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Successful—for over 25 years

Dr. Bert Flossbach and Kurt von Storch started the company in 1998 with four employees. Today, more than 400 employees manage client assets totaling approximately 60 billion euros. 

What Drives Us

It’s not just about money. It’s about more than that: the freedom to shape your life the way you want.

To be free from financial worries in your later years. To give your children a good education. To go on a big trip. To have more time. To do good. Freedom has many facets.

And that’s where we come in: 

  • We explain what we do.
  • We say what we don’t do.
  • We don’t make promises we can’t keep. We’re not infallible, but we’re aware of that.
  • We have our own investment philosophy. Unwavering guidelines—proven through numerous crises.

Responsibility

Bert Flossbach and Kurt von Storch founded the asset management company Flossbach von Storch in 1998. Their primary aim was to invest their clients’ money in the same way they would invest their own.

Today, many years and several stock market crises later, around 400 employees at Flossbach von Storch manage approximately 60 billion euros. Our clients include private clients as well as institutional investors, major insurers and pension funds, along with many fund and retirement savers.

A large proportion of the assets entrusted to us today is invested in public funds, particularly the Flossbach von Storch – Multiple Opportunities fund. More than one million investors across Europe invest in this strategy. They include the founders, their families, the company’s employees, friends and acquaintances. Their interests are those of the investors — and vice versa.

Independence

It takes independence, in both thought and action, to achieve long-term success: forming your own opinion rather than blindly following the judgment of others. It is no coincidence that Flossbach von Storch is headquartered in Cologne, far from the financial centers. At times, a critical distance helps ensure that you do not lose sight of the forest for the trees.

Employees are expected to adopt precisely this critical mindset as well. Ideas can only develop where they are allowed to emerge and can also be defended. This open corporate culture is encouraged and cultivated. In recent years, this has enabled us to build a strong team.

Milestones in the company’s history

2024

Flossbach von Storch is one of Europe’s leading independent asset managers, with approximately 350 employees and around €60 billion in assets under management.

2023

Expansion of the Executive Board: Dr. Tobias Schafföner (centre), Dr. Till Schmidt (right) and Marcus Stollenwerk (left) are appointed to the Board. Dirk von Velsen steps down at his own request.

2021

With Flossbach von Storch ONE, Flossbach von Storch offers investors direct access to wealth management starting from 100,000 euros.

2020

Flossbach von Storch manages more than 50 billion euros for the first time. More than 260 employees look after clients’ assets.

2018

Following Flossbach von Storch Invest S.A. in Luxembourg, offices in Milan and Madrid are added.

2016

The assets managed by Flossbach von Storch AG exceed the 25 billion euro mark for the first time.

2014

The Flossbach von Storch Research Institute is founded as an independent think tank dedicated to the major economic issues of our time, such as the long-term consequences of central bank policy. The founding director and head of the institute is Prof. Dr. Thomas Mayer.

2012

Flossbach von Storch Invest S.A. is established as a public limited company under Luxembourg law. As a subsidiary of the AG, it takes over the administrative management of mutual funds and special funds. The institutional asset management division is created within the company. Today, its clients also include major pension funds and insurance companies.

2010

The number of employees rises to a total of 50, and the company moves into its new offices in the KölnTriangle in Deutz.

2008

Dirk von Velsen joins the Executive Board and, from then on, drives the company’s development together with the two founders.

2007

The Flossbach von Storch SICAV - Multiple Opportunities  is launched and is affectionately referred to within the company as “MOF”; in 2013, the Flossbach von Storch – Multiple Opportunities II follows, mirroring the same portfolio but, unlike the SICAV version, being available throughout Europe. Originally, the MOF was intended primarily for the assets of the founders and their families; today, it is the company’s largest mutual fund and, when both versions are taken together, one of the largest funds in Europe overall.

2002

For the first time in the company’s still young history, Flossbach von Storch AG manages more than one billion euros. The team has grown to eleven colleagues.

1998

Dr. Bert Flossbach and Kurt von Storch found Flossbach von Storch AG in Cologne — initially as a traditional wealth manager for private clients. Above all, their aim was to manage their clients’ money in the same way they would manage their own. At the beginning, the company has four employees.