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The question: Family-owned companies are considered interesting investment candidates because the long-term development is usually the focus there and not the next quarterly report. Our readers would therefore like to invest in this area, preferably in smaller companies. He would now like to know how best to do this “without having to put a six-figure sum on the table right away”.
The answer from WiWo Coach Barbara Claus, fund expert at the rating agency Scope: The reasons for investors to invest in owner-managed companies include arguments such as the long-term planning horizon you mentioned, an often prudent, more defensive business policy and, above all, fewer conflicts of interest between company managers and investors than in non-owner-managed companies.
