Prior to the financial crisis, the number of private equity companies listed in the stock exchange was on the increase. Price losses of up to 80% this year raise the question of whether this was merely a temporary trend in an overheated market.

Patrick Odier, Senior Partner of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, tells how a great amount of money is flowing back into private banks in search of asset allocation expertise.

The environmental revolution is under way and sustained strong demand is attracting investors to specific thematic funds.

Patrick Odier, Senior Partner of our Firm, talks about the impact of the financial crisis on the Swiss financial center

Christoph Ringger, Managing Director of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Asia), talks in Finanz und Wirtschaft about the evolution of the Chinese equity markets.

Tanti parlano di risk management, visione di lungo termine e passaggi generazionali, ma quando in una banca come Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie i titolari rispondono con il loro patrimonio personale degli eventuali rischi e rappresentano la settima generazione al timone dell’impresa, vale la pena di capire cosa si intenda davvero con queste parole.

In light of the low long-term interest rates and worrying levels of inflation, structured products are emerging as an appealing alternative form of investment.

Thierry Lombard talks about his current and future role within Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, including the challenges and partnerships that impassion him, as well as the Firm’s strategy.

The first revision of the Swiss Federal Pension Plan Act (LPP) introduced organizational provisions that are often seen as an administrative headache. It would however be simplistic to dismiss them out of hand, since the revision has clarified and opened up major opportunities for greater individual flexibility.

Strategy – At a time when the western world no longer knows where to turn to find an investment that can hold amid a flood of falling asset prices, it is interesting to look at what our distant neighbors, the Russians, are doing.

It seems a very long time ago now that Russian clients regarded foreign banks, and in particular Swiss banks, with the deference and humility of explorers entering unknown territory. Whereas these clients barely knew how a credit card worked ten years ago, they have since learned to decipher complex structured products and understand their workings.

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (LODH) has been a private banker in Switzerland for 211 years. In 2004, it established an office in Brussels, which acquired bank status in Belgium. Jean Pastré, Managing Partner at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, talks about the company’s exclusive family wealth management service.

The regulatory and political pendulum is definitely swinging in favor of clean tech companies offering solutions to environmental issues. Truly new industries are being born.