Maerki Baumann

About Maerki Baumann

Maerki Baumann & Co. AG is an independent, family-owned private bank headquartered in Zurich, founded in 1932 and still majority controlled by the Syz family. It is a small institution by Swiss standards, with client assets in the low double-digit billions of francs and around a hundred staff, but it has built a specific reputation for combining conventional investment advice and wealth management with an early and deliberate move into blockchain and digital assets, including a cooperation with Bitcoin Suisse on crypto investment solutions under its ARCHIP offering.

Known For

• Founded in 1932 and still majority owned and chaired by the Syz family
• Independent Swiss private bank with client assets in the low double-digit billions of Swiss francs
• Cooperation with Bitcoin Suisse and a dedicated ARCHIP offering for blockchain and digital-asset investment solutions
• Services for private clients, institutional clients and external asset managers from a single Zurich base

Typical Mandate

Clients tend to fall into two groups: conventional private clients and family offices seeking a smaller, independent Swiss private bank rather than a large international institution, and clients specifically seeking exposure to digital assets within a regulated Swiss banking relationship. External asset managers also use the bank as a custodian and execution partner. Mandates range from discretionary and advisory wealth management to the custody and structuring of crypto holdings alongside traditional assets.

How to Engage

Enquiries go through the bank's Zurich head office, either directly or via an external asset manager who already banks with the institution. Given the bank's digital-asset specialism, clients interested in crypto custody or investment solutions should expect additional onboarding and compliance steps specific to that asset class, on top of standard Swiss private banking due diligence on source of wealth.

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