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    The professional foundation of Trends in Asset Management

    FundsETFsEquitiesBondsAlternative AssetsPrivate MarketsDigital Assets
    Research for decision-makers

    25 years of research expertise

    For a quarter of a century we have been active in the market with an interdisciplinary team specialising in capital markets research, econometrics, banking, company valuation and information technology. Originally focused on investment funds, TiAM now covers all key trends: from open-ended retail funds to alternatives and private markets through to digital assets. What remains constant is our independence.

    Our core competencies

    Research & data

    Fund and ETF databases, multi-asset benchmarking, rankings

    Investment universe

    Funds, ETFs, AIFs, ELTIFs, private markets, real assets, digital assets

    Institutional portfolio competitions

    Fund championship for wealth managers

    Provider & product ratings

    AIF, ELTIF, fund and real-asset providers, B2B platforms, FondsNote

    Regulation & market structure

    BaFin, MiFID, retirement provision, distribution regulation

    Markets & innovation

    Capital markets, fintech, AI, tokenisation, quantum computing

    Product area

    FVBS professional

    Research for fund professionals and wealth managers

    Anja Krimm

    Anja Krimm

    Sales & Support Manager

    ProAdviceResearch

    FVBS professional is the independent analysis software for IFAs, wealth managers, capital management companies, banks and institutional investors:

    • Daily updated ETF and fund metrics for professional fund analysis
    • Highly flexible charts and rolling time periods
    • MiFID II-compliant reporting and institutional share classes
    • Filterable rankings with more than 200 metrics
    • Benchmarking against peer-group indices and alternative asset classes (real estate, interest rates, commodities, endowment insurance)
    • Model portfolios and CSV export for your own modelling
    fvbs.pro
    Product area

    €uro FondsNote

    The quality seal for investment funds

    €uro FondsNote – rating description
    FondsNote 1FondsNote 2

    The €uro FondsNote separates the wheat from the chaff. Only funds with an outstanding risk-return profile that perform very well within their fund category earn a FondsNote 1. Alongside quantitative criteria, the fund must also meet qualitative criteria.

    fondsnote.de
    Product area

    TiAM Ratings & Quality Seals

    Proprietary awards that make quality and performance visible along the entire value chain of the asset management industry.

    Best service KVG

    The best ELTIFs

    The best AIF providers

    The best active fund companies

    Product area

    FundResearch-Rankings

    First-class research from our fund editorial team.

    Publications:fundresearch.de14-DailyTiAM-Magazin

    Selected rankings

    • The best active funds
    • The best ETFs
    • The best newcomers
    • Fund manager of the month
    • Net inflows: top/flop rankings

    More than numbers

    Partnerships

    Our research partners

    Reliable partnerships across our product areas — for independent assessments and robust data.

    TiAM Rankings & Ratings
    EDISOFT
    Mountain-View Data
    Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut Schad
    Steinbeis-Research-Institute
    Stiftung für Finanzbildung
    FVBS professional
    EDISOFT
    €uro FondsNote
    Börsenmedien AG
    FondsConsult Research
    Mountain-View Data