Smart investor

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Smart investor

description Magazine for the critical investor
Area of ​​Expertise Stock exchange, investment
language German
publishing company Smart Investor Media GmbH
First edition 2003
Frequency of publication monthly (12 issues)
Sold edition 4319 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Widespread edition 5436 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Editor-in-chief Ralf Flierl
Web link www.smartinvestor.de
ISSN (print)

The magazine Smart Investor has been published monthly since 2003 and is aimed at the “critical investor”.

magazine

The publisher has its origins in the former investor section of the stock market magazine GoingPublic Magazin, which was expanded into an independent magazine in May 2003. Ralf Flierl has been the editor-in-chief since the first edition .

In terms of content, the magazine consists of six different sections: Markets, Background, Instruments, Research Markets & Shares and “Potpourri”. Regular columnists include a. Uwe Lang . The magazine is a "violent and passionate representative of the Austrian school ", according to the book authors Bortenlänger and Kirstein. They find it remarkable that letters to the editor are also answered.

The circulation of the magazine is measured by the information community to determine the circulation of advertising media ; since the first quarter of 2013 including the ePaper edition.

In addition to the website with the Smart Investor Weekly, there is also a weekly newsletter corresponding to the magazine .

Development of the distributed edition

publishing company

The magazine is published by Smart Investor Media GmbH, which was originally founded in early 2000 as Biotech Media GmbH and was initially domiciled in Frankfurt. In autumn 2003 u. a. Changes to the articles of association, the relocation of the registered office to Wolfratshausen and a change of company were decided. Managing director since the company was founded has been editor-in-chief Ralf Flierl; According to the size classes specified in Section 267 of the German Commercial Code, the publisher is a small corporation.

The business activities of the publisher include in particular "the production, issuing, marketing and distribution of publications on the subject of the stock exchange" as well as "the provision of advisory services to third parties in the areas of the stock exchange and business, in particular advising capital investment companies in connection with the issue and the management of investment funds ”.

At the beginning of 2006, the Munich publisher GoingPublic Media AG held 46.7% of the shares in Smart Investor Media. In the meantime, the share has been increased further, so that it rose from 68.9% to 80.2% in September 2012 and by 9.8% at the end of 2013 to 90%. On August 21, 2019, wallstreet: online AG bought 90% of Smart Investor Media GmbH.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Smart Investor Media GmbH: Media data 2017 (PDF)
  2. GoingPublic Media AG: Securities prospectus dated November 8, 2006 for the public offer of 900,000 units (PDF), p. 55
  3. Christine Bortenlänger and Ulrich Kirstein: Rather tough than smart: Smart Investor , in: Aktien für Dummies . 1st edition. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2014, p. 233.
  4. ^ Members of the IVW edition control: Smart Investor Media GmbH
  5. according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )
  6. GoingPublic Media AG: Securities prospectus dated November 8, 2006 for the public offer of 900,000 units (PDF), p. 42
  7. Smart Investor Media GmbH: Annual financial statements for the 2014 financial year , in: Bundesanzeiger, published on January 5, 2016
  8. GoingPublic Media AG: Securities prospectus dated November 8, 2006 for the public offer of 900,000 units (PDF), p. 43
  9. GoingPublic Media AG: Securities prospectus dated November 8, 2006 for the public offer of 900,000 units (PDF), p. 73
  10. ^ GoingPublic Media AG: Increase in Smart Investor Media share. In: goingpublic.de. September 26, 2012, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  11. Going Public buys further shares in Smart Investor Media. In: wallstreet-online.de. December 11, 2013, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  12. Ad hoc: wallstreet: online AG: Acquisition of a majority stake in Smart Investor Media GmbH. August 21, 2019, accessed August 23, 2019 .