For today’s blogpost we had the pleasure to interview Mr Karl-Matthäus Schmidt, CEO of the innovative start-up bank quirin bank in Germany. This is Mr Schmidt’s second venture in the financial sector after having launched the online broker Consors in 1994 and sold it to BNP Paribas in 2002.

1. Herr Schmidt, what does “Private Banking” […]

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In today’s podcast we interviewed Scott Anthony, President of Innosight, the company that was co-founded by innovation guru and Harvard Professor Clayton M. Christensen. We talked about disruptive innovation, its impact and if it could occur in private banking and wealth management.
It was interesting to hear from Scott that he believes that disruptive innovation is […]

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In this webcast we talked to Professor Gerhard Buurman, who manages the newly created Swiss Design Institute for Finance and Banking (SDFB), which was launched in June ‘07 (disclosure: Arvetica partner Stefano Mastrogiacomo will be part of the research council that advises the SDFB on projects).
In the webcast Professor Buurman explains that the SDFB […]

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For this podcast we talked to James Gardner, who is Head of Innovation and Research at Lloyds TSB. James shared his experience with innovation processes in banking and gives us some useful insights into managing innovation. In the podcast he explains how to prioritize among a large number of ideas and outlines how to measure […]

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David Maude, author of the reference book “Global Private Banking and Wealth Management: The New Realities” and independant consultant, gave us his views on private banking.

Privatebankinginnovation.com: What is the essence of private banking?
In principle, three key things:

The client base, which largely comprises the very wealthiest individuals and their families.
The nature of the client relationship, […]

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Arvetica talked to Mr. Hans-Rudolf Rütti, director of the Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa in Interlaken, about the art of exclusive client relationships and what his experience could mean for private banking. His insights are all the more interesting, since the Victoria Jungfrau was ranked second best of Switzerland in the 2006 Bilanz City- […]

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