Sal. Oppenheim has been operating as a custodian bank for securities in Germany since 1971 and for real estate funds since 1993. It focuses on the real estate segment, in particular. In the real estate funds sector as a whole, Sal. Oppenheim ranks as one of the four largest providers of custodian bank services in Germany, while we are the market leader here for special funds.

Our bank's size allows each individual client to be looked after individually, meaning that we can respond flexibly to your personal wishes. We therefore work closely with you to develop bespoke solutions tailored precisely to your requirements. In the process, you will have a permanent contact partner at your disposal, who will deal with your requirements personally and work with you to develop an optimum structure for safeguarding your assets.

At Sal. Oppenheim, you will receive the entire range of custodian bank services and may also benefit from various supplementary services. If required, we shall, for instance, invest liquidity for you, hedge currencies and grant you short-term credit lines. You may also use our internal order and execution desk if need be. In the area of real estate funds, we are also happy to support you with investments outside Europe.

Our services in overview

• Safeguarding of assets on blocked accounts or blocked custodian accounts and acting as a trustee for securities and real estate special funds
• Safekeeping of unit certificates for special funds
• Monitoring the statutory and fund-specific investment ceilings
• Ensuring compliance with all sector-specific and legal guidelines
• Monitoring assets that cannot be kept in custody
• Regular quality checks (due diligence) of depositories, counterparties and target funds companies
• Issue and redemption of unit certificates
• Determination of all relevant valuation prices
• Supervision of the determination of fund prices
• Publication of fund prices
• Settlement of all asset transactions, including funds transfers in all standard currencies, forex and derivative transactions
• Market conformity checks of asset transactions and valuations
• Settlement of income disbursements and guarantee of income being used in accordance with the law and the regulations laid down by contract
• Calculation, supervision and charging of ongoing administrative fees
• Enforcement of tax refunds
• Monitoring outstanding claims of every kind
  
  

Additional banking services for custodian bank clients

• Order execution via our order and execution desk
• Hedging currencies
• Investing liquidity (on the basis of individual agreements)
• Short-term credit lines

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