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BankM – Repräsentanz der biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG: BankM successfully accompanies EUR 44 million DREF bond issue

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BankM successfully accompanies EUR 44 million DREF bond issue

– EUR 44 million DREF bond successfully placed

– BankM as co-lead manager of the transaction

– Corporate bonds and bonded loans as a financing alternative for SMEs

Frankfurt, June 9, 2015 – BankM – Representative office of biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG (“BankM”) has successfully accompanied Deutsche Real Estate Funds S.A. (“DREF”) with the issue of its first corporate bond to finance student residences in Germany. As co-initiator and co-lead manager BankM had an important contribution to the successful implementation of the transaction. The interest of institutional investors was high from the beginning and could eventually be merged into a successful placement. With this transaction, BankM underlines its increased presence and expertise in the debt capital markets.

The bond (ISIN DE000A1ZW6U2) with a volume of up to EUR 44 million, a maturity of five years and a coupon of 4.675% per year, senior secured by land charges has a BBB investment grade rating from Creditreform rating agency. The proceeds will be used exclusively for the purchase and renovation of five student dormitories in four German university cities. Student Housing is an internationally sought-after asset class, which enjoys growing popularity with institutional investors in Germany. The bond was issued by an investment vehicle (Deutscher Studenten Wohn Bond I SA), which keeps the student dormitories directly or through intermediary companies.

“As one of the initiators we believed from the start in the success of the transaction and are happy about the successful placement with institutional investors,” says Thomas Mühlberger, responsible for fixed income at BankM. “With the successful transaction we underline our competence in the debt markets where we support more and more SMEs in the structuring and placement of corporate bonds and bonded loans. Especially real estate companies with sufficient collateral will find attractive financing conditions and contribute with their offerings to bridge the gap between the low-interest bonds of large corporations and high-yield Mittelstandsbonds.”

About DREF:

Deutsche Real Estate Funds (DREF) is specialised in property investments with a particular focus on student housing. DREF covers the entire value-added chain from the selection of properties through financing to modernisation and subsequent management.

Further information on DREF can be found at: www.dref.de/en/.

About BankM – biw AG:

Since 2007, BankM – representative office of biw AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is the partner of small and mid-sized enterprises and specializing in capital market financing with its experienced team. Particularly during the banking and debt crisis more and more corporations trust in the individual services, meanwhile increasing the number of corporate clients to over 70. Unlike Anglo-Saxon style investment banking, BankM – biw AG’s philosophy is to provide long-term support for high-growth companies based on the principles of relationship banking. BankM’s service-portfolio ranges from the wide field of equity financing, market making on the electronic trading platform Xetra (‘Designated Sponsoring’), research, corporate bonds and hybrid financing, as well as M&A. BankM – biw AG is a team of professionals with a personal interdisciplinary experience of more than 150 years from over 200 transactions (including more than 40 IPOs).

Equity-financed FIB Management AG is owner of the BankM brand and acts as an tied agent in terms of sec. 2 para. 10 German Banking Act (KWG) in the name of and on account of biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG, so far as they provide services which attribute to the investment broking as well as placement transactions in terms of Sec. 1 para. 1a sentences 2 No. 1 and 1c (KWG). Additionally, FIB Management AG is outsourcer for biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG (outsourcing company) undertaking Designated Sponsoring services under the BankM brand (proprietary trading according to sec. 1 para. 1a sentence 2 No. 4 KWG).

For further questions please contact:

Thomas Stewens
BankM – Representative office of biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG
Mainzer Landstraße 61
60329 Frankfurt
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 69 71 91 838-10
Fax: +49 (0) 69 71 91 838-50
Email: pr@bankm.de
Internet: www.bankm.de

Legal notice:

This announcement does not constitute a recommendation or an offer or a solicitation of an offer for the purchase, sale or subscription of any mentioned securities. It does not serve any investment advice but general information purposes only.