2022 | Acquisition of UBS Swiss Financial Advisors (SFA) |
2021 | Vontobel completes acquisition of TwentyFour Asset Management, London |
2020 | Vontobel opens Wealth Management advisory office in Milan. |
2019 | Vontobel becomes client-centric pure buy-side Investment firm. Vontobel successfully completes acquisition of Lombard Odier US asset management portfolio. ; |
2018 | Vontobel enters the Danish market for leverage products. Vontobel acquires Notenstein La Roche Privatbank AG. |
2017 | Vontobel focuses its Wealth Management business model and transfers Vontobel Liechtenstein to Kaiser Partner. Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors opens a branch in New York. Vontobel enters the French and Dutch market for leverage products. |
2016 | Vontobel acquires Vescore AG. Vontobel enters the Italian market for leverage products. Vontobel present in Lugano with a branch office (formerly Finter). Honorary Chairman Dr Hans J. Vontobel dies at the age of 99. |
2015 | Acquisition of Bank Finter, Zurich. Acquisition of majority stake in TwentyFour Asset Management LLP, London. |
2014 | Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors opens an office in Geneva. Vontobel acquires derivative.com AG. |
2013 | Vontobel and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) sign an agreement to form a strategic alliance. Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors opens an office in Dallas (closed in 2018). |
2012 |
Founding of Vontobel Financial Products (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Vontobel withdraws from local private clients business in Austria. |
2010 | Opening of branches of Bank Vontobel AG in Basel and Bern. Founding of Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors AG in Zurich. |
2009 | Acquisition of Commerzbank (Switzerland) AG and integration into Bank Vontobel AG. Bank Vontobel Europe AG, based in Munich and with branches today in Frankfurt and Hamburg, receives a full banking license for Germany. |
2008 | Founding of Vontobel Financial Products Ltd. in Dubai. Founding of Vontobel Asia Pacific Ltd. in Hong Kong. |
2007 | Opening of a subsidiary of Vontobel Europe SA in London. |
2006 | Majority stake purchased in Harcourt Investment Consulting AG (full ownership achieved in 2011). Acquisition of the brokerage and corporate finance activities of Lombard Odier & Cie by Bank Vontobel AG. |
2005 | Founding of Vontobel Financial Products GmbH, Frankfurt. |
2004 | Expansion of cooperation between Vontobel and the Raiffeisen Group: Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative acquires a 12.5% stake in Vontobel Holding AG, which was bought back by Vontobel later, in 2014. |
2003 | Building up Asset Management in Milan. |
2002 | Building up Asset Management in Frankfurt. Opening of a branch of Bank Vontobel Österreich AG in Munich. |
2001 | Introduction of the single-class, registered shares of Vontobel Holding AG. 2001 Founding of Vontobel Luxembourg SA, later named Vontobel Europe SA and today named Vontobel Asset Management S.A., based in Luxembourg with branches in London, Madrid, Milan, Munich and Paris. Opening of a branch of Bank Vontobel AG in Lucerne. |
2000 | Name change from Bank J. Vontobel & Co. AG to Bank Vontobel AG. Opening of Bank Vontobel (Liechtenstein) AG in Vaduz. |
1999 | Founding of Vontobel Securities AG in Cologne, integrated into Bank Vontobel Europe AG in 2010. |
1996 | Building up Asset Management in Vienna (closed down later, in 2017) |
1995 | Majority stake purchased in Bankhaus Berger & Comp. AG, Salzburg (full ownership achieved in 1998), later renamed Vontobel Finanzverwaltungs GmbH and merged into Bank Vontobel Europe AG at the end of 2015. |
1993 | Majority stake purchased in Banque Tardy, de Watteville & Cie SA, Geneva (full ownership achieved in 2000 and integration into Bank Vontobel AG in 2009). |
1991 | Founding of the Vontobel Fund (SICAV) in Luxembourg. Founding of Vontobel Fund Management SA in Luxembourg, integrated into Vontobel Europe SA in 2011. |
1990 | Founding of the firm known today as Vontobel Fonds Services AG. |
1988 | Founding of Vontobel Asset Management AG, integrated into Bank Vontobel AG in 2008. |
1986 | Listing of the bearer shares of Vontobel Holding AG on the Zurich Stock Exchange (today, the SIX Swiss Exchange). |
1984 | Transformation of the limited partnership J. Vontobel & Co. into the limited liability corporation J. Vontobel & Co. AG. Founding of Vontobel USA Inc. (today, Vontobel Asset Management Inc.), based in New York. |
1972 | Dr. Hans-Dieter Vontobel, grandson of Jakob Vontobel and son of Dr. Hans Vontobel, joins the bank. |
1943 | The son of Jakob Vontobel, Dr. Hans Vontobel, joins the company. |
1936 | Jakob Vontobel takes over the brokerage firm Haeberli & Cie. and establishes the limited partnership J. Vontobel & Co. |
1924 | Brokerage firm F.E. Haeberli & Cie founded in Zurich. |