Assenagon Asset Management

What Assenagon Asset Management does

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. is a privately held, Luxembourg-incorporated (Société Anonyme) asset management firm founded in 2007, with its primary operating headquarters in Munich and additional offices in Luxembourg, Vienna, Zurich, Madrid, and London. The firm specializes in the proactive management of capital market risks and delivers institutional asset management services to pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices across the European Economic Area; its public website explicitly excludes U.S., Canadian, Japanese, and Australian visitors, consistent with its EEA-licensed distribution model. The firm is led by founding partner Hans Günther Bonk (Member of the Board), Thomas Stampff as COO and CFO, Vassilios Pappas as Managing Director, and Patrick Spitaler as Senior Vice President of Financial Engineering — a structure that emphasizes in-house quantitative and risk-overlay capability.

The firm's business model is the classic asset management model: it charges management fees on assets under management sourced through direct institutional and qualified-investor distribution channels, supported by a pan-European office network rather than third-party intermediaries. Recent U.S. 13F-style disclosures reveal an actively managed, broadly diversified equity book spanning financial services, payments, industrials, healthcare, utilities, consumer, and technology, with very large double- to quadruple-digit percentage position increases in names such as Marsh & McLennan, NextEra Energy, Mastercard, MercadoLibre, and Costco, alongside a new $79.1 million position in Fiserv — pointing to a high-conviction, high-turnover approach rather than passive index replication.

The firm is privately held with 51–100 employees and no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or revenue figures. Pricing, fees, total AUM, and detailed product/strategy breakdowns are not publicly disclosed. No partnerships, awards, patents, certifications, app or API offerings, or social-media profiles are listed in the available data. As such, the financial scale of Assenagon must be inferred from proxy signals (headcount breadth, disclosed equity holdings breadth and depth, and the seven-city pan-EEA footprint), all of which point to a mid-sized, specialized European boutique rather than a mass-market asset gatherer.

Name

Assenagon Asset Management

Legal name

Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

Website

https://assenagon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. is a privately held, Luxembourg-incorporated European asset manager (founded 2007, Munich-headquartered) specializing in proactive capital-market risk management for institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals across six EEA jurisdictions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Asset Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Advisory Portfolio Management (Non-Discretionary) (FSAAABAD)

Keywords

• Asset management
• Institutional investment management
• Portfolio management
• Capital market risk management
• Wealth management

Headquarters

HQ city

Luxembourg

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. is an independent asset management firm that proactively manages capital market risks on behalf of institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds) and high net worth individuals and family offices. The firm manages client portfolios across multiple asset classes using institutional-grade investment strategies and operates through offices in Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Product overview

Assenagon Asset Management is an institutional asset management firm. The source data does not contain specific product or service offering details for this company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MEAG (Munich Ergo Asset Management): Munich-headquartered European institutional asset manager serving insurance and pension clients across multi-asset and equity strategies. Closely comparable in geographic base, target client segments, and risk-aware active mandate orientation.
• Deka Investment: German institutional asset manager owned by the Sparkassen group, serving institutional and retail clients with active fixed income, equity, and multi-asset mandates. Directly comparable in institutional client focus, German/European footprint, and active risk-managed orientation.
• Union Investment: Frankfurt-based cooperative asset manager serving institutional and retail clients across Europe with active and multi-asset strategies. Comparable in European institutional client mix, active equity and multi-asset capabilities, and multi-jurisdiction distribution.
• Flossbach von Storch: Independent German multi-asset and equity manager with strong institutional and HNW focus. Comparable as an independent, founder-influenced European active manager with risk-aware multi-asset capabilities.
• Baillie Gifford: Edinburgh-based independent active asset manager serving institutional and intermediary clients globally with concentrated equity and multi-asset strategies. Comparable as an independent active manager with conviction-style positioning and European institutional roots.
• Columbia Threadneedle Investments: London-headquartered global asset manager serving institutional and wholesale clients with active equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies. Comparable in UK/European institutional active mandate focus and cross-border distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Allianz Global Investors: Munich-headquartered global asset manager within Allianz Group, serving institutional and retail clients across active fixed income, equity, and multi-asset. Comparable as a Munich-based European active manager, but operates at materially larger scale with captive distribution.
• DWS Group: Frankfurt-headquartered European asset manager with broad institutional and retail active and passive capabilities. Comparable in European institutional active mandate focus, but at significantly larger AUM scale and broader product breadth.
• Amundi: Paris-headquartered European asset management leader serving institutional, retail, and HNW clients across active and passive strategies. Comparable in pan-European institutional client base and active mandate offering, but with substantially larger scale and broader product range.

Regional players

• Jupiter Asset Management: London-based active asset manager focused on UK and European institutional and wholesale clients, with strong active equity and multi-asset franchises. Comparable as an active European manager, but primarily UK-centric rather than DACH-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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