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Primefund Investment Fund Management Private Limited Company creates value for its clients by premium category investments and professional services. We believe that increasing wealth, even in the 21st century, shall be made effective by the joint application of innovative approaches and the noblest financial market traditions. With the professional contribution of our well-qualified experts holding comprehensive experience, companies recommended for investment and classified promising by Primefund Fund Management Company may utilize their business opportunities at a maximum level. Our experts maintain partner relationship based on full discretion with both our clients and the companies managed. Thanks to our relationship of trust, we provide our investors with personalized and complex solutions while adapting to their expectations flexibly and quickly. Through our commitment to innovation, we respond to market changes with the same flexibility. The name – Primefund – obligates, even in the 21st century.  

MISSION

Our goal is to provide our partners with profitable investments in both developed and emerging markets. Primefund Fund Management Company manages private and venture capital funds for investors qualified as professional on the basis of the amount of the investment, which participate in promising projects in the Central European region, in the European Union, in the EU candidate countries, and moreover in the Middle East. 

INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

We focus on profitable acquisitions in both traditional and innovative industries. In addition to the financial resources, we support the successful operation of the selected companies with a strategic approach, business expertise and contact capital. Through our investment philosophy, we equally support start-up companies, growth companies , and well-established companies in creating value.    

FOCUS

Derived from its investment philosophy, the company targets the manufacturing and service industries, particularly but not exclusively: energy, infrastructure, technology, media, chemical industry, agriculture, financial services, trade, or real estate.

Nowadays, real estate market also offers huge possibilities in the office, logistics and hotel segments. In innovative markets, IT and media are also facing a significant upswing.

The funds managed by Primefund Fund Management buy equity in the above industries, and in professional service companies in order to promote their business development or maintain their dominant market position.

OUR EXPERTS

Dr. József Tamás KERTÉSZ

investment manager

Dr.Kertész is a recognized expert in business consulting for the successful execution of corporate acquisitions. He has effectively managed significant volumes of capital market transactions that were accompanied by high media interest. His scale of values is determined by commitment to expertise, reliability, partnership and creativity. He selects his colleagues according to his philosophy. He is the founder and professional leader of Kertész and Partners Pllc., one of the most dynamically developing law firms in Hungary. He is proud that several companies listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange are among their permanent clients. With their innovative approach, the expert colleagues of the office provide complex services for its clients, whose interests are represented effectively both in Hungary and abroad.

CAREER

  • office manager attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
  • investment project manager, the United Kingdom
  • legal expert, Pest County Land Administration Office

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • administrative manager, College of Public Administration, Budapest
  • criminal law, international financial legal qualification, Institute for Postgraduate Legal Studies, EötvösLoránd University
  • lawyer, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Pécs
  • bar examination

levente kovács

chief executive officer

With more than 19 years of experience in the Hungarian commercial banking sector, he has primarily focused on serving the financing and investment needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and retail clients. Throughout his professional career, he has placed special emphasis on providing comprehensive support for clients’ financial goals, with particular attention to developing and managing complex investment solutions. He has gained extensive practical experience in planning and executing financing and investment transactions for SMEs and retail clients. Key Areas of Expertise:  Investment advisory and portfolio management  Introduction and recommendation of various investment products (investment funds, securities, structured products)  Development of tailored investment strategies for individual and corporate client needs  Regularly informing clients about market trends and opportunities  Financing solutions  Supporting SME and retail clients in obtaining loans and financing investment projects Professional Approach: In his work, he places particular emphasis on building trust and long-term client relationships. His goal is to assist each client with comprehensive, personalized financial advice to help them make lasting and successful financial decisions, whether regarding investments or financing.

CAREER

  • Chief Executive Officer, PRIMEFUND Befektetési Alapkezelő Zrt.
  • Deputy Chief Executive Officer, UIB Pénzügyi Szolgáltató Zrt.
  • Head of Department, Raiffeisen Bank Zrt.
  • SME Specialist, CIB Bank Zrt.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Economist, Szent István University of Gödöllő, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • Securities Administrator Legal Examination, Central European Broker Training Foundation

szeidlné dr. krisztina KOVÁCS

chairperson of the supervisory board

Dr.Kovács is an experienced legal expert of financial and capital market investments. She spent two decades in the banking sector, gaining extensive knowledge on the operation of investment funds in the course of her consulting career. She is proficient in the development of various financial products, and in drafting internal regulations promoting efficient operation. At present, she is the partner attorney-at-law at Kertész and Partners Pllc., one of the most dynamically developing law offices in Hungary.

CAREER

  • partner, attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
  • legal counsel, DIVINUS Investment Fund Management Ltd.
  • colleague in the chairperson cabinet, Savings Bank
  • legal counsel, Hungarian Development Bank (MFB)
  • legal counsel, ABN AMRO Bank
  • law clerk, CORVINBANK Rt.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • degree in law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, EötvösLoránd University
  • bar examination
  • specialist lawyer in banks, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, PázmányPéter Catholic University

Dr. gábor GORDÁN

member of the supervisory board

Dr.Gordán is a lawyer-economist. He started his career at German- and Austrian-owned commercial banks, where he gained extensive experience ranging from retail claim management to rated corporate claim enforcement (workout). He has special expertise in the areas of financial crisis management, and he is one of the recognized experts of rated liquidation proceedings with strategic significance. Moreover, he also has outstanding experience in the fields of structured project financing, restructured transactions, M&A transactions, drafting and implementation of acquisition transactions, furthermore, in the settlement of special contractual transactions specific to the IT sector. 

CAREER

  • collaborator attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
  • associated attorney-at-law, legal expert at law firms with long history
  • office manager attorney-at-law, owner, Gordán Law Firm
  • personnel attorney-at-law
  • senior workout expert, Raiffeisen Bank Zrt.
  • analytical economist, Economic and Financial Committee, European Parliament
  • law clerk, MKB Bank Nyrt.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Universität Regensburg, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
  • lawyer, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Pécs
  • economist (company finance specialist), Faculty of Business and Economics, (Msc.), University of Pécs
  • bar examination
  • stock exchange specialization

Dr. lászló baranyai

member of the supervisory board

Senior capital markets legal expert. Over the course of his career, he has gained professional experience at several investment service providers and credit institutions, which he further broadened in the compliance and legal departments of an investment fund manager and an insurance company, and later at the issuance licensing department of the Central Bank of Hungary. He is currently an attorney at Kertész and Partners Law Firm, one of the fastest-growing law firms in Hungary.

CAREER

  • Attorney at Kertész and Partners Law Firm
  • Head of Department, Central Bank of Hungary
  • Compliance and Legal Expert, AXA Group

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Law degree, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University
  • Economist, Széchenyi István College
  • Bar examination
  • Specialized lawyer in investment, corporate finance and stock exchange, Eötvös Loránd University
  • Stock exchange exam

DATA

Full name of the Fund Management Company

PRIMEFUND Investment Fund Management Private Limited Company

Abbreviated name of the Fund Management Company

PRIMEFUND Investment Fund Management Plc.

Company registration number

01 10 140170

Tax number

26647397-2-42

Registered office

1066 Budapest, Mozsár utca 16. VI. em.

Date of foundation

05 February 2019

Number of authorising resolutions

H-EN-III-686/2019., H-EN-III-225/2020.

Executive officers of the fund management company

DR. JÓZSEF TAMÁS KERTÉSZ investment manager

LEVENTE KOVÁCS chief executive officer

Auditor of the fund management company

ESSEL Audit Auditor Ltd.
Company registration number: 01 09 698566
Registered office: 1162 Budapest, Fertály u. 7.
Auditor chamber identification card number: 001109