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Asset Management and Portfolio Reporting in Switzerland

Swiss Portfolio Reporting

“A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor with protection and opportunities with respect to a wide range of contingencies”.

- Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize winner

Clarity in Portfolio Reporting

Many Swiss and international banks struggle to generate informative portfolio statements which are both complete and easy to read.

We provide our private-wealth clients every Friday evening with intuitive investment portfolio reports on no more than 6 slides. We sum up the trading week within 30 seconds and focus on the bottom line - total net investment return.

Client discussions demonstrate that the portfolio statements of Swiss and international banks are not always tailored to the real needs of wealthy families and their accountants:

• Portfolio statements often lack information on bank charges and other costs (such as accrued interest, brokerage and third-party fees, Swiss stamp duties, foreign taxes). Those cost items are often included in the purchase price which makes effective investment portfolio cost accounting and independent performance calculation more difficult.

• Portfolio statements of Swiss banks are often unclear: their interpretation requires substantial time and effort.

• Swiss portfolio statements are not up to date: they are typically issued with one day of delay and reflect the prior day's closing prices.

• Portfolio statements of banks do not reflect the real market exposure to, and net performance of, entire asset classes, such as futures, options, derivatives, and other non traditional instruments.

• Portfolio statements are only available in English and Swiss national languages, but not in the client's native language.

Portfolio Consolidation

High net worth individuals often turn to Swiss independent asset managers and family offices in order to gain a holistic overview on the totality of their bankable assets.

We are able to smoothly integrate additional portfolios into our in-house reporting format and provide a sound basis for the (i) analysis (ii) comparison and (iii) complete fee structure of investment strategies hosted at different custodians.