Erich Schilcher
Founder & Managing Director at Agathon Capital
Leverkusen, Germany
Baar / Walchwil, Canton of Zug, Switzerland
Summary
Entrepreneurial founder and leader: Schilcher founded Agathon Capital (Germany) in 2009 and established AGATHON CAPITAL SCHWEIZ GmbH in 2021; he serves as managing director and shareholder across the group and is presented as leading the firms' institutional distribution and fund initiatives. agathon-capital+2
Institutional distribution specialist with industry veteran background: his career includes roles focused on institutional clients (references to prior work at HSBC and other fund management roles) and he positions Agathon as a bridge for institutional and semi‑institutional investors to specialized fund strategies. dasinvestment+2
Product and risk‑management focus: authorship and commentary describe a data‑driven credit early‑warning system for bond portfolios that combines fundamentals, market signals and governance/sentiment analysis; he emphasizes active bonitätsmanagement to avoid defaults and integrate climate/governance factors. investrends
Partnerships and distribution mandates: under his leadership Agathon Capital has engaged in partnerships and distribution mandates (for example with Aquila Asset Management and Kapital 1852) and participates in creation of complementary services such as FundSpot to support fund issuers' market entry. institutional-money+2
Work
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Mit Venture Capital-Strategie in digitale Innovationen investieren (Interview)
February 1, 2023Interview discussing a venture-capital-focused distribution initiative and cooperation with Kapital 1852 to offer diversified VC fund-of-funds exposure to institutional investors.
Anleihen: Bonitätsmanagement mit Frühwarnsystem
January 1, 2023Article describing the design and application of an automated early-warning system for issuer credit quality, including governance scoring and integration of climate risk factors for bond portfolios.