Trusts, funds and similar financial entities (64.30.0.00)

This service 'Trusts, funds and similar financial entities' is not coverd by the EU Service Directive.

For this service there are no further information available. The use of Points of Single Contact is not provided. For questions about a specific formality (approval or notification), please contact the responsible authority directly. The formalities relating to different subjects you will find under Formalities by subjects. If you select a formality, contact details of the responsible authority will be displayed. General information are available from the Servicestelle der Bayerischen Staatsregierung.

This service includes legal entities created for the purpose of holding security bonds or other financial assets, but without performing management functions per the shareholders’ order. The portfolios are tailored to customer requirements in a manner meeting any specific investment criteria with regards to diversification, risk, return on interest, and price volatility. These units earn income in the form of interest, dividends, and other income on investments, but have only few or no employees and earn no revenues from the sale of services.

This service includes:

  • Open-ended mutual funds
  • Closed-ended mutual funds
  • Prorated mutual funds with investment-fund shares held in trust ("unit investment trust funds")
  • Trust funds, estates, or trust accounts held in trust on behalf of the beneficiaries under a trust agreement, a last will and testament, or an agency agreement

This service does not include:

  • Investment and trust funds earning income from the sale of goods and services (classification by their principal activity according to the respective service in this classification)
  • Holding companies (see 64.20.0)
  • Retirement-scheme companies and retirement funds (see 65.30.0)
  • Fund management (see 66.30.0)

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt

  • Fondsgesellschaften (Wertpapierfonds und offene Immobilienfonds)
  • Kapitalanlagegesellschaften