Company overview:
UBP is a pure-play private bank: managing client assets is our core business, meaning we have a specialised, client-centred approach.
Our family-owned bank is one of the best-capitalised in Switzerland, guaranteeing long-term financial stability. We share the same objective as our clients: preserving wealth in the long-term.
As a client, you can choose any one of our ten booking centres around the world, including Geneva, London, Monaco and Singapore.
Our private bankers have vast investment expertise and have been with UBP for an average of thirteen years. They serve a limited number of clients, allowing for a highly personalised relationship based on a long-term commitment.
Agility lies at the heart of our entrepreneurial culture. We favour a responsive and flexible approach, as well as a quick decision-making process, which enables us to seize the best opportunities for our clients. Our integrated business model favours close integration of Private Banking with our Asset Management division, providing our private clients with access to market-leading advice.
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Union Bancaire Privée’s Wealth Management CEO for Asia on Defining and then Refining the Right Business Model for Success Wealth management in Asia is constantly evolving, and the world today is very different from the environment faced as little as a year ago. The Hubbis Digital Dialogue discussion in July brought together a panel of wealth management leaders...
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Single-family offices – A Magic Solution? As the world begins to come to terms with the realities of negotiating the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, Asia’s ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals are looking to find the best option available to them to manage their expansive...
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Private Banking Leaders Discuss their Visions of t... When setting or refining their strategies for the years ahead, private bank and wealth management leaders in Asia are faced with a markedly different environment today from the one they faced in 2021. The Hubbis Digital Dialogue discussion of July 21 brought together a panel of wealth management lea...
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Michael Blake is Chief Executive Wealth Management Asia for Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), a family-owned private bank and specialist asset manager headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. In this capacity, Michael is responsible for the leadership and development of UBP’s wealth management business in Asia. He brings to the role a track record of leading cross-cultural teams during periods of growth and transformational change. Michael joined UBP in 2016 upon its successful acquisition of Coutts International. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of Coutts International, with responsibility for leading its international wealth management business and overseeing its integration with UBP in Europe and Asia. Michael has lived in Asia for much of the past two decades and is active in various international affairs forums. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University and studied Mandarin in Beijing.
Ranjit Khanna is Head of the South Asia region and Non Resident Indian clients for Asia and Middle East at Union Bancaire Privée. He is based in Singapore and is responsible for driving the strategic growth agenda for UBP's South East Asian business covering Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. In addition, Ranjit also leads the Non Resident Indian segment across Asia and the Middle East. Ranjit has over 25 years of experience in the banking sector. Prior to UBP’s acquisition of Coutts in Asia where he was the South Asia and Global NRI head, Ranjit served as Managing Director, Private Banking at Bank Sarasin Alpen in Dubai. There, he led the establishment of the onshore private bank India and developed the Gulf business. Ranjit also spent 15 years at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore and Dubai and 5 years at American Express Bank in New York, holding a number of senior roles across the wealth management division.Ranjit is a Singaporean citizen and graduate of Montclair State University in New Jersey, United States.
