Because the financial crisis had caused equity markets to correct substantially, a number of wealthy Dutch families got together in 2009 to take back control over their liquid - daily tradeable - assets. They were disappointed that banks and wealth managers had not been able to protect their investments during the crisis. The families decided to found Andreas Capital as an asset manager for their investments in equities and bonds. They wanted people close to them to manage their wealth in an independent way, performing their own research, investing mainly directly in individual shares and bonds instead of costly products. Andreas Capital started out as a private asset manager for these families, but as they are entrepreneurs they envisioned that many more families would have the same view and Andreas Capital could grow in assets. Now almost ten years down the line the client base has grown and the founding families are still owners and clients. Our clients’ interests are therefore fully aligned with ours and we run the company as a family owned enterprise: ‘From families to families’.