Category: business model analysis


Sonja Rossteuscher on Investing in Africa

Monday, February 22 2010

Growth opportunities and diversification usually and justifiably dominate asset allocations in private banking. Also, the trend towards philanthropic investments, i.e. to invest in ‘good’ and sustainable causes, is getting stronger and stronger amongst private banking clients. Finding a good balance between growth, diversification and the philanthropic aspects of an investment thus is key when giving […]

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Professor Beat Bernet on the Future of Investment Banking

Wednesday, January 28 2009

Today we talk to Prof. Dr. Beat Bernet, professor at the University of St. Gallen’s Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, and founder of Bernet & Partner. Professor Bernet shares his thoughts on the current situation and the future development of the investment banking industry. He shows us the interdependencies of private and investment banking […]

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Wealth Managers Can Turn Threats Into Opportunities

Wednesday, April 9 2008

Today we wrote an opinion piece for WealthBriefing, the leading online private banking industry publication, about how wealth managers can turn competitive threats into opportunities:
Now is a good time for senior executives in private banking to have a fresh look at their business models to position their institutions for the future. Acting now will […]

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Re-discovering the Star Model - illustrated through the EFG example

Sunday, January 6 2008

When Arvetica recently organized a mini-workhop on private banking business models with a former banker and a headhunter, one of the participants brought up an interesting idea to help bank’s align their organizational design and their business model. The idea consisted of using the Star Model concept developed by Jay Galbraith to achieve a strategic […]

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Claudia Meier on Private Banking - the Analyst’s Perspective

Friday, July 20 2007

Today’s webcast is with Claudia Meier, Analyst at the bank Vontobel. She follows private banking and wealth management in Switzerland for the bank Vontobel. Claudia is at the origin of the much followed “Wealth Manager Report”, which she launched in 2004.
In the webcast she gives us the analyst’s perspective on the industry and tells us […]

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Workshop on Visualizing Business Models and Value Propositions in Wealth Management

Thursday, May 31 2007

Recently Arvetica facilitated a training workshop for a client on the topic of “Visualizing Business Models and Value Propositions in Wealth Management”. The aim of the event was to train participants in applying innovative and visual methods to analyze and compare business models and offers in in wealth management. We focused on two methods:

To […]

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