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Our principles - long-term, decentralized and entrepreneurial - are the compass for the decisions we make every day, for the priorities we set and the people with whom we surround ourselves. The employees of FORUM follow these principles, the employees in our holdings integrate them into the DNA of their own companies.
Long-term focus, decentralization and entrepreneurial thinking have shaped our philosophy since day one. They are the principles that we not only live by at Forum, but also the DNA that every employee infuses into our holdings.
As a family office, we have a capital base that is permanent: we do not have to turn over assets, we have no maturities - our mandate is to permanently increase the family's capital base while avoiding risks.
That is why we assume that every investment will be permanent. In the area of Family Equity, our holding period is de facto permanent - the last sale took place in 1999. In the stock business, we part with investments somewhat more easily because the company is not affected by this.
Because we hold our investments permanently, we support all plans that strengthen companies in the long term. That is why we train people and invest in innovations.
As a family office, we have access to a permanent capital base. We have made it our mission to permanently increase the family's capital base and avoid risks in the long term.
In the spirit of long-term thinking, we therefore make every investment in order to hold it permanently. While we part with investments more easily in the stock business, our holding period is permanent in the area of Family Equity. The last sale took place in 1999.
As a long-term investor, our goal is to sustainably strengthen the companies and develop them further. In this way, we secure the company succession over generations.
We are convinced that decentralized management with delegation of responsibility keeps companies agile in the best possible way: it creates motivated employees, and they are the most important asset - even if it does not appear on the balance sheet!
Decentralization is most successful when combined with a leadership culture that provides employees with clear expectations regarding their roles and goals.
We are convinced that agile companies are managed in a decentralized and focused manner.
Our experience shows that decentrally managed companies, which also communicate clear ideas and expectations to their employees, have more motivated employees - the most important asset of your company. Even if these do not appear on the balance sheet.
The first two principles are more conservative - the third principle "entrepreneurial" - describes our concern that our companies are among the best in their industry. If required, we contribute a great deal of experience in "best practice" from many areas. We expect our holdings to grow at least 5 percentage points faster than the market and thus gain market share - this is how our customers objectively confirm that we are well positioned.
The principle of entrepreneurial thinking is reflected in our concern that FORUM's holdings are among the best companies in their respective industries.
Our expectation of the holdings: growth that is at least 5% faster than the market, thus gaining market share. In this way, the customers of the holdings objectively confirm that we are well positioned.
When achieving the goals, we contribute our experience in "Best Practices" from many areas.
"We deliberately chose FORUM as a strategic partner for HSH because this is the best way for us to guarantee important principles such as reliability, long-term orientation and also our own identity as a medium-sized company and carry them into the future. Reliability and long-term orientation were significant features of our discussions with Dr. Wittek"