Kaiser Partner, the Liechtenstein fiduciary, asset management and private banking group, achieved solid results for the 2012 financial year despite the volatile economic environment.

Kaiser Partner said that new business initiatives over recent years are already contributing 35 per cent to consolidated turnover. Net profit at the group increased by 5 per cent to SFr 2.41 million ($27 million), compared to the year prior, while its assets under management saw a rise of 9 per cent to SFr 1.66 billion, which is a good result in a difficult environment, the firm said.

Four years ago in Zollikon, Switzerland, the firm set up Kaiser Partner Financial Advisors, which is registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm confirmed that it now meets all the conditions required for it to look after its clients legally under US and Swiss law. 

Since the beginning of 2013, Kaiser Partner has been developing a series of "e-initiatives", which are being tested and refined with a selected group of customers this year. The firm reinforced its digital credentials at the start of 2013 when it acquired internet development firm, Ringier Studios.

“The online age has changed the way we deal with information and the way we consume. Wealthy clients, like everyone else, buy, pay, talk and store things online. We strive to keep improving the client experience at Kaiser Partner,” said Fritz Kaiser, executive chairman at Kaiser Partner.

At end-2012, Kaiser Partner looked after client assets worth SFr 25 billion and employed 200 people at its offices in Vaduz and Zollikon, near Zurich.