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Timberland Finance is the trade name for a group of companies which comprises Timberland Invest Ltd and Timberland Securities Investment plc both of which are established in Malta. These two companies have been established by the founders and senior managers of Timberland Capital Management GmbH, a Bafin regulated entity which has more than 27 years of sustained success in the demanding financial investment sector. 

Timberland Invest Ltd (“TIL”) is a private limited liability company incorporated and existing under the laws of Malta under registration number C60291. Timberland Invest Ltd is authorised by the Malta Financial Services Authority to conduct investment services business under the Investment Services Act (Cap 370). The registered office is at CF Business Centre, Gort Street, St Julians STJ 9023, registered under the Maltese registry of companies.

Timberland Invest Ltd is an enrolled Tied Insurance Intermediary for MAPFRE Middlesea p.l.c. (MMS) through Bonnici Insurance Agency Ltd. Bonnici Insurance Agency Ltd. is enrolled under the Insurance Distribution Act, Cap 487, to act as an Insurance Agent for MMS and can be found at The Strand, Gzira GZR 1022. MMS (C-5553) is authorised under the Insurance Business Act, Cap 403 of the Laws of Malta. All entities are regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority.

Timberland Invest Ltd can carry out tied insurance distribution activities related to general business groups such as accident and health, motor, marine, transport, and liability insurance amongst others.

Meanwhile, Timberland Securities Investment plc was incorporated in Malta on the 30 January 2015. This company has been raising capital since 2016 and its securities have been authorised for public offering in terms of a Base Prospectus for each bond issue as drawn up in accordance with the Prospectus Directive as approved by the Financial Market Authority of Liechtenstein. The Base Prospectus of each bond issued has been passported to a number of EU jurisdictions in terms of the Prospectus Directive.

Over two decades of experience in the financial services sector

The Timberland Finance companies have been established by Thomas Kraemer and Dirk Koester, being the senior professionals behind Timberland Capital Management GmbH, a German Bafin regulated entity which has more than 25 years of sustained success in the demanding financial investment sector. Timberland Capital Management GmbH has exhibited passion, knowledge and a good sense of trends, markets and people from the beginning. A curiosity for innovative improvements to traditional investment products, persistence and discipline in the implementation of ideas and an ability to identify and satisfy changing investor needs in all phases of the market – these are all timeless factors for success that continue to apply to the Timberland Group.

After Timberland Capital Management GmbH was established in 1993, it achieved an important milestone in 1998, when it was licensed as a financial services institution by BAFIN. Timberland Capital Management GmbH has operated as a traditional asset manager since that time – first focusing mainly on the management of individual portfolios. This success was followed by the launch by Timberland Capital Management GmbH of the first investment funds in 1999, for which it acts as asset manager. Based on this in-depth experience, in 2009 Timberland Capital Management GmbH then began to design closed-end products, that were built exclusively around solid top funds with a long record of success.

The Timberland companies are all owner managed. The actions of each individual company is focused on achieving the perfect balance between security and profitability, while striving towards operative efficiency. Continuity represents another key element of the Timberland Finance philosophy. These factors apply to products, services as well as personnel management.

Timberland Finance’s history at a glance:

• Timberland Capital Management GmbH licensed Financial Service Provider in Germany since 1998;
• Timberland Service GmbH is a well-known and reliable financial service provider to the “34 f” independent distributors since 1999 in terms of German law;
• Timberland Sicav in respect of its sub-fund Timberland Top-Dividende Internationalis licensed as UCITS Fund in Luxembourg and passported to Germany in terms of the UCITS Directive;
• Timberland Capital AG is licensed for retail public offering. It represents the first alternative investment structure (as non-UCITS ) in Germany investing into securities and precious metals since 2009;
• Since 2014:
  • Timberland Invest Ltd, was authorized by the MFSA as a Category 1A investment services licence holder and after the entrance in force of IFR/D (EU 2033-2034/2019) is authorized by the MFSA as a Class 2 investment services licence holder;
  • Timberland Fund Management Ltd was authorised by the MFSA as an Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMs”) licence holder;
  • Timberland Securities SPC as securitisation issuer which has been authorized for public offering of securities in terms of the Base Prospectus dated 5th of November 2016 drawn up in accordance with the Prospectus Directive as approved by the Financial Market Authority of Liechtenstein. The Base Prospectus has been passported to a number of EU jurisdictions in terms of the Prospectus Directive;
  • Timberland Securities Investment plc was incorporated in Malta on the 30 January 2015. Its securities have been authorized for public offering in terms of the Base Prospectus dated 4 July 2016, drawn up in accordance with the Prospectus Directive as approved by the Financial Market Authority of Liechtenstein. The Base Prospectus has been passported to a number of EU jurisdictions in terms of the Prospectus Directive.