines gr\u00fcndergef\u00fchrten und erfolgreichen Real Estate Asset Managers mit Assets under Management von rund CHF 2.3 Mrd. Deutlicher Ausbau und St\u00e4rkung der gruppen\u00fcbergreifenden Real Estate Investment Plattform\r\n","autor":"Jessica Bill","ort":"","bildunterschrift":"","zusammenfassung":"","bild_im_grid":false,"gallerie":null,"newsim":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t