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2008
The Vontobel Group establishes VT Wealth Management AG, an independent wealth management company serving Swiss and international private clients. Its core competencies
include asset management and investment advisory, as well as wealth consolidation. Vontobel holds a 51% stake in the new company and 49% is held by the management.
Vontobel Holding AG establishes a 100% subsidiary in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Vontobel Financial Products Ltd. commences operations at the end of March,
replacing Bank Vontobel Cayman as an issuing platform for structured products.
With effect from January 1, 2008 Vontobel is simplifying its Group structure. The Group Investment Center, previously an independent support unit, is being merged with the Asset
Management & Investment Funds business unit and will now operate under the name Asset Management.
2007
Deutsche Börse AG and its partners Bank Vontobel, Bankhaus Metzler, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, DZ Bank AG and Umicore AG & Co. KG establish a joint venture,
Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH, at the end of November. The aim of the new company is to offer innovative forms of securitization for commodities and to provide
cost-effective trading solutions in cooperation with the partners.
Combined strengths: the Vontobel Campus is being created in the centre of Zurich's banking and financial district. Vontobel moved to its new head office at Gotthardstrasse 43 in
November. The building, which was constructed by the firm Stücheli Architekten, forms the heart of the campus. The move to further buildings surrounding the head office is
scheduled to take place in spring 2008.
Opening of an equity brokerage office in London that offers the full range of brokerage services − especially independent equity research relating to Swiss and selected
European companies, investment recommendations and efficient execution capabilities.
2006
The Vontobel Group is to take over the brokerage and corporate finance activities of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch as of 1 November 2006. Vontobel will thus establish itself as the
leading market force in investment banking in Switzerland.
The Vontobel Group offers under the name VONSYS Vontobel Solutions for Your Sourcing transaction bank services to banks in Switzerland and in Liechtenstein. These sourcing
services include securities execution, settlement and administration.
The Vontobel Group acquired 56% of the share capital of Harcourt Investment Consulting AG from the Dutch firm NIBCapital N.V. Harcourt, which is domiciled in Zurich, is one of the
leading international suppliers of funds of hedge funds and customized portfolio management mandates in the field of alternative investments for large institutional clients.
2004
Vontobel and the Swiss Raiffeisen Group decide to enhance their ten-year cooperative relationship. Raiffeisen acquires a 12.5 per cent stake in Vontobel Holding AG. The majority
of the share capital remains in the hands of the Vontobel family and the Vontobel Foundation. Vontobel is thus one of the few remaining independent Swiss banking groups.
2000
Throughout the group, a uniform corporate identity and image is established. Bank J. Vontobel & Co AG is renamed Bank Vontobel AG; Banque Tardy, de Watteville & Cie
SA becomes Banque Vontobel Genève SA; and Bankhaus Berger becomes Bank Vontobel Österreich AG. In 2002, Vontobel USA Inc. in New York changes its name to Vontobel
Asset Management, Inc.
1999
Vontobel Securities AG in Cologne is founded. In the years following, new operations continue to be set up: Bank Vontobel (Liechtenstein) AG, Vaduz (2000); Vontobel Luxembourg SA
(2001); a new branch of Bank Vontobel Österreich AG in Munich (2002); Vontobel Asset Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main (2002); and Vontobel Asset Management SGR SpA, Milan
(2003).
1993
Vontobel's growth is also powered through strategic acquisitions. Vontobel purchases a stake in Banque Tardy, de Watteville & Cie SA, Geneva, in 1993, and acquires a
majority holding in Bankhaus Berger & Comp. AG, Salzburg, in 1995. In 1996, Bankhaus Berger opens a branch in Vienna.
1984
Endowed with modern legal and organisational structures, Vontobel is set to expand. Vontobel USA Inc. in New York is the first new office to be established. Vontobel Asset
Management AG follows in 1988, and Vontobel Bank & Trust Company Ltd in Grand Cayman and Vontobel Fonds Services AG in 1990. Vontobel Fund Management SA is founded in
Luxembourg in 1991.
Bank J. Vontobel & Co. becomes a public limited company, and the businesses which comprise the group are brought to-gether within Vontobel Holding AG. In 1986, Vontobel
Holding bearer shares are listed on the Zurich stock exchange, and in 2001 Vontobel Holding AG introduces unitary registered shares.
1943
Hans Vontobel, Jakob Vontobel's son, enters the service of the bank and in 1951 becomes partner with unlimited liability. In 1972, Hans-Dieter Vontobel, Jakob Vontobel's
grandson, also joins the bank and in 1977 becomes partner with unlimited liability.
1924
Friedrich Emil Haeberli founds the stock brokerage Haeberli & Cie. Jakob Vontobel takes over the brokerage after the death of Friedrich Emil Haeberli and establishes Bank J.
Vontobel & Co. in 1936.
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