| Head office | Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||||
| Branch offices | Frankfurt (DS Portfolio Holding GmbH), | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg (DS Schiffahrt GmbH & Co. KG) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | Anselm Gehling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inception of first fund | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Staff | 172 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Crew members | approx. 1.500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investment volume 2012 | € 185.4 million / US-$ 238.2 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investment volume (accumulated) | € 6.79 billion / US-$ 8.08 billion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investment volumes broken down by fund type | - Shipping funds: € 4.24 billion / US-$ 4.73 billion | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Real estate funds: € 0.59 billion / US-$ 0.64 billion | |||||||||||||||||||
| - Aircraft funds: € 1.87 billion / US-$ 2.59 billion | |||||||||||||||||||
| - Secondary market for US life insurance policies:    € 0.09 billion / US-$ 0.10 billion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Equity capital raised 2012 | € 112.2 million / US-$ 144.2 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equity capital (accumulated) | € 3.30 billion / US-$ 3.92 billion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equity capital broken down by fund type | - Shipping funds: € 2.03 billion / US-$ 2.23 billion | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Real estate funds: € 0.32 billion / US-$ 0,34 billion | |||||||||||||||||||
| - Aircraft funds: € 0.86 billion / US-$ 1.20 billion | |||||||||||||||||||
| - Secondary market for US life insurance policies:    € 0.09 billion / US-$ 0.10 billion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of limited partners | more than 90.000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to investors in 2012 | approx. € 73.2 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current number of funds | 141 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fund portfolio | - 76 Shipping funds | ||||||||||||||||||
| - 50 Real estate funds | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 13 Aircraft funds | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 2 Life Value funds    (secondary market for US life insurance policies) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Financed fleet | 87 Vessels (10.40 million dwt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| - 42 oil and product tankers (8.69 million dwt) | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 33 container ships    (73.886 TEU, 0.95 million dwt) | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 8 bulkers (0.69 million dwt) | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 2 LPG tankers (0.06 million dwt) | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 2 reefers (0.01 million dwt) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vessels sold till 2012 | 5 VLCCs, 3 Aframax tankers, 13 Container ships, 2 Reefer, 2 LPG tanker, 7 Bulker (2.68 million dwt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real estate portfolio | 52 real estate properties | ||||||||||||||||||
| - 20 hotels | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 12 retirement homes | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 9 shopping malls | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 6 properties abroad | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 4 office/commercial buildings | |||||||||||||||||||
| - 1 logistics property | |||||||||||||||||||
| Real Estate sold till 2012 | 16 Hotels, 1 retirement home, 2 shopping center, 4 real estates in foreign countries | Aircraft financing | 14 aircrafts | | - 8 Airbus A 380-800 | | - 2 Airbus A 319 | | - 1 BOEING 777-200LR | | - 3 BOEING 777-300ER | | Secondary market for US life insurance policies | - Life Value I (sum insured: US$ 211.5 million) | | - Life Value II (45 index certificates) | |