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About Finaport
FINAPORT is a Swiss independent wealth management firm
with offices in Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong and Miami. With more
than 2bln$ in assets under management, we are among top 10
independent wealth managers in Switzerland.
Our clients are wealthy individuals and their families from around
the world and we provide them with advice and solutions tailored to
their specific needs.
We offer advice and support in all financial matters, which
include asset structuring, succession planning, tax planning and asset
management and we work globally with carefully selected providers
like banks, trust specialists, fund managers, corporate finance and
M&A experts. Their offers, quality of service and costs are constantly
monitored by us and made accessible to our clients.
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The idea of Independent Asset Management model
The client opens an account in a custodian bank of his choice, and signs a limited power of
attorney (LPoA). The LPoA allows Finaport to manage assets on client`s account, but does not
allow to withdraw assets out of the bank.
In parallel, the clients sign asset management agreement with Finaport, where risk profile and
investment guidelines are clearly defined.
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Growth of Independent Asset Management (IAM)
model in Switzerland
90% of IAMs are boutiques
Assets – 80% have less than 300mln$
Employees – 93% have less than 10
Banks – 90% work with less than 10
custodian banks
Locations – less than 5% have more than
2 locations
2000 2013
Number of IAMs
% of total Swiss assets
via IAM model
700 3 600
5% 15%
Source: Hubbis 2013, Conseil 2009
The industry of IAMs is growing
FINAPORT is among the top 10
Swiss wealth managers with 2bln
$+ in assets and with presence
in Europe, Asia and USA
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How Finaport differs from a bank?
Unlike in a traditional bank, clients have the possibility to
1) Receive an unbiased independent advice, because we do
not have our own products to promote. Often traditional bank
employees may be biased towards promoting own bank`s products
(banks have higher margin on own products), rather than offering
solutions that provide the best cost/performance ratio
2) Diversify risk, by working with more than one custodian bank
3) Benefit from higher level of service – average banker in
Finaport serves only 30 clients vs. 100-300 per banker in a
traditional bank
4) Buy financial products from the wide array of suppliers
5) Consolidate view of financial situation in multiple banks,
leveraging on Finaport`s advanced IT system
6) Access reduced fees, usually available only to institutional
investors
7) Obtain transparency of fees – all fees are disclosed openly,
there are no hidden charges or pay-to-play schemes
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FINAPORT: Custodian banks’ locations in Europe and Asia
We offer to our client the access to a diversified spectrum of
jurisdictions of custodian banks
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We work with top universal banks and with pure-play private banks
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Composition of our clients portfolio
We have deep understanding
on the needs of clients from
the emerging markets
Latin
American
clients
Eastern
European
clients
Western
European
clients
28%
32%
40%
More than 700 clients in total
14. We start from the understanding of your needs
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• Your assets and liabilities
• Your risk appetite
• Investment horizon
• Family situation
• Income requirements
• Potential structure for tax and
inheritance optimization
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Delegation style
We invest for you You are actively involved in all the
investment decisions
We define the investment
guidelines, invest for you
and inform you about the
results within the agreed
timeframe.
We develop investment suggestions, but
you are actively involved in the regular
discussions about the portfolio changes
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Investment committee
The Investment Committee determines the overall investment process, which uses a
disciplined multi-step approach. The Chief Investment Officer leads the investment
committee, composed of 4 internal and 2 external members, with multi-decade
experience in investing in Europe and Asia.
Stephan Jaeggi, Chief Investment Officer (previously CIO of Hyposwiss
and Head of Portfolio Management of Credit Suisse Switzerland)
Alex Borissov, Co-Founder (previously Head of Credit Suisse Singapore
and Head of UBP Eastern Europe)
Daniel Bieri, Senior Portfolio Manager, Equities and Derivatives
(previously Head of Trading in SwissLife Asset Management, earlier in
Credit Suisse; Best Swiss Asset manager 2006)
Beno Bruetner, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income (previously
Senior Portfolio Manager and Bond Trader in Morgan Stanley)
Rainer Rueppel, CEO, IS Partners (PHd in Math, quant models)
Jimmy Hsu, Singapore (24 years in Private Equity in Asia)
17. Macro and Industry research
. Banks and asset managers
. Equity and bond traders
. Hedge funds
. Structured products co’
Our investment process is a combination of top-down and bottom-
up approach
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Strategic Asset
Allocation
Tactical Asset
Allocation
Portfolio implementation
for each client, based on
risk profile
Fine tuning of the asset
allocation, based on the
current and expected short
terms trends in the markets
Selection of specific securities
in the portfolio of the client
. Selection of recommendations
by banks and asset managers
. Technical research
. Traders view
. Rating companies (Clipper,
Morning Star, S&P)
Equity
Bonds
Investment committee Portfolio managers
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Different strategies bring different risk levels
Expected
yield
Liquidity
Fixed income Alternative investments
Equities
Conservative
Income
Balanced
Growth
Agressive
Expected
volatility
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What types of investments we manage
Asset classes
. Equities
. Bonds
. Currencies
. Commodities
. Precious metals
Type of investment
. Direct investments
. Structured products
. Funds
Risk management
. Hedging strategies
. Risk management
Investment style
. Conservative
. Income
. Balanced
. Growth
. Agressive
Credit solutions
. Lombard lending
against portfolios
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Lombard lending
Client portfolio Goals
Cash
Equities
Fixed income
Commodities
Alternative
investments
Lombard
loan
Lombard
loan
Liquidity
Yield
enhancement
We help our clients to obtain cheap liquidity against their portfolio, with
costs about 1% p.a., depending by amount and bank
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Regulation and licenses
Finaport in Switzerland is a member of SAAM (Swiss Association of Asset
Managers). Alex Rabian, the long-serving chairman of SAAM since 2006,
is a senior board member of Finaport.
