{{Short description|International investment management firm}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2020}} {{coi|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Vontobel | logo = Vontobel RGB graphite 90px.svg | caption = | image = Vontobel Zurich Head Office.jpg | trading_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | type = Public (''Aktiengesellschaft'') | traded_as = {{SWX|VONN}} | industry = Financial services | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = Zurich, Switzerland ({{Start date|1924}}) | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Zurich<ref>{{cite web |last1=AG |first1=DV Bern |title=Vontobel Holding AG |url=https://zh.chregister.ch/cr-portal/auszug/auszug.xhtml?uid=CHE-107.908.496 |website=Commercial register of canton Zurich |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=de}}</ref> | location_country = Switzerland | locations = 27 (2025) | area_served = | key_people = {{unbulleted list | Christel Rendu de Lint (Co-CEO) | Georg Schubiger (Co-CEO) | Andreas Utermann (Chairman) }} | products = | production = | services = {{unbulleted list|Private Clients|Institutional Clients}} | revenue = | operating_income = {{Increase}} CHF 1,431.5 mn (31-12-25)<ref name=fullyearresults>{{cite press release |title=Vontobel Full-year report 2025|url=https://www.vontobel.com/siteassets/about-vontobel/investor-relations/ad-hoc-announcements/2026/en/fyr2025-media-release_en-mjaynjaymdy.pdf|date=2026-02-07 |access-date=2026-02-07}}</ref> | net_income = {{Increase}} CHF 280 mn (31-12-25)<ref name=fullyearresults/> | aum = {{Decrease}} CHF 241 billion (31-12-25)<ref name=fullyearresults/> | assets = {{Increase}} CHF 34,737.4 mn (31-12-25)<ref name=fullyearresults/> | owner = | num_employees = 2,310 (2025) | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | romanized = | former type = | homepage = {{URL|vontobel.com}} | bodystyle = }} '''Bank Vontobel''' <ref>{{Cite web |title=finews.ch: Dossier Bank Vontobel |url=https://www.finews.ch/news/banken/vontobel |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=finews.ch |language=de-de}}</ref> is an international private bank and investment management firm with Swiss roots, providing private banking and investment services such as investment funds, structured products and segregated mandates{{what|date=December 2024}} to private and institutional clients. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the firm was founded as Haeberli & Cie in 1924<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2026 |title=Vontobel |url=https://www.markenlandschaft.ch/markenlexikon/markeneintrag/vontobel/ |website=Markenlandschaft.ch}}</ref> and is now present across 27 locations world-wide.
Vontobel Holding AG shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and majority owned by the founding family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Vontobel |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-us/about-vontobel/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-us}}</ref>
== Structure == Vontobel specializes in servicing Private Clients and Institutional Clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=Full year 2023 net profit of CHF 214.7 million |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/media/communications/vontobel-delivered-solid-full-year-2023-results/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> It`s co-CEO's lead the asset management and wealth management divisions.
== History == Friedrich Emil Haeberli founded the brokerage firm Haeberli & Cie 1924. After Haeberli's death Jakob Vontobel took over the brokerage firm 1936 and established the limited partnership J. Vontobel & Co. The son of Jakob Vontobel, Dr. Hans Vontobel (1916–2016), joined the bank 1943. Jakob Vontobel's grandson, Hans-Dieter Vontobel, started working for the bank in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Get to know Vontobel |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref>
The Bank J. Vontobel & Co. was transformed into a limited liability company in 1983. Vontobel Holding AG was listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange in 1986, the introduction of the standard registered share followed in 2001.
In 1984, Vontobel expanded into the US and founded Vontobel USA Inc. Other locations abroad followed later. Raiffeisen Switzerland acquired a 12.5 percent stake in Vontobel Holding AG in 2004. The Vontobel family and the charitable Vontobel Foundation retained the majority of the share capital. In 2016 Vontobel strengthened its collaboration with Raiffeisen acquiring former Raiffeisen subsidiary Vescore AG.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-08 |title=Selling former Vescore subsidiaries |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/media/communications/vontobel-sells-former-vescore-subsidiaries-3227/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> In 2009 Vontobel took over the Commerzbank (Schweiz) AG in Zurich.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commerzbank Switzerland sold to Vontobel |url=https://www.lenzstaehelin.com/news-and-insights/browse-deals-and-cases/dealscases-detail/commerzbank-switzerland-sold-to-vontobel/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.lenzstaehelin.com |language=de-CH}}</ref>
Vontobel acquired a majority stake in TwentyFour Asset Management LLP in London, completed in 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-30 |title=Final takeover of TwentyFour Asset Management |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/media/communications/vontobel-acquires-the-remaining-40-of-twentyfour-asset-management-33311/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> when Vontobel acquired the remaining 40%. In the same year Bank Finter was purchased, this was followed in 2018 by the takeover of Notenstein La Roche from Raiffeisen Switzerland<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-23 |title=Raiffeisen further expands in-house investment |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/media/communications/raiffeisen-further-expands-in-house-investment-business-and-sells-notenstein-la-roche-to-vontobel-9645/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> and in 2022 by the acquisition of the UBS Swiss Financial Advisers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-16 |title=Vontobel acquires UBS Swiss Financial Advisers |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/media/communications/vontobel-to-acquire-ubss-swiss-financial-advisers-business-serving-us-clients-seeking-geographic-diversification-38071/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> The acquisition of a significant minority stake in the private infrastructure manager Ancala Partners<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickie |first=Alex |date=2024-02-08 |title=Ancala agrees to sell minority stake to Vontobel to support expansion plans |url=https://ancala.com/ancala-agrees-to-sell-minority-stake-to-vontobel/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Ancala |language=en-GB}}</ref> LLP, London, marks a milestone in delivering on the firm's strategy to enter private markets.
== Shareholder structure == The majority of the share capital is held by the Vontobel family and the Vontobel Foundation in the form of a pooling agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Meeting of Shareholders |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/corporate-governance/annual-general-meeting/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> Two fourth-generation family members are represented on the Vontobel Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.vontobel.com/en-ch/about-vontobel/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vontobel Holding AG |language=en-ch}}</ref> ----
== See also == * Twentyfour Income Fund, a large investment fund managed by Vontobel
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