BAI is the lobby association for the alternative investment industry in Germany. Its main goal is to higher the level of awareness and deepen the public understanding of alternative investment strategies as an asset class. BAI engages in an intense dialogue with political institutions as well as supervisory authorities. The BAI pursues the aim to actively conduct legal reforms to build up an attractive and competitive regulatory environment for the alternative investments industry in Germany. At present, BAI counts more than 125 member companies from all areas of the alternative investments industry and is growing continuously.