It is not only bankers and asset managers figuring out new ways to finance the Mittelstand; so are the companies themselves. In February a group of entrepreneurs launched a new subordinated debt fund manager to address the problems firms have in sourcing debt at this level. The new firm, called Rantum Capital, was founded by Joachim Hunold, founder of Air Berlin, together with Michael Rogowski, former president of the BDI (Federation of German Industries); Wolfgang Hartmann, CEO of the Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation; Heinz-Peter Schluter, founder of Trimet; media entrepreneur Karlheinz Kogel; Hans-Joachim Korber, former CEO of Metro; and Lothar Steinebach, former CFO of Henkel.