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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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  • Steady Hands Guide UBP through Asia’s Dynamic Wealth Management Waters

    Sep 27, 2019 Private Banks

    Ranjit Khanna is Chief Executive Singapore and Market Head, South Asia, Private Banking at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), which is enjoying a period of sustained expansion in the region, with assets up more than 50% since 2016. Khanna met with Hubbis in August to define his vision of private banking and to articulate exactly why he believes UBP will continue to win more clients and convert more existing and future customers to recurring revenues. Khanna believes in a step-by-step approach to growth, focusing on sustainable expansion.

  • Union Bancaire Privée Fast-Tracks its Private Banking Operations in Asia

    Aug 22, 2019 Private Banks

    Michael Blake is CEO of the Asian private banking operations of Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) and is presiding over a phase of dramatic growth for the business in Asia, where assets under management have surged more than 50% since 2016. He met with Hubbis in July to cast his eye over the regional wealth management market and to explain why UBP is so optimistic about private banking in the region, and how the bank has already converted almost two-thirds of the rapidly growing business in Asia to a recurring revenue model. As to the future, he expects the Asian operations to enjoy robust organic growth driven by the new talent recently arrived, and additional bankers for whom UBP is now on the hunt.

  • UBP’s Aman Dhingra and his Take on the Future of Private Banking Advisory in Asia

    Oct 18, 2018 Strategy & Practice Management

    Aman Dhingra, Head of Advisory for Swiss private bank UBP in Singapore, has a sharp mind that appears ideally suited to his role at a time when the wealth management industry is in a state of necessary transition to a new advisory model to sustain itself for the future. He met with Hubbis to give his insights to his vision of the evolution of private banking and the advisory model.

  • How UBP is adapting to Asia’s changing landscape

    Nov 24, 2017 Strategy & Practice Management

    As private banks continue to face mounting pressures in terms of profitability, cost, competition and regulation, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) is coming off the back of its integration with Coutts, determined to embrace change and accelerate growth

  • Dealing in diversification

    Aug 4, 2017 Investments

    A healthy product mix has been instrumental to Union Bancaire Privée’s (UBP’s) success in Asia to date. It is now looking to direct investments, bespoke offerings and alternatives to make further headway in this crowded market, explains Aman Dhingra.

  • Three traits of effective wealth planners

    Mar 7, 2017 Wealth Solutions & Wealth Planning

    Lee Wong of UBP gives her insights on the skills and knowledge that advisers must bring to the table to remain relevant in the current wealth structuring environment in Asia.

  • An overhaul for funds distribution in Asia

    Dec 7, 2016 Investments

    The funds industry is undergoing some sweeping changes which could lead to an exodus of providers along with a shake-up in terms of distribution channels, says Edouard Hoepffner of UBP.

  • How UBP plans to turn Asian conviction into reality

    Nov 16, 2016 Strategy & Practice Management

    Following Union Bancaire Privee's (UBP's) integration of Coutts' international business, Michel Longhini and Michael Blake share a clear vision for how the Swiss-based firm can take advantage of Asia's potential - when many of its peers are floundering.

  • Taking a 360-degree view of investment advisory

    Sep 8, 2015 Investments

    Despite increasing scrutiny of Switzerland's wealth management industry, its institutions and advisers need to start putting their clients' needs at the forefront, according to Laurent Perusset at Union Bancaire Privee (UBP).

  • Private banks must ponder service value proposition

    Jun 29, 2015 Wealth Solutions & Wealth Planning

    Rising competition and regulatory pressure is forcing banks to reflect on how to succeed in wealth planning. Lee Wong of Coutts believes they should focus on where they can add genuine value and place client interests at the forefront.

  • Charting a sustainable course through the US$100 billion barrier

    Apr 29, 2015 Strategy & Practice Management

    A smooth integration is Michel Longhini's priority for a successful acquisition by Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) of the international business of Coutts. That requires clear messaging, to reassure clients and staff alike about the new value proposition.

  • A clear value proposition for family wealth

    Mar 31, 2014 Wealth Solutions & Wealth Planning

    For wealth managers to be effective in creating the right family governance structure, as well as a succession plan and tailored investment strategy, it starts with a clear value proposition around the offering, says Stephan Repkow, chief executive officer, private banking for Union Bancaire Privee in Asia.