London, November 30, 2022. In the article “Times are getting “volatile”” by Detlef Fechtner, which appeared today in the German daily newspaper Börsen-Zeitung, Robus Capital is quoted. “Tailwind restructuring is over,” says Andreas Jaufer, managing partner at asset management company Robus. After the environment in the past 12 years had facilitated the financial restructuring of company balance sheets, the pressure is now increasing from all sides. Banks and financiers on the one hand and management and shareholders on the other have less time to fight the crisis, he said, because financing conditions are stricter. He expects “many difficult discussions about fresh money,” the portfolio manager predicted – especially in the retail sector and among automotive suppliers. Read the full article at Börsen-Zeitung.

Frankfurt, October 12, 2021.

Robus Capital was interviewed about the demand of SMEs for loans provided by private debt funds by Die Welt. In the article “Private debt funds sniff out opportunities” by Christina Anastassiou (Issue 233, Oct. 12, 2021, p. 14), Robus Capital is described as follows: “Robus Capital Management’s five debt funds have different focuses ranging from “fair-weather over special situations to restructuring cases,” according to Portfolio Manager Mark Hoffmann. They contain “over 120 companies at any given time.” Direct lending to companies accounts for “a maximum of ten to 15 percent of the total portfolio.” Source: Die Welt (2021). This article is only available in German.

Frankfurt, September 15, 2015. Robus Capital spoke with Finance-Magazin about the Scandinavian bond market. In the article “The Nordic Mini-Bond Miracle” from Michael Hedstück (Issue September/October 2015, pages 31-35), Robus was cited as follows: “The Scandinavian bond market is very interesting for high-yield investors,” says Dieter Kaiser, Managing Director of Robus Capital, an asset management company that focuses on high-yield investments in mid-sized companies, but ignores most issues from the German Mittelstands-Bond market. This is for a good reason, as Kaiser mentions: “In comparison with the German Mittelstands-Bond market, Scandinavia has established a very large and well-functioning market with professional [bond] structures.” Source: Finance-Magazin (2015).

Frankfurt, March 06, 2015. Robus Capital was cited in an article in the Börsen-Zeitung on recommendations for a sustainable future of the bond market for mid-sized companies. The article by Christopher Kalbhenn is titled “End of Mittelstand Bonds” and appears in Issue 45 (06.03.2015) on page 8. The recommendations of Robus were summarized as follows: “Furthermore, additional measures should be taken to limit the risks of bond investors. Robus Capital, an asset management firm that specializes in high-yield debt capital, recommends an orientation towards the common standards of the international high-yield market. In addition to more frequent and higher quality reporting, Robus promotes the use of collateral, covenants, and guarantees from essentially affiliated companies. With good bond structuring, the risk of extreme losses in the case of restructuring should be limited.” Source: Börsen-Zeitung (2015). This article is only available in German.