Tamedia acquires stake in the financial advisory platform MoneyPark

Zurich, August 22, 2014 - The Swiss media group Tamedia has acquired a stake of 20.4 per cent in the financial advisory and brokerage platform MoneyPark. With some 60 staff members, MoneyPark is Switzerland's leading technology-based advisory platform for financial products, specialising in the independent brokerage of mortgages and pension products as well as asset management. It sells no financial products of its own, but focuses on offering customers the widest possible choice, independent advice and direct transactions. Personal customer advice is provided either at one of its branches or via online consulting tools.


MoneyPark was founded at the end of 2011 by Stefan Heitmann and Leo Grünstein, who remain the majority shareholders in the platform. The parties have agreed that the details of the investment should remain confidential.


In acquiring a stake in MoneyPark, the media group Tamedia is continuing targeted investments in the growth market of digital distribution of financial products. Independently of MoneyPark, the Swiss real estate platform homegate.ch has been successfully offering online mortgages in collaboration with Zurich Cantonal Bank since 2013.

Additional information on MoneyPark: www.moneypark.ch

Additional information:

Christoph Zimmer, Head of Corporate Communications Tamedia,

Telephone +41 44 248 41 35, e-mail christoph.zimmer@tamedia.ch

Alex Hämmerli, Manager Media & Public Relations MoneyPark,

Telephone +41 44 200 75 65, e-mail alex.haemmerli@moneypark.com

Additional information on Tamedia

Tamedia is a Swiss media group having its registered office in Zurich. With its daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, online sites and printing facilities, Tamedia is one of the leading media companies in Switzerland. Thanks to their independent reporting and critical research, the media of the Tamedia Ltd and its subsidiaries Tamedia Publications romandes and Espace Media make an important contribution to forming opinions and provide discussion topics with entertaining stories from all walks of life. The company was founded in 1893 and has been traded on the Swiss stock exchange since 2000.

Additional information: www.tamedia.ch


Additional information on MoneyPark

MoneyPark is Switzerland's leading mortgage and pension specialist and a pioneer in technology-based, independent advisory services for sophisticated financial products. Offering personalized advice and the widest possible choice for customers, the MoneyPark advisors find the best products for the individual needs of all customers quickly and cost-effectively. The electronic product shelf currently featuring over 70 mortgage providers from banks, insurance companies and pension funds as well as all mortgage-related insurance and pension products make MoneyPark's customer advice a banking experience of a new generation.

Additional information: www.moneypark.ch


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