Private equity and infrastructure. "We actually specialise in secondary market funds in the private equity sector," explains Florian Dillinger, Matador Partners Group AG. But when a special opportunity presents itself, he invests in infrastructure. This combination of both asset classes has a special charm for the investment company Matador.

Microfinance. Microcredits give people in poorer countries the chance to build something up to secure their livelihood in the long term. "At the same time, microfinance offers investors ongoing interest income and a positive diversification effect at portfolio level," says Daniel Kerbach, CIO of Merck Finck Privatbankiers. This makes this asset class attractive in two respects.

Private equity in Asia. In the 21st century, Asia will dominate the world. In no other region do investors find such a combination of size and growth. Private equity is the key to unlocking this potential.

A letter from ... Carsten Mumm. The chief economist of the bank Donner & Reuschel thinks about the monetary policy of the next decade.

Theodor Stiebel founded a small factory for immersion heaters in Berlin in 1924 - he was driven to develop products with low energy consumption. Today, the company has over 3700 employees and generates sales of more than 500 million euros. And energy efficiency is its brand essence. The year was 1923, when the engineer from Braunschweig was looking for an alternative to the error-prone piston immersion boilers. His solution is a handy device with a ring-shaped hollow cylinder and a wall thickness of three millimeters. The advantage is that this small immersion heater heats up quickly and cools down again quickly, thus saving energy. Theodor calls the device a ring immersion heater and asks his uncle Carl if he could produce some models...

Future investments. The unavoidable damage caused by climate change and the massive changes in the transition to a low-carbon world will significantly alter investment performance both in the short and long term. Investoren should act now.