Outside of Switzerland Finaport is regulated by MAS in Singapore (CMS
License) and by SFC in Hong Kong (licenses 4 and 9).
Finaport Americas Financial Advisers LLC is registered with the SEC.
Asset Management Company MRB (100% owned by the Finaport
founders) is regulated by the Swiss regulator FINMA.
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Internal Compliance and controls
We have internal risk management
system, internal lawyers and compliance
at very high standards.
The key market risk factors within the
portfolio are closely and actively
monitored by the portfolio manager and
overseen by the Head of Risk
Management.
There are clear concentration limits by
issuers, sectors and countries and a
maximum cap on leverage as specified in
our risk management guidelines.
The portfolio is checked regularly if the
weight of the asset classes is within the
defined limits.
Banks delegate to us the client
identification process during the account
opening.
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Board members
HELLMUT SCHÜMPERLI, FOUNDING PARTNER, CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP
Hellmut Schümperli began his career with a major US brokerage firm. In the seventies, he
founded a consulting firm focused on the financial sector in Zurich that opened branches in all
major cities of Switzerland. In 1995, he created a new company specialized in strategic
consultation for banks and financial institutions as well as information technology focused on
private banking. In particular, Hellmut supported banks in the development, modernization and
expansion of their private banking sector, both domestic and international. Parallel to this, he
initiated the formation and operation of a school specializing in securities in Zurich.
ALEX BORISSOV, FOUNDING PARTNER, DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD
Alex Borissov worked as a consultant in the representative office of AIG in Moscow. In 1996,
he transferred to AIG Private Bank AG, Zurich, assuming responsibility for Private Banking in
Central and Eastern Europe as well as general management of the Cyprus Branch. Beginning
in 2001, Alex managed the Eastern European division of Credit Suisse in Singapore and
established the bank as part of their International Wealth Management Group. In 2004, he
joined senior management of Union Bancaire Privée in Zurich, with responsibility for market
strategy and development of their entire Eastern European business.
ALEX RABIAN, HEAD OF LEGAL & COMPLIANCE, MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BOARD OF FINAPORT (SWITZERLAND) LTD.
Alexander Rabian is a partner at the Zurich based law firm of Streichenberg. After graduating
from the University of Zurich, he had worked as a legal clerk at public prosecutor's office and
the district court of Zurich before being admitted to the bar in 1992. He is specialized in banking
and finance laws on a national and international level. Other core fields of his professional
activities are corporate and contract law as well criminal law with a focus on financial crimes. He
also works as a business mediator and represents his clients in court and before administrative
bodies. Since 2006 he is acting chairman of the self-regulatory organization of the Swiss
Association of Asset Managers (SAAM).
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Investment committee members
DR. STEFAN JÄGGI
After having worked for the Credit Suisse Group for 11 years in various positions, including head of
Portfolio Management for Zürich Region/Eastern Switzerland, he joined Hyposwiss Private Bank, Zürich in
2000 as Chief Investment Officer. When the bank was acquired by Cantonal Bank of St. Gallen in 2003 he
was named Chief Investment Officer of the entire Group. He left the bank in 2005 to focus on managing
investment funds such as Hyposwiss (Lux) Fund Danube Tiger and the Eastern Eagle Fund. He joined the
Finaport Asset Management Team in August 2012 to support the European Team.
DANIEL BIERI, HEAD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Daniel Bieri's more than twenty years of experience in asset management include working as a member of
the Equity Sales Team of Credit Suisse in London and Zurich. He later worked as a senior portfolio
manager for Swiss stock investments for Allianz Insurance Group in Zurich. In 1996, he moved to the
Swiss equity division of Swiss Life Asset Management. In January 2005, Daniel took over the management
of the equity team of Swiss Life Asset Management, where he was awarded the Swiss Award for the best
Swiss Equity Manager. Daniel worked as a director and head of Portfolio Management for a company
specializing in hedge funds in Zug, Switzerland before joining Finaport in 2009.
DR RAINER A. RUEPPEL, CEO AND MANAGING PARTNER ISPARTNERS
Dr. Rueppel co-founded and acts as CEO of IS Partners. Rainer holds a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (Dr. sc. techn. ETH) and worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of
California in San Diego (UCSD). In 1989, he created R3 Security Engineering AG which soon became a
leading supplier of security solutions for the Swiss banking industry. After selling R3, he worked as an
investment advisor and business angel in the venture capital community. Dr. Rueppel published several
books and numerous research papers and holds board positions throughout the European financial
community.
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Summary: How Finaport differs from its competitors
1) Size – 90%+ of the IAMs are 10 times smaller
2) International presence – offices beyond Switzerland,
especially in Asia, enable to have access to investment competence
3) Wide network of custodian banks and jurisdictions – most
competitors are confined to Swiss banks
4) Strong investment approach – 95% of competitors do not
have CIO and investment committee
5) Advanced Risk Management – compliance procedures have
satisfied the most strict banks; the company is regulated in several
countries
6) Innovative IT system: proprietary IT tools, enabling
consolidation of clients accounts between different banks.
7) Composition of clients` portfolio: because >50% of the
clients are from emerging markets, the pressure to deliver
performance is higher than for clients in traditional markets like
Switzerland
8) Experienced proactive bankers
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