improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message vontobel holding ag traded as six vonn industry banking founded zurich switzerland 1936 1936 headquarters zurich switzerland key people zeno staub ceo herbert j. scheidt chairman products wealth and asset management services private banking investment banking asset management operating income chf 507.7 million 2015 profit chf 97.8 million 2015 1 total assets chf 17.342 billion 2015 total equity chf 1 396 billion 2015 number of employees 1 500 website vontobel.com vontobel is a globally oriented swiss private bank that is headquartered in zurich . it was established in 1936 and has around 1 500 employees worldwide . vontobel specializes in wealth and asset management for private clients and institutional investors as well as investment banking . as of 31 december 2015 vontobel held around chf 187 billion of client assets . the registered shares of vontobel holding ag are listed on the six swiss exchange . the vontobel families and the vontobel foundation hold the majority of shares and votes in the company . vontobel has branches at 22 international locations . contents 1 structure 1.1 private banking 1.2 investment banking 1.3 asset management 2 history 3 external links 4 references structure edit vontobel comprises three business units private banking investment banking and asset management . private banking edit the private banking business unit serves the needs of wealthy private clients . its offering ranges from portfolio management and investment advisory to wealth planning . as an sec licensed investor advisor vontobel swiss wealth advisors offers wealth management solutions for us clients . investment banking edit investment banking concentrates on the derivatives products business securities and foreign exchange trading and institutional sales as well as services for external asset managers transaction banking and corporate finance . the business model pursued by vontobel investment banking can not be compared to traditional us or uk style investment banking since vontobel is not active in the capital intensive commercial side of the business . its trading activities are limited to the hedging of risk positions arising from the issuing or sale of structured products and derivatives . asset management edit asset management focuses on the wholesale business and on serving institutional clients in the mandates business . it also develops services and complete solutions for private label products on behalf of third parties . as part of a cooperation agreement vontobel supplies raiffeisen switzerland with comprehensive investment services . vontobel also holds a majority stake in harcourt investment consulting ag an international provider of fund of hedge funds products that are targeted primarily at institutional investors . harcourt has operations in zurich new york hong kong and grand cayman . history edit 1924 friedrich emil haeberli establishes the brokerage firm haeberli & cie. 1936 after haeberli s death jakob vontobel takes over the brokerage firm and establishes bank j. vontobel & co. 1943 jakob vontobel s son hans vontobel joins the bank and in 1951 is made a partner with unlimited liability . in 1972 jakob vontobel s grandson hans dieter vontobel joins the bank and is made a partner with unlimited liability in 1977 . 1984 bank j. vontobel & co is transformed into a limited liability corporation and the group companies are combined within vontobel holding ag . the bearer shares of vontobel holding ag are listed on the zurich stock exchange in 1986 and single class registered shares are introduced in 2001 . vontobel usa inc. is founded in new york . this is followed by vontobel asset management ag in 1988 vontobel bank & trust company ltd in grand cayman and vontobel fonds services ag in 1990 and vontobel fund management sa in luxembourg in 1991 . 1993 vontobel acquires a stake in banque tardy de watteville & cie sa geneva followed by a majority stake in bankhaus berger & comp . ag salzburg in 1995 . in 1996 bankhaus berger opens a branch in vienna . 1999 vontobel securities ag is established in cologne . this is followed by bank vontobel liechtenstein ag vaduz in 2000 and vontobel luxembourg sa in 2001 . in 2002 bank vontobel sterreich ag opens a branch in munich . vontobel asset management gmbh commences operations in frankfurt am main . vontobel asset management sgr spa is founded in milan in 2003 . 2000 bank j. vontobel & co ag is renamed bank vontobel ag . banque tardy de watteville & cie sa now operates under the name banque vontobel gen ve sa and the former bankhaus berger is renamed bank vontobel sterreich ag . in 2002 vontobel usa inc. in new york is renamed vontobel asset management inc. 2001 the loss making internet banking project y o u bank is discontinued prior to completion and a loss of chf 151 million is recorded . 2 2004 raiffeisen acquires a 12.5 % stake in vontobel holding ag . the vontobel family and the vontobel foundation continue to hold the majority of the company s share capital . 2005 vontobel financial products gmbh frankfurt am main is founded . 2006 in january 2006 vontobel acquires 56 % of the share capital of harcourt investment consulting ag from the dutch firm nibcapital n.v. harcourt which is domiciled in zurich is a leading provider of fund of hedge funds and asset management mandates in the area of alternative investments for major institutional clients . the vontobel group launches transaction banking services for banks in switzerland and liechtenstein under the name vonsys vontobel solutions for your sourcing . the vontobel group acquires the brokerage and corporate finance activities of lombard odier darier hentsch on 1 november 2006 . 2007 vontobel opens a branch for its commission business in london . its offering comprises brokerage services particularly equity analysis and investment advice . the vontobel campus is established in the centre of zurich s banking and financial district . vontobel moves into its new head office at gotthardstrasse 43 which was built by st cheli architekten and forms the heart of the new campus in november 2007 . deutsche b rse ag and its partners bank vontobel bankhaus metzler commerzbank ag deutsche bank ag dz bank ag and umicore ag & co. kg establish deutsche b rse commodities gmbh at the end of november 2007 . the company provides different types of commodities securitization and aims to offer cost effective trading solutions in conjunction with the partner firms . 2008 vontobel holding ag establishes a 100 % subsidiary in the dubai international financial centre difc . vontobel financial products ltd. commences operations at the end of march 2008 and replaces bank vontobel cayman as the issuing platform for structured products . the vontobel group establishes vt wealth management ag an independent wealth management company for swiss and international private clients . vontobel holds a 51 % stake in the new company and 49 % is held by the management . 2009 in may 2009 bank vontobel europe ag which is headquartered in munich and is a 100 % subsidiary of the vontobel group commences operations in germany after being granted a full banking license . in july 2009 the vontobel group acquires 100 % of commerzbank schweiz ag which is headquartered in zurich and has a branch in geneva and a subsidiary in vienna . the integration of commerzbank schweiz results in a 20 % increase in the volume of client assets held by the vontobel group s private banking business . 2010 branches of bank vontobel ag open in basel and berne . vontobel swiss wealth advisors ag is founded in zurich . 2012 vontobel financial products asia pacific pte. ltd. is founded in singapore and vontobel wealth management hong kong ltd. is founded in hong kong . 2015 vontobel announced it had acquired a 60 percent stake in britain s twentyfour asset management its first acquisition since commerzbank in 2009 . 3 external links edit vontobel website harcourt investment consulting ag website vontobel swiss wealth advisors ag website references edit broom giles 27 july 2015 . vontobel targets swiss deals after first half profit surges . bloomberg . retrieved 29 november 2015 . 1 swiss private bank vontobel fires three top executives after internet bank project fails vontobel to buy majority stake in british asset manager press release . reuters . 25 march 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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