Milestones & landmarks: Hannover Leasing’s success story

1981	HANNOVER LEASING GmbH &Co. KG founded by HANNOVER FINANZ GmbH.
1988	First closed-end leasing fund established for the Römerbrücke thermal power plant in Saarbrücken.
1994	First airplane leasing fund established and successfully placed.
1996	HANNOVER FINANZ GmbH offers its share in the company for sale as part of a reorganization of its corporate structure. Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale of Frankfurt am Main/Erfurt and IVG Holding AG of Bonn acquire 50% and 25% of the company’s limited liability capital, respectively. New order volume reaches DM 3.3 billion.
1999	New orders total DM 3.1 billion, the second highest volume in the company's history.
2001	Hannover Leasing und Helaba Trust combine their sales efforts in the area of closed-end funds by forming ACCONTIS GmbH Finanzanlagen und Beteiligungen, a joint sales and marketing firm.
2003	Hannover Leasing relocates its headquarters from Munich to Pullach.
2005	Hannover Leasing introduces its first Central European fund for the Praha City Center in Prague and places it successfully in the first half of 2005.
2006	Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen increases its share in Hannover Leasing GmbH & Co. KG and Hannover Leasing Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH from 50 to 75%. The Airplane Asset Class is renamed Alternative Investments and begins offering infrastructure, private equity and life insurance funds. The company also successfully establishes its first fund for maritime assets.
2007	Hannover Leasing Automotive is founded in Grünwald as an expert in innovative, complete vehicle solutions for corporations and SMEs.
2009	The "Wachstumswerte Europa 3" (European Growth Assets 3) real estate fund invests in a high-value office complex in the southern part of the city of Luxembourg. The fund, valued at EUR 476 million, was fully placed within just three months.