bsi Bundesverband Sachwerte und Investmentvermögen e.V.: The association for real asset investments

bsi Bundesverband Sachwerte und In­vestmentvermögen e.V. is the special interest group of companies who manage real asset investments and whose activities are directly related to the German Capital Invest­­ment Act (KAGB). This includes financial investment management com­­­pa­­nies, depository banks, outsourcing busi­­nesses as well as legal, tax and business consultants. The association has 59 members managing tangible as­­sets in the amount of 127 billion euros.

bsi represents the asset investment sector vis-à-vis government and public and is the primary contact for the financial supervision authority. The association accompanies legislative and regulatory procedures at the na­tional as well as the European level for its members. With its members and their investment assets, bsi stands for quality and transparency. To meet this goal, the association develops suitable standards and processes to secure and continuously improve the quality of individual investment assets. Also, the economic development of the assets is to be depicted transparently. This is to be done in an intense dialogue with the members of the association as well as representatives from government, financial supervision, consumer protection and the public.