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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Vacations are already far behind us in the western hemisphere and we are picking up with posting on our blog. In this first blogpost after the summer break we put the focus on how thinking visually can help tackle business challenges.
Statistical surveys have shown that design and visualization have a verifiable impact on business performance. […]

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In today’s webcast we talk to Professor Peter Bossaerts of the Swiss Finance Institute on neurofinance, one of the cutting edge topics in financial research. Prof Bossaerts, who is a globally leading research in this domain, explains us what neurofinance is about and what the implications for private bankers are. It is the right thing […]

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CEO succession planning is a very important, but often neglected, topic in business. This is particularly relevant in a relationship- and trust-based business such as private banking. Mr Peter Braunwalder, chief executive of HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, shares his insights into successful succession planning with us in today’s webcast. Mr Braunwalder is retiring from […]

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In today’s webcast we talk to Mr Christian Hafner, managing partner of Wegelin & Co., the largest traditional Swiss private bank in terms of branches in Switzerland.
In the webcast Mr Hafner explains the main reasons for Wegelin’s success, which he relates to the way they align the interests of clients, employees and owners. He […]

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