Hi, we’re Pensionfriend! Our mission is

To Help People Build a Safe and Sound Financial Future

We help people make the best of Germany's Pension System by making the impact of pension and other investment choices as concrete and tangible as possible.

How it started

In 2018, Nick, Pavel and Chris started Hypofriend. Since its inception, Hypofriend has helped thousands of Germans and Expats across Germany to find and finance their home.
Portrait picture of Dr. Christian Mulder, Co-founder and CFO of Pensionfriend
Portrait picture of Nick Mulder, Co-founder and CEO of Pensionfriend
Portraitfoto von Pavel Jurasek, Mitgründer und CTO von Pensionfriend

During that time, we faced many questions that revolved around financial advice

Is buying a house enough for our
financial future? Or should we
save more?
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We bought a house.
What's next?
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Can you help us make sense
of our German pensions?
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Should I invest my full down
payment in the house? If not,
where?
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Should I rather invest in ETFs
now house prices are so high?
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As we answered these questions, over and over again we realized that we kept on stumbling upon the same points:
Customers need a low-cost investment vehicle
Customers need clarity on their pensions
Customers need clarity on what solutions are best
Is buying a house enough for our
financial future? Or should we
save more?
Speech tail left
We bought a house.
What's next?
Speech tail right
Can you help us make sense
of our German pensions?
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Should I invest my full down
payment in the house? If not,
where?
Speech tail right
Should I rather invest in ETFs
now house prices are so high?
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We are commited to your future, so that you can retire with confidence

As we grow older and older, having a good income in old age is more and more important:
We help you forecast your pension and how much you need for a safe future.
We show you the pension impact of early retirement and house buying decisions, as these are essential for your planning.
The German pension system is complex, and has many options that are hard to compare:
We sift through the forest of options so we can identify what options are relevant in the prevailing market conditions.
We calculate the impact of the options, so they are comparable, and you can assess their benefits and their impact on your future income.
Investment choices are complex and overwhelmingly numerous:
We have compared all the key indices against the longest data series available to bring you the most relevant and best choices.
We are transparent in terms of cost and unbiased in our recommendations.

Some of our smart, caring humans that are by your side: quants, financial advisors and pension specialists

Our team has the background to deliver you the best unbiased advice. Here are some of our members, that are dedicated to create clarity in German pensions and find the best solutions.
Portrait picture of Zhi De Khoo, Quantitative Analyst at Pensionfriend

Khoo

Msc, and finishing his PhD in Statistics from University of Malaya and a Quantitative Analyst at Hypofriend.
Portrait picture of Jan Bandke, BA Professional Financial Advisor at Pensionfriend

Jan

Bachelor Professional Financial Advisor - CCI (IHK) / Fachwirt für Finanzberatung (IHK) with 10+ years of experience.
Portrait picture of Sven Gehle, Investment specialist at Pensionfriend

Sven

Banker (IHK), with more than 20 years of experience as Investment and Pension specialist.

We’ve disrupted the German mortgage industry

We are now planning on doing the same with the German pension industry.
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1 week ago
Martin provided outstanding, transparent advice that successfully cut through the complexity of the German pension system. He was extremely knowledgeable about the low-cost ETF strategy and helped me structure a long-term plan that is perfectly aligned with my future goals and high flexibility needs. I would recommend Pensionfriend for anyone who is looking for a long-term EFT investment.
Héctor Jacobo
1 week ago
Pensionfriend (and Hypofriend, Investfriend and the whole -Friend family) are as it as it gets. Probably the most trustworthy and honest company you can find around. The experience is good overall, but the communication, transparency and the amount of support they give even without yet working with them or bringing them business yet are outstanding. And the fact that you can just rest assured that there are no small letters or sneaky behaviors is great. What they offer and provide is extremely clear. It might be convenient or not for you at a given time, but there are no hidden traps or need for suspicion or mistrust and that for me is paramount.
Gabriel Landaeta
1 week ago
Very happy of having started a private pension plan with Pensionfriend. I think it is a good product with credible capital growth potential of my account, and for reasonable costs involved. I would recommend anyone to discuss their own plan with these guys, I only wish I did it before. Having a private pension plan is generally necessary as one of the measures to compensate an expected low public pension in retirement age. From now on I will keep contributing to my Pensionfriend account and trust them to handle which ETFs to buy with the premiums I pay to my account. It is after all in their direct interest for my account to perform well, as their compensation is a small percentage of that.
Luca Barbiero
2 weeks ago
I had an excellent experience with Pensionfriend. From the very first call, Jan was incredibly professional, patient, and knowledgeable. He took the time to explain my pension options clearly, making a complex topic easy to understand. The whole process was smooth and transparent. I always felt supported and well-informed. I can confidently recommend Pensionfriend to anyone looking for reliable and friendly pension advice in Germany!
Anoj Krishna Thirunavukkarasu
2 weeks ago
It has been a very positive experience engaging with Pensionfriend, and specifically Dimple. Everything was clearly explained and she was very patient with all of my questions, providing answers with supporting documents. I find Pensionfriend transparent with all costs and processes, and the flexibility of the product allows me input into my investment, but I also have access to the professional expertise offered by Pensionfriend. The dashboard is easy to work with and I have access to my portfolio information whenever I want. I recommend Pensionfriend, especially as an expat - all interaction was in English and the German pension system and investments were clearly explained.
Lynda Olinger
3 weeks ago
My experience with Pensionfriend has been superb so far. They are very professional and always on time. They even analysed contract that was offered to me by other companies. If you are an expat living in Germany and don’t know German that well, pensionfriend is your friend.
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