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01<\/span>Quest Funds<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”” text_style=”leader-text”]Quest Funds GmbH, founded in 2019, has a 10-strong team responsible for the fund and asset management of the private client funds formerly launched under Nordcapital and Hesse Newman in the real estate sector.<\/p>\n

The company currently manages a portfolio of 11 funds with 11 properties in Germany and the Netherlands with around 180,000 m2 and a volume (assets under management) of around 650 million euros.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row font_color=”#000000″][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

Management<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_bottom_multiplier=”5x” columns_gap=”60″ font_color=”#000000″][vc_column width=”1\/2″]
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Florian Wagner<\/span><\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]info@quest-funds.de<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]
<\/div>[vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”0″ accordion_style=”style-2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Curriculum Vitae” tab_id=”1587468824158-9395e8a4-a46a”][vc_column_text css=””]Florian Wagner has been working in various management positions in the Erck Rickmers Group since 2003. Initially, he supported the development of the newly founded real estate division at Nordcapital and was responsible for this division as managing director from 2007 onwards. After Nordcapital’s real estate division has been transferred to Quest Funds, he took on the position of Head of Investment Management Private Clients. He has been managing director of Quest Funds since December 2023.<\/p>\n

Florian Wagner is a business graduate with a degree in business administration from the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel and completed training as a banker before his studies. Before joining the Erck Rickmers Group, he was Acquisition Manager at DB Real Estate.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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David Falcone Schl\u00fcter<\/span><\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]info@quest-funds.de<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]
<\/div>[vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”0″ accordion_style=”style-2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Curriculum Vitae” tab_id=”1553793046329-2613ec70-33a8″][vc_column_text css=””]David Falcone Schl\u00fcter has been serving as Head of Investments at the group holding company of the Erck Rickmers Group since 2021. In this role, he is responsible for managing investments across a diverse range of asset classes. As of May 2025, he has additionally assumed the position of Managing Director of Quest Funds.<\/p>\n

He holds a dual degree with a focus on Shipping and Ship Finance from the Hamburg School of Business Administration. Prior to joining the Erck Rickmers Group, David Falcone Schl\u00fcter gained extensive experience at PwC, where he worked in transaction and restructuring advisory, and later held a position in corporate development at Zeaborn Holding GmbH & Co. KG. He began his professional career at the Hamburg-based shipping company Aug. Bolten.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” padding_bottom_multiplier=”5x” columns_gap=”60″ font_color=”#000000″][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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Peter Schr\u00f6der<\/span><\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]info@quest-funds.de<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]
<\/div>[vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”0″ accordion_style=”style-2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Curriculum Vitae” tab_id=”1747727271100-ec1fb03a-3097″][vc_column_text css=””]Peter Schr\u00f6der joined the Erck Rickmers Group (shareholder of Quest Funds) in 1999, where he held various management positions in the areas of fund conception and asset management. He is Head of Projects in the group holding company of the Erck Rickmers Group since July 2022 and Managing Director of NORDCAPITAL GmbH since September 2023. He is also managing director of Quest Funds since December 2023.<\/p>\n

After studying mathematics at the University of Hannover, he began his professional career in controlling at the Hamburg S\u00fcd shipping company.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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Florian Wagner<\/span><\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]info@quest-funds.de<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]
<\/div>[vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”0″ accordion_style=”style-2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Curriculum Vitae” tab_id=”1747727271314-74a4ceb0-156d”][vc_column_text css=””]Florian Wagner has been working in various management positions in the Erck Rickmers Group since 2003. Initially, he supported the development of the newly founded real estate division at Nordcapital and was responsible for this division as managing director from 2007 onwards. After Nordcapital’s real estate division has been transferred to Quest Funds, he took on the position of Head of Investment Management Private Clients. He has been managing director of Quest Funds since December 2023.<\/p>\n

Florian Wagner is a business graduate with a degree in business administration from the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel and completed training as a banker before his studies. Before joining the Erck Rickmers Group, he was Acquisition Manager at DB Real Estate.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” padding_top_multiplier=”4x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”4x”][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

02<\/span>Strategy<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”” text_style=”leader-text”]The investment focus is on office properties with upside potential in central and highly frequented neighbourhoods of Germany\u2019s top 4 cities: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. This is where Quest sees opportunities for an increase in value through active management.<\/p>\n

Quest Funds GmbH offers in-house expertise in structuring, transactions, portfolio management and asset management and has access to Quest Development for portfolio development. This combination enables it to match institutional, medium to long-term capital with the power of a project developer.<\/p>\n

Together with Quest, institutional investors can thus invest in customised structures with an attractive risk-return profile \u2013 be it funds, club deals or individual investments.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column]

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03<\/span>Investment structures<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column]
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04<\/span>Investment strategies<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” padding_bottom_multiplier=”4x” columns_gap=”60″ font_color=”#000000″][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text]
<\/div>[vc_column_text]Potential<\/strong>
\nProperties that allow for extensive renovation, repositioning and new letting at a significantly higher level.<\/p>\n

Development of the optimal strategy, implementation of portfolio development and further densification if necessary.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text]

<\/div>[vc_column_text]Growth
\n<\/strong>Properties with an upcoming successive change of tenants and the need for renovation.<\/p>\n

Development of a consistent strategy for the entire holding period, upgrading of defining elements, gradual realisation of the property\u2019s potential.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text]

<\/div>[vc_column_text]Stability<\/strong>
\nProperties with long-term leases in currently undervalued locations, which achieve a value increase upon exit at the end of the\u00a0term.<\/p>\n

Stable cash flow, optimisation during the existing contract in consultation with the tenant, preparation for monetisation of the potential derived from the under-rented property on\u00a0exit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” font_color=”#000000″][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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