--- title: "Elias Investments: identity and the retail-company transfer" language: en canonical: https://osint.v3rta.com/dossiers/signa-holding/participants/elias-investments/ as_of: 2026-10-10 keywords: ["SIGNA Holding GmbH","SIGNA Prime Selection","SIGNA Development Selection","René Benko","Familie Benko Privatstiftung","Laura Privatstiftung","Ingbe Stiftung","Supraholding","ownership","insolvency","corporate governance","asset recovery","criminal proceedings"] --- # Elias Investments: identity and the retail-company transfer - Also known as: CharWolf GmbH - Jurisdiction: DE (DE) - Company register: HRB 210681 (German commercial register) **Question.** Which Elias company received the Austrian retail-management investment? **Answer.** German Elias Investments became the recorded sole shareholder of Austrian Elias Retail Management in February 2023; the two companies retain separate identities. ## German investment company - Analysis: Elias Investments GmbH is recorded under Munich HRB 210681, formerly Frankfurt HRB 74707, with former name CharWolf GmbH and LEI 391200CLKKUQYXBC5Z85. The history records initial registration on 29 April 2005, EUR 25,000 capital and Wolfram Johannes Keil as managing director from registration. Its stated business covers investment identification and management, interim appointments, supervisory/advisory work and property ownership. [s-d288] [s-d192] [s-d340] - Documented: Elias Investments GmbH is identified under Munich HRB 210681, formerly Frankfurt HRB 74707, with the former name CharWolf GmbH and LEI 391200CLKKUQYXBC5Z85. Its stated business covers finding and managing investments, interim management and supervisory/advisory roles, and property ownership. [s-d288] - Qualification: The accessible directory withholds the company’s shareholder identity. The investment vehicle remains distinct from Austrian Elias Retail Management GmbH. - Documented: The retained Elias Investments history records initial registration on 29 April 2005, EUR 25,000 share capital, Wolfram Johannes Keil as managing director from registration, and the name Elias Investments GmbH from 17 July 2008. [s-d288] [s-d192] - Qualification: A continuing timeline without an end date is evidence of the directory’s last recorded role, not a certified current appointment. - Documented: The retained LEI-derived record identifies Elias Investments GmbH under LEI 391200CLKKUQYXBC5Z85, Munich HRB 210681, German jurisdiction and Grünwald address, with initial LEI registration on 8 December 2017. [s-d340] - Qualification: Historic issued/lapsed LEI statuses concern identifier maintenance, not company solvency. No parent identity is established by the inspected page. - Analysis: The retained German register republication describes a 2014 move to Grünwald and names Wolfram Keil as managing director with permission for self-dealing transactions. Its 22 February 2005 constitution date is distinct from the later registration date. That legal permission is a representation provision and is not evidence that he conducted an improper transaction. [s-d339] [s-d288] [s-d192] ## The Austrian company - Analysis: Elias Retail Management GmbH, FN 485208t, is the separate Austrian company registered in Innsbruck on 3 February 2018 with EUR 35,000 capital for investment management and services to department stores. The official register lists Elias Investments as its sole shareholder from 21 February 2023. Wolfram Keil is listed as liquidator from 13 June 2025, with dissolution/liquidation recorded on 2 July 2025. The shareholder company and the liquidator are different parties and capacities. [s-d238] [s-d192] - Analysis: The German company’s retained financial display reports EUR 6,856,775 of total assets at 31 December 2024. That figure belongs to Elias Investments, not the Austrian retail vehicle. The accessible German document catalogue lists a shareholder list dated 10 February 2021 and 2023 accounts disclosed in April 2025, but the paid documents themselves were not retained. The catalogue does not establish shareholder names. [s-d288] [s-d339] ## Sources - [s-d288] Corporate registry source · s-d288 - [s-d192] Corporate registry source · s-d192 - [s-d340] Corporate registry source · s-d340 - [s-d339] Corporate registry source · s-d339 - [s-d238] Austrian commercial-register record: Elias Retail Management GmbH in Liquidation, Republic of Austria, Electronic Official Gazette