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SMI Index 11,842| USD/CHF 0.8921| EUR/CHF 0.9412| SNB Rate 1.00%| Swiss AUM CHF 7.8T| FINMA Licensed 2,800+| SMI Index 11,842| USD/CHF 0.8921| EUR/CHF 0.9412| SNB Rate 1.00%| Swiss AUM CHF 7.8T| FINMA Licensed 2,800+|

Wealth Management

Swiss Private Banking Outlook 2026: Consolidation, Digitalisation and the Crypto Shift

Swiss private banking enters 2026 carrying the weight of a structural reckoning that has been building for nearly a decade. The sector that once defined global …

1 Mar 2026

Wealth Management in Crypto Valley: How Zug Serves the Blockchain Rich

Zug is a small canton by any conventional measure — 239 square kilometres, a population of roughly 130,000, and a lake that attracts more tourists than …

1 Mar 2026

AUM: Assets Under Management Definition and Significance

Definition

Assets under management (AUM) is the total market value of financial assets that a financial institution manages on behalf of its clients. AUM is the …

28 Feb 2026

Discretionary Mandate: Definition and Role in Swiss Wealth Management

Definition

A discretionary mandate is a contractual arrangement in which a client delegates investment decision-making authority to a financial institution or …

28 Feb 2026

Swiss Family Office Guide: Setup and Regulation

Why Switzerland for Family Offices

Switzerland has emerged as one of the world’s premier jurisdictions for family office establishment. The combination of …

27 Feb 2026

Vontobel: Structured Products and Wealth Management

Institutional Overview

Vontobel Holding AG, headquartered in Zürich, operates as a globally active investment firm with three integrated business divisions: …

27 Feb 2026

UBS Global Wealth Management: Inside the World's Largest Private Bank Post-Credit Suisse

UBS Global Wealth Management is the world's largest private bank by invested assets, managing over $3.5 trillion following its forced absorption of Credit Suisse in 2023. The division's scale, service architecture, and fee structures define the benchmark against which all Swiss private banking is measured.

25 Feb 2026

Julius Baer: Switzerland's Pure-Play Private Bank and the Signa Crisis

Julius Baer Group is Switzerland’s pre-eminent independent private bank — an institution whose entire business model, every dollar of capital deployed and …

24 Feb 2026

Private Banking: Definition and Swiss Framework

Definition

Private banking is the provision of personalised financial services to high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), …

24 Feb 2026

Swiss Private Banking: How Switzerland Manages One-Third of Global Offshore Wealth

Switzerland manages approximately $3 trillion in offshore private banking assets — roughly one-third of all privately managed offshore wealth globally. This is …

24 Feb 2026

Julius Baer: Switzerland's Pure-Play Wealth Manager

Julius Baer occupies a distinctive position in the Swiss private banking landscape. Unlike UBS, which operates as a universal bank with investment banking, …

7 Feb 2025

UBS Private Bank: The World's Largest Wealth Manager

UBS is the largest wealth management institution in the world. This is not a marketing claim or a contested superlative — it is a measurable, regulatory fact. …

5 Feb 2025

Switzerland vs Singapore: The Global Battle for Offshore Wealth Management

The contest between Switzerland and Singapore for supremacy in global offshore wealth management is the defining narrative of twenty-first century private …

28 Jan 2025

Swiss Private Banking AuM Tracker: Assets Under Management by Institution 2025

Switzerland retains its position as the world’s pre-eminent destination for cross-border wealth management, a status earned over two centuries of …

20 Jan 2025