About us
Preserving Values
Preserving Values
"van Grunsteyn" is a brand of Walter Ludwig GmbH Securities Trading Bank and thus part of an independent family-owned company. With the establishment of the Hard Value Fund, we aim to offer investors a conservative and fact-based investment opportunity. Financial sustainability is our mission.
Our Values
Financial Sustainability
Our aim is to preserve value through substance and stability and to offer the best return opportunities from a risk perspective.
Unbiased View
For our investments, we focus on the core: bare facts and figures, background information and unbiased analyses.
Active Responsibility
On a corporate level, we actively assume environmental and social responsibility. See our Responsibility Statement.
The van Grunsteyn Team
The van Grunsteyn Team
We are driven by a mission: financial sustainability – preserving values through solid fundamentals and long-term steady growth. We give our best every day to achieve this.
Patrick Grewe
Chief Investment Officer
Patrick Grewe is an experienced portfolio manager with excellent expertise. After completing his studies in Corporate Finance, he began his career with renowned asset managers in Cologne and Frankfurt. Here, Mr. Grewe served as an asset manager for various strategies, taking responsibility for the entire investment process, including direct client interactions. Since the fund’s inception, Mr. Grewe has been working as an asset manager and strategy developer for the Hard Value Fund at Walter Ludwig GmbH Wertpapierhandelsbank. His exceptional analytical skills, combined with deep expertise, make him stand out. For the Hard Value Fund, he developed a value strategy consisting of both quantitative and qualitative analysis, significantly contributing to the fund's development.
Yasmin Mirzay
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Yasmin Mirzay has extensive experience in the marketing, sales, and trading of financial products. After successfully completing her studies in International Management, she began her career as a sales associate at Tradeweb Markets Inc. (formerly Thomson-Reuters), one of the largest trading platforms for financial products in London. She later took on responsibility for sales across the entire DACH region. Yasmin Mirzay stands out due to her excellent network and strong contacts with major asset managers, banks, and various other trading houses. Since the inception of the Hard Value Fund, Yasmin Mirzay has been responsible for the Sales & Marketing department, playing a key role in driving the fund's continued success.
T: +49 69 13 38 52 41
Marcel Ludwig
Geschäftsführer -
Walter Ludwig
Marcel Ludwig joined Walter Ludwig GmbH Wertpapierhandelsbank in 2017 and has been leading the family business for six years as the sole authorized managing director, representing the second generation. The company has approximately 45 years of experience in stock exchange trading and, under the motto "Innovators Make Markets," has evolved in recent years from a traditional stockbroker to an internationally operating market maker/liquidity provider with clients around the world. Since the inception of the Hard Value Fund, the fund division, van Grunsteyn, has also fallen under Mr. Ludwig's responsibility. He brings his extensive experience, vast network, and deep understanding of the financial world to the strategic direction of the fund.
T: +49 69 13 38 52 20
Philipp Kusnierz-Glaz
Sales
Philipp Kusnierz-Glaz is an experienced sales professional. After completing his training as an automotive salesman at Volkswagen and Audi, he gained extensive sales experience through selling, managing, and advising small and large clients of the Günther Group. In 2021, Mr. Kusnierz-Glaz began studying economics at Goethe University in Frankfurt. In parallel, he worked for twelve months in the Finance & Strategy department of Hyundai Capital Bank before joining the Sales & Marketing team for the Hard Value Fund at Walter Ludwig GmbH Wertpapierhandelsbank in 2023.
T: +49 69 13 38 52 29
Gianluca Frank
Analyst
Gianluca Frank has been a working student for the Hard Value Fund at Walter Ludwig GmbH Wertpapierhandelsbank since 2023, while simultaneously studying International Management & Business Administration at the Business School in Wiesbaden. In addition to his role at Walter Ludwig GmbH and his academic pursuits, Gianluca is building his own company, combining theoretical knowledge with practical application and entrepreneurial thinking. For the Hard Value Fund, Mr. Frank works as an analyst, utilizing his strengths particularly in financial analysis and research.
T: +49 69 13 38 52 29