The company is registered in Dortmund and has been operating since 1975 in the legal form of a limited partnership.

Dr. Peters Group is no longer active on the secondary market for life insurances which was once part of the business.

Since 1977, the company has directed the product brand DS-Fonds (DS = Dynamism & Safety).

From 2001 onwards, investments in bulk carriers, large container ships and foreign real estate (USA) followed.

[9] This was partly stopped by the Federal Court of Justice with detailed arguments; in the cases decided to date, not the funds themselves but only their creditors could demand return of the disbursements.