Grands interviews
SPHERE • finews

INTERVIEW CIO

"What surprises me most of all is, first and foremost, how quickly prices change on the markets!"

Loïc Schmid

22.07.2026

trust

“In wealth management, trust is built up over several generations.”

Ivan Peruffo

22.07.2026

custodian banks

“The role of custodian banks is to make EAMs more efficient, more scalable and, ultimately, more competitive.”

Clara Cardaun

21.07.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“The market therefore remains buoyant, but the margin for error is narrowing.”

Julien Staehli

15.07.2026

Positioning

“Mirabaud has made its independent fund managers a strategic priority”

Carel Huber

15.07.2026

Relationship Manager

“Clients do not follow an RM solely on the basis of a personal relationship”

Thomas Bossard

15.07.2026

Ambition

“These days, a solid track record is no longer enough. Customers expect much more.”

Matteo Gianini

07.07.2026

Federal Reserve

Kevin Warsh’s Fed and the inflation–growth dilemma

Romain Mayer

06.07.2026

Resemblance

“In our line of work, clients often choose people who are like them.”

Patrick Héritier

06.07.2026

Talent Pool

‘Talent Pool’, the initiative by SPHERE and Michael Page to recognise the future leaders of the Swiss finance sector

press release

02.07.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“Monetary policy remains the main factor likely to trigger a genuine break.”

Christian Luchsinger

01.07.2026

Growth

“My view of growth has changed significantly over time.”

Gabriele Gallotti

01.07.2026

Integration

“Integration has not changed who we are, but what we can achieve.”

Jean-René Lepezel

01.07.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“What strikes me most of all is the degree of variation within the sectors themselves.”

Cyrille Urfer

24.06.2026

DIGITAL

“The first step isn’t AI. It’s digitalisation and process integration.”

FinUp

24.06.2026

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Strategic data: the next driver of value creation

Iavor Tzolov

17.06.2026

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

“Independence is not an argument; it is an architecture.”

Eli Mizrahi

17.06.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“Political uncertainty did indeed increase in 2026 and is expected to remain high.”

Mathias Gonzalez

17.06.2026

INVESTMENT

“As digital assets mature, we are seeing the emergence of a number of strategies capable of generating returns.”

Cyril Sabbagh

17.06.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“These days, investors are buying into the Elon Musk dream rather than SpaceX’s earnings”

Nicolas Bickel

10.06.2026

LEADER

“What annoys me is our tendency to downplay our own strengths”

Georg Schubiger

10.06.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“Investors are now willing to pay a premium for the growth potential associated with AI”

Bekim Laski

03.06.2026

LEADERS

“Independence cannot be copied”

Christof Reichmuth

03.06.2026

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

“The independent asset manager model is gaining ground worldwide”

David Saliné

03.06.2026

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

“For us, CRM has become a vital tool for managing customer relations”

Dominique de Riaz

03.06.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“The role of emerging markets is becoming much more strategic”

Michaël Lok

28.05.2026

US Customers

"US customers are becoming aware of the long-term depreciation of the dollar"

Urs Droese

27.05.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“Valuations are high, but remain far from the excesses seen during the dot-com bubble.”

Daniel Varela

21.05.2026

Consolidation

“We believe that Switzerland will see the emergence of very large EAM platforms.”

Kurt MacAlpine & Daniel Pinto

18.05.2026

Wealthtech

“Our development is based on the principles of interoperability and modularity.”

Cedric Cazes

15.05.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

"We are not in a situation comparable to that of the major oil crises of the past."

Fabrizio Quirighetti

13.05.2026

formation sales

“Sales isn’t about talent; it’s about the system.”

Cedric Kohler & Magali Dupouy

12.05.2026

PRIVATE EQUITY

“Private equity offers a more balanced exposure to the real economy”

Jean-Christophe Rochat

11.05.2026

INTERVIEW CIO

“The main risk remains a mistake in monetary policy.”

John Plassard

29.04.2026

INVESTMENT

The main criteria for selecting an evergreen structure

Margareta McConnell

29.04.2026

LEADERS

“We are a family-run bank, built by families, for families.”

Marcos Esteve

29.04.2026

DIGITAL

“To provide an accurate overview of the extent to which artificial intelligence has been adopted by financial intermediaries”

Dr. Tatiana Agnesens & Prof. Dr. Manfred Stüttgen

28.04.2026

PRIVATE EQUITY

‘In some respects, private markets can prove to be far more transparent than listed markets.’

Lennart Blecher

28.04.2026

PRIVATE EQUITY

"Across the sector as a whole, transparency is increasingly seen not as a constraint, but as a catalyst."

Jovan Samardzic

27.04.2026

Solutions EAM

“We have evolved from a traditional service provider into a fully integrated platform.”

Jürg Furrer

24.04.2026

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Aquila Investment Partner: a new growth driver within the group

Aquila

24.04.2026

LEADERS

“The challenge is to get artificial intelligence and human intelligence to work together effectively.”

Kim-Andrée Potvin

24.04.2026

LEADER

“A strong brand stands out for its authenticity and is built patiently, over time.”

Sylvia Demeyrier

24.04.2026

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

“For a business handover to work, you have to accept that the company will change.”

Peter Schweighofer

24.04.2026

Solutions EAM

“The independent fund manager sector is now recognised as a key component of the industry.”

Nicole Curti

25.03.2026

Solution Investissement

Quality at the right price in Europe: the opportunity of a decade

Romain Mayer

18.03.2026

Solutions EAM

“Growth only makes sense if it is underpinned by the right talent and the right tools”

Frédéric de Poix

17.03.2026

LEADERS

Corient acquires Bedrock and sends a strong signal to Swiss fund managers

Kurt MacAlpine

12.03.2026

Solutions EAM

“FINMA would do well to take greater account of the structural constraints specific to investment firms”

Mario Pfiffner

21.01.2026

"We now offer GFI staff short training courses that are closely linked to their day-to-day work."

Mathias Baitan

19.10.2025