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  • Expansion of the range of services through strategic acquisition

    Expansion of the range of services through strategic acquisition

    Pforzheim-based ease GmbH has acquired the Munich-based subsidiary of Helvengo AG. With the takeover of Helvengo GmbH, the insurance company specialising in the property industry intends to expand its range of services, ease announced in a press release. The purchase price was not disclosed.

    Helvengo, which was founded in 2020, specialises in the development of innovative insurance products. The two companies had already jointly developed a building insurance solution based on the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2022. “The IoT-based tariff set a milestone last year,” said Marcel Hanselmann, Managing Director of ease, in the press release. “We are delighted to be actively shaping the future in this area with Helvengo GmbH and to be able to offer our customers an even more attractive portfolio of services.”

    Zurich-based Helvengo AG has been in liquidation since the beginning of August. With ease, the German subsidiary “has had a strong partner at our side from the very beginning, who has played a key role in shaping our vision of data-driven insurance products”, explains Helvengo co-founder Felix Huemer in the press release. “We are convinced that Helvengo GmbH will be able to utilise synergies within the corporate group with ease and continue to expand successfully on the market.”

  • SMG Swiss Marketplace Group takes over moneyland.ch

    SMG Swiss Marketplace Group takes over moneyland.ch

    SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, which was founded in November 2021 as a joint venture between TX Group, Ringier, Die Mobiliar and General Atlantic, is expanding its portfolio with this acquisition. The existing brands in the areas of real estate (ImmoScout24, Homegate, Flatfox, Immostreet.ch, alle-immobilien.ch, home.ch, Publimmo, Acheter-Louer.ch, CASASOFT, IAZI), automotive (AutoScout24, MotoScout24) and general marketplaces (anibis.ch, tutti.ch, Ricardo) are now being joined by moneyland.ch in the area of finance & insurance.

    High-quality financial comparisons and expertise
    Jochen Pernegger, Managing Director Finance & Insurance at SMG, emphasised the importance of moneyland.ch: “With its high-quality financial comparisons, moneyland.ch has set standards in the industry, both then and now. We are delighted to be working together to drive the Finance & Insurance segment forward and to be able to benefit from the breadth of products, expertise and years of know-how of the moneyland team.”

    Ideal addition to the existing offering
    The integration of moneyland.ch ideally complements SMG’s offering in the finance and insurance sector. FinanceScout24, SMG’s existing brand in the Finance & Insurance segment, will be expanded through the acquisition. This will enable consumers in Switzerland to find and take out suitable products for their financial and insurance needs quickly and digitally.

    Advantages of the acquisition
    Benjamin Manz, founder of moneyland.ch, sees the acquisition as a major advantage. “Moneyland.ch can benefit from the digital expertise, network, reach and awareness of the established SMG platforms.” This will enable the comparison platform to become accessible to a broad audience. Manz adds: “We are particularly looking forward to working with the FinanceScout24 team.”

    With the acquisition of moneyland.ch, SMG Swiss Marketplace Group is strengthening its position in the Finance & Insurance segment and offering Swiss consumers extended access to high-quality comparison services.

  • That cost of Switzerland

    That cost of Switzerland

    A significant part of the spending by Swiss people is in the areas of housing, mobility, insurance, leisure and sport. In its annual data analysis ” It costs Switzerland”, the SMG Swiss Marketplace Group provides comprehensive insights into the actual cost of living in Switzerland.

    For this purpose, the figures for 2021 were collected on the online platforms ImmoScout24, Homegate, FinanceScout24, AutoScout24 , Car For You, MotoScout24, anibis.ch, tutti.ch and Ricardo . “As a digital pioneer, we want to simplify the lives of people in Switzerland with groundbreaking products,” says Gilles Despas, CEO of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. “With our platforms, we give them the opportunity to offer and buy products and compare prices quickly and easily. Especially in an expensive country like Switzerland, price transparency is important to keep an eye on the cost of living.»

    Real estate market: Condominiums in Zug are three times more expensive than in the Jura
    Looking at real estate prices in Switzerland, there are large cantonal differences. While a 4.5-room apartment in the canton of Jura cost an average of CHF 516,000 in 2021, it was more than three times as much in the cantons of Geneva or Zug at over CHF 1,700,000. If you take the most sought-after type of apartment, the 3.5-room rental apartment, as a reference property, there will be differences in rental costs between the cantons of over 110 percent in 2021. While tenants in the canton of Jura paid an average of just 1,135 francs, this figure is more than twice as high in the canton of Zug at 2,428 francs. Overall, the rental prices for 3.5-room apartments remained the same or even fell compared to 2020 in most cantons last year.

    The detailed results of the study on the individual areas can be found under “ The costs for Switzerland ”.

  • Valuu extends to personal loans

    Valuu extends to personal loans

    Valuu is now also offering digital comparison options for personal loans, informs the owner of the comparison platform, PostFinance , in a message . The corresponding process was developed together with customers and lenders, it says there. Testing and lending are initially the responsibility of Migros Bank, BANK-now, Cembra Money Bank, eny Finance and good finance.

    "As a pioneer in the Swiss market, Valuu offers its customers an independent direct comparison for personal loans", Thomas Jakob, Chief Business Unit Officer Platform Business at PostFinance, is quoted in the press release. "As is already known from the mortgage business, customers can transparently compare individual offers and then apply for them directly online – thus saving time and money."

    PostFinance will continue to optimize Valuu in the future and incorporate new lenders for mortgages and personal loans, according to the announcement. In the long term, the company is pursuing the goal of developing Valuu "into the leading Swiss comparison and conclusion platform in the areas of finance, insurance and provision".

  • Valuu triples the volume of brokered mortgages

    Valuu triples the volume of brokered mortgages

    Valuu was able to grow disproportionately in the second year of its existence. According to its own information, the Swiss comparison and conclusion platform for mortgages tripled the brokered mortgage volume in 2020 compared to the year it was founded. As stated in a press release , it currently has 12,000 users. That is twice as many as last year. Valuu puts the number of represented lenders at 29. They represent over 100 well-known Swiss banks, insurance companies and pension funds.

    “And that's just the beginning,” the press release continues: Valuu, a business unit of PostFinance , wants to become “the leading Swiss comparison and transaction platform” in the medium term. In the current year it is expanding its range to include additional services. "More and more people understand the opportunities a transparent comparison and digital mortgage conclusion offer – and how much money they can save with it," Valuu manager Thomas Jakob is quoted in the press release.