02.06.2025
Empowering through mentoring
A balance between youth and seniority, innovation and experience, progressivism and conservatism, drive and wisdom is the recipe for a successful team.
The drive you demand.
We are focused on one activity we excel at – wealth and asset management for private and institutional clients.
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Wealth management
03.06.2025
Private banking: a changing of the guard in the industry
For the younger generation, private banking is no longer necessarily as attractive a business sector as it was for their predecessors. Nonetheless, these institutions’ recruitment needs remain high, and attracting young talent is becoming an increasingly important issue for them. So how can private banks attract and retain the next generation?
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23.05.2025
UBP events showcase our leading alternatives expertise
In early May at the Landmark Hotel in London our Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) team held its third annual hedge fund conference. The event featured thought leaders in the hedge fund industry and our UBP experts who discussed the outlook for alternatives for the year to come. As a key player on the world hedge fund stage, UBP presented its capabilities and the strong case for considering alternatives as part of investors’ asset allocation for 2025.
22.05.2025
US-China Trade Talks: A fragile rapprochement
On 12 May, the United States (US) and China established a temporary ‘trade consultation mechanism’, reducing tariffs by 115% for 90 days. While this may ease tensions, high tariffs are still expected to exert upside pressure on US prices, and trade volatility could drag on economic growth in China.
20.05.2025
How do you manage a portfolio in times of crisis?
The world as we have known it for the past few decades now looks to have been fundamentally turned on its axis, as indeed have traditional portfolio-management models. In light of this new environment, in which crises – each of which is not necessarily related to the next – appear thick and fast, private banks have to have the right asset management tools to protect their clients’ assets.
15.05.2025
From dancing to banking: The value of diverse skills
At UBP we recognise the strength of diversity, and that includes diversity in professional backgrounds and skills. Because we know that every single thing you learn about, or learn how to do, will serve you one day in another field.
13.05.2025
UBP House View - May 2025
Equity markets welcomed Trump’s 90-day tariff truce by rebounding swiftly. However, we are maintaining a wait-and-see stance during this pause, while hedging against potential US dollar weakness by increasing our exposure to gold.
08.05.2025
One Bank: The strength of teamwork
We recently held UBP’s Wealth & Asset Management Forum at the InterContinental hotel in Geneva. The event brought together 250 people from different – in some cases distant – parts of the group. The guests included many fresh faces following the acquisition of SG Kleinwort Hambros and SG Private Banking Switzerland, as well as some non-acquisition joiners who came to UBP less than a year ago.
About Us
The size and the structure of our organisation enable prompt and fully-informed decision-making. We continuously demonstrate our ability to act quickly and seize opportunities, and this agility benefits not only our clients, but also serves our own vision for growth.
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Founded by Edgar de Picciotto
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Assets under management (in CHF billions)
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Tier 1 ratio
Working at UBP
Union Bancaire Privée is always seeking to recruit talented, dynamic and motivated individuals in order to meet the growing needs of its business.
UBP's footprint in the UK
UBP is one of the UK’s largest family-owned pure-play private banks, with offices in London, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, and other key locations across the country. As its largest hub outside of Switzerland, the UK is a key strategic location, supporting UBP’s commitment to providing clients with flexible wealth management solutions.
UBP Geneva
Geneva is the seat from which Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has been developing since 1969, to become one of the biggest family-owned private banks in the world. UBP’s headquarters, right in the centre of Geneva, are the largest of UBP’s sites worldwide. The head office is also one of the eleven booking centres the Group has spread across the world’s financial and economic hubs. Our experienced wealth management professionals working out of Geneva provide both private and institutional clients with high-quality, specialised services.
UBP (UK) - London
UBP has a strong and growing presence in the UK, Channel Islands and Gibraltar with offices in London and other key locations across the region. As its largest hub outside of Switzerland, the UK is a key strategic location, supporting UBP’s commitment to providing clients with flexible wealth management solutions.
UBP Luxembourg
UBP has been active in Luxembourg since 1971 through its subsidiary Union Bancaire Privée (Europe) S.A. Over the years, Union Bancaire Privée (Europe) S.A. has steadily built up its presence through major acquisitions and solid organic growth to become one of the Top 10 Luxembourg private banks (in total assets). As the Group’s European hub, UBP Luxembourg is fully licensed to carry out its activities in the European Union, which allows our experts to serve our clients in each of the 27 Member States from our headquarters in Luxembourg.
UBP Monaco
Since it was created in 2014 the Monaco branch of Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, a Monaco- and French-regulated institution, has steadily built up its offering to become a leader in the Principality. We offer traditional banking products and solutions but stand out among our peers through a range of exclusive services.
UBP Dubai
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) is a family-owned and truly independent Swiss private bank, which caters to private and institutional clients. Deeply rooted in Switzerland, UBP’s heritage is one of excellence, stability, discretion and professionalism.
Today, UBP manages over CHF 150 billion in assets under management. With a highly specialised professional workforce of 2,094 people, the Bank is present in over 20 locations around the world, and offers its clients 11 different booking centres, including in Geneva, Monaco and Singapore.
UBP Singapore
UBP: A family-owned bank with a legacy of innovation and strong foothold in Asia
