Vontobel opens branch in Düsseldorf

Vontobel will open a new branch in Düsseldorf in 2026 to serve high-net-worth private clients and family offices across North Rhine-Westphalia.

For more than 70 years, Vontobel has been serving private and institutional clients in Germany with its global investment and product expertise. Private clients across Germany are currently supported through branches in Munich and Hamburg. In Frankfurt, teams provide institutional clients with a wide range of international investment solutions. In addition, Frankfurt manages Vontobel’s European structured products business outside Switzerland. 

Christel Rendu de Lint and Georg Schubiger, Co-CEOs of Vontobel, comment: 
“With this step, we are consistently pursuing our strategy of investing selectively in growth. Germany is a key market for us in Europe. North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the country’s most important and dynamic regions, with a large number of medium-sized and large companies in crafts and industry as well as trade and services.” 

With the planned branch in Düsseldorf, Vontobel is further expanding its presence in Germany. The location, which can look back on a long tradition in wealth management, will in future serve high-net-worth private clients and family offices from North Rhine-Westphalia. In doing so, Vontobel draws on the international investment expertise of more than 300 investment professionals worldwide. 

Jean-Pierre Stillhart, Head of Private Clients DACH and Member of the Executive Management Board of Bank Vontobel AG, adds:
“As an internationally active Swiss wealth manager, we offer our clients in Germany an additional perspective and diversification opportunity. We have now begun the search for a suitable location for our new team in Düsseldorf. We aim to be available to our clients as centrally in the city as possible. We also continue to look out for additional talented advisers or teams who fit our long-term-oriented culture and conservative risk appetite.” 

Vontobel, a publicly traded international investment firm mostly owned by founding families, is one of the leading Swiss financial institutions. By the end of 2025, private clients had entrusted more than EUR 130 billion assets under management. In Germany, clients can choose to keep their assets either with in Switzerland or in Germany. Today, around 20 investment professionals in Munich and Hamburg, together with additional specialists in Zurich, serve clients domiciled in Germany.

Vontobel
We are an international investment management firm with Swiss roots, providing investment, advisory and solution capabilities to private and institutional clients. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, we are present across 28 locations world-wide. Vontobel Holding AG shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and majority owned by the founding family. The family’s close ties to the company guarantee entrepreneurial independence, and the resulting freedom creates an obligation to assume social responsibility. As of December 31, 2025, Vontobel held CHF 240.7 billion assets under management. With our investment-led approach that focuses exclusively on the buy-side of financial markets, we think and act purely from the client’s perspective – as an investor for investors.

This includes continually rethinking how to empower investors – something we have engaged in for over 100 years. Harnessing the power of technology allows us to deploy our investment expertise across multiple platforms and ecosystems, while aiming to offer an individualized and high-quality client experience. Our conviction that successful investing begins with the assumption of personal responsibility means we focus on empowering employees to unlock their potential, take ownership of their work, and bring opportunities to life. We continuously scrutinize our achievements as we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients.

 

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