Swiss private bank Julius Baer has revealed plans to create Investment Management division to consistently achieve good investment performance for its customers.
The bank has hired investment expert Yves Henri Bonzon to head this new centre of investment and portfolio management expertise.
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Bonzon, who will also become a member of the bank’s Executive Board, will report to Julius Baer CEO Boris Collardi.
Julius Baer said that the new division has been designed to complement its existing Investment Solutions Group (ISG), which is led by Burkhard Varnholt. Varnholt and Yves Bonzon will be Co-CIOs for the new unit.
Prior to joining Julius Baer, Bonzon held several roles at Pictet in Geneva including equity partner, group managing director and chief investment officer of the wealth management division responsible for over 100 investment professionals and also chaired Pictet’s investment committee.
He joined Pictet in Geneva in 1989 following a traineeship in wealth management and corporate banking at UBS.
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By GlobalDataCollardi said: "I am delighted that Yves Bonzon has joined Julius Baer. He will be instrumental in further strengthening our expertise in managing our clients’ wealth and thus contribute to further consolidating our position as the international reference in private banking.
"Together with Burkard Varnholt’s ISG division, we will have two complementing, highly professional units that will jointly deliver best-in-class investment management to our clients."
