Quintet Private Bank, the Luxembourg-headquartered parent of UK-based Brown Shipley, and Berlin-headquartered Moonfare announced today the signing of a partnership agreement that will enhance the ability of the Quintet Group, including Brown Shipley, to extend private-market investment opportunities to appropriate clients and, simultaneously, broaden Moonfare’s growing global distribution network.

Under the terms of the agreement, the European private banking group will extend to appropriate clients access to an end-to-end digital investment platform, powered by Moonfare, offering top-tier private-market funds – initially covering strategies in the private equity and infrastructure space – selected and approved by the Quintet Group. This platform provides clients and client advisors with a wealth of tools and information, including product collaterals, paperless subscription, client reporting and portfolio analytics.

“We are delighted to partner with Moonfare,” said Bryan Crawford, Quintet Group Head of Investment & Client Solutions. “Working together, we will be able to offer our clients enhanced choice and sourcing of top-quartile managers, with the capability to build high-quality portfolios in the private-market space at a competitive cost and with a lower minimum entry point. Retaining full control of our alternative-investment proposition design and decision-making, we will also provide our clients with access to a digital platform to simplify the investment process.”

For Moonfare, the agreement further expands its distribution capacity in the high-net-worth market via a trusted partner operating across Europe and the UK.

“Moonfare’s mission is to lead a new era for private-market investing and open the door to potentially higher returns for more people,” said Steffen Pauls, founder and CEO of Moonfare. “The Quintet Group has spent decades establishing high levels of trust with wealthy individuals and families in Europe and the UK, so we are particularly pleased to be partnering with them to help further that mission.”

Moonfare is a leading global platform for direct-to-consumer private equity and private credit investing. With €2.7 billion in assets under management and operating in 23 countries, Moonfare provides a unique automated service for digital onboarding and channelling of private investments towards a carefully curated group of top-tier funds from some of the world's leading private equity managers.

The Quintet Group, which operates in some 50 cities across Europe and the UK, manages some £75 billion in total client assets. In addition to Brown Shipley, Quintet’s family of private banks includes InsingerGilissen (Netherlands), Merck Fink (Germany), Puilaetco (Belgium), Quintet Denmark and Quintet Luxembourg.