User:FrancoisB29/E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers

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E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers
IndustryBanking, Financial Services
Founded1886 (1886) in Basel, Switzerland
FounderCarl Gutzwiller
HeadquartersKaufhausgasse 7
Basel, Switzerland
Key people
Gutzwiller Family
Robert Von Habsburg
Lorenz Von Habsburg
Number of employees
60
WebsiteE. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers

E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers is a Swiss private bank founded in 1886. It is one of the founding members of the Swiss Private Banks Association. E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers specializes in asset management and investment counseling for private clients. It is located in Basel, Geneva and Zürich, Switzerland.[1]

E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers[edit]

Foundation[edit]

E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers headquarters in Basel, Switzerland

In 1886, Carl Gutzwiller founded the bank in Basel, Switzerland. The history of E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers is closely linked to Carl Gutzwiller, his descendants and their partners. They contributed to the establishment of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel in 1930. With the help of their employees, they developed the bank throughout wars and major economic changes, while keeping a strict ethical standard. In 1928, the bank moved to Kaufhausgasse 7, Basel, where the headquarters are still located.[2]

Evolution[edit]

Ernest Gutzwiller

The Bank began in 1886 as a trade business. Then, Carl Gutzwiller's son, Ernest, developed a significative investment banking activity in Paris, which was finally sold in 1984, a few years after Ernest's death. The third generation of Gutzwiller descendants decided to operate a shift to wealth management by opening to third-parties services that were exclusively accessible to family offices. In the 1990’s, the bank chooses to focus on wealth management activities.[3]

Milestones[edit]

The year of the Bank’s creation (1886), Carl Gutzwiller was one of the founding members of the Basel Stock Exchange. In 1995, the entity is replaced by the fully-automated SIX Group (Swiss Exchange and Security Services).[4] Today, E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers remains one of its shareholders.[5]

In 1930, in conjunction with other European banks, E. Gutzwiller & Cie co-founded the Société Internationale de Placements, the first investment fund management company in Europe. In 1957, it co-founded Union-Investment-Gesellschaft m.b.H., Frankfurt, one of Germany’s largest investment funds management companies with funds such as Unifonds and Unirenta.[6] Two years later, it was launching Eurofund, the first European closed-end fund listed in the US.[7]

E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers expanded across Switzerland by founding Gutzwiller Kurz Bungener SA in Geneva (1968), later called Gutzwiller SA, Geneva. More recently, it has opened another office in Zürich (2004).[8]

In 1972, E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers founded Cecogest, a macro-economic research firm,[9] and broadened their activities by launching Bourcart AG, an accounting firm,[10] two years later.

Following a diversification strategy begun in the 1970’s, the partners of the bank created Gutzwiller Fonds Management AG in Basel in 2001, and launched Gutzwiller ONE, a US equities long-only fund. Following the success of the structure, it launched Gutzwiller TWO, an event-driven fund of hedge funds, a year later.[11]

Gutzwiller Funds[edit]

Gutzwiller Funds manages 5 open-ended funds and provides services for in-house funds of E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers.[12] Each fund has its own mandate, but all share a long-term absolute-return focus.


References[edit]

  1. ^ La discrète banque bâloise E. Gutzwiller & Cie fête ses 125 ans, LeTemps.ch, January 2011
  2. ^ La discrète banque bâloise E. Gutzwiller & Cie fête ses 125 ans, LeTemps.ch, January 2011
  3. ^ "Haute Couture à la Bâloise", Banque Assurance Magazine, July/August 2002, pp.16-17
  4. ^ History of SWX Group, SIX Group
  5. ^ History, E. Gutzwiller & Cie
  6. ^ Media Newsroom, Union Investment
  7. ^ History, E. Gutzwiller & Cie
  8. ^ History, E. Gutzwiller & Cie
  9. ^ Company Overview of Cecogest, Bloomberg
  10. ^ Bourcart Treuhang AG, MoneyHouse
  11. ^ Company Overview of Gutzwiller Fonds Management AG, Bloomberg Business
  12. ^ Funds Overview, Gutzwiller Funds
  13. ^ Gutzwiller ONE, Gutzwiller Funds
  14. ^ Sauren Golden Awards 2012, Sauren
  15. ^ Sauren Golden Awards 2013, Sauren
  16. ^ Sauren Golden Awards 2014, Sauren
  17. ^ Gutzwiller TWO, Gutzwiller Funds
  18. ^ "Zurück zu den Wurzeln?", Banco Magazine, N°47, Winter 2009, pp.16-17
  19. ^ Funds Overview, Gutzwiller Funds

External links[edit]

Categories:Banking Banks Banks of Switzerland International finance Financial services Financial services companies Investment management companies of Switzerland Category:Funds Mutual fund families Companies established in 2001 Companies based in Basel Swiss bankers

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