VZ Holding

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VZ Holding AG

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legal form Corporation
ISIN CH0028200837
founding 1993
Seat Zurich , SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
management Matthias Reinhart ( CEO )
Number of employees 898 ( FTE )
sales CHF 284 million (2018)
Branch Financial service providers
Website www.vermoegenszentrum.ch
As of December 31, 2018

Customer area at the headquarters of VZ Holding in Zurich

The VZ Group is a Swiss financial services provider based in Zurich . Since March 2007, which is VZ Holding on the SIX Swiss Exchange listed . The group of companies employs around 1,100 people and, on June 30, 2019, managed customer funds amounting to 25.6 billion Swiss francs.

The group of companies specializes in retirement advice and asset management for private individuals as well as in insurance and pension fund management for companies.

The main shareholder is Matthias Reinhart, the founder of the VZ Group. On June 30, 2018, he directly and indirectly held 61 percent of the voting rights.

history

The company was founded in 1993 by Matthias Reinhart and Max Bolanz as VZ VersicherungsZentrum AG . Their aim was to bring transparency to the Swiss insurance and banking business by comparing prices and services. The company's purpose initially included the brokering of insurance contracts.

As a result, the range of services expanded continuously. In 1997, together with the change of name to VZ VermögensZentrum AG, there was also a change in the statutes, whereby the focus was no longer on mediation, but on advice on all financial issues and asset management.

In 2000 the group of companies gave itself a holding structure. In March 2007, the subsidiary VZ Depotbank AG received a license from the Swiss Federal Banking Commission as a bank and securities dealer. In the same month, VZ Holding AG went public .

VZ Vorsorge AG was founded in mid-2013 as a 100 percent subsidiary of VZ Holding. The unit provides services such as advice, administration and management of investment foundations, pension institutions and occupational pension schemes.

subsidiary company

The VZ Group is organized as a holding company and includes, for example, the following subsidiaries:

  • VZ VermögensZentrum AG , Zurich: Asset advice and asset management for private individuals in Switzerland
  • VZ VermögensZentrum GmbH , Munich: Asset consulting and asset management for private individuals in Germany
  • VZ Depotbank AG , Zug: custody account management, securities and foreign exchange transactions, asset management and custody account advice for private and institutional investors
  • VZ Depotbank Deutschland AG, Munich: Banking services for private individuals in Germany
  • HypothekenZentrum AG, Zurich: Management of mortgages and transfer of loans to institutional investors
  • VZ Insurance Services AG, Zurich: Risk Management Consulting and insurance administration for companies
  • VZ Versicherungs-Pool AG, Zurich: Property and liability insurance for private individuals in Switzerland
  • VZ Vorsorge AG, Zurich: Services such as advice, administration and management of investment foundations, pension institutions and occupational pension institutions
  • VZ Investment Research Ltd, London: Investment research for the group in Great Britain

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of Fred Kindle , Albrecht Langhart, Roland Iff, Roland Ledergeber and Olivier de Perregaux.

Ownership structure

Ownership on June 30, 2019:

proportion of
Matthias Reinhart (direct and indirect) 60.98%
Board members 1.44%
Other members of the management 1.85%
Employees 3.80%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd 3.14%
Own shares 1.29%

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual Report 2018. In: www.vermoegenszentrum.ch. March 1, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Half-year report 2018 , published on August 15, 2018
  3. ↑ Supervised licensees (banks and securities dealers) FINMA, accessed on August 20, 2018
  4. ↑ VZ's good stock market start makes IPO candidates optimistic NZZ March 25, 2007, accessed on August 20, 2018
  5. ↑ a b Half-year report 2013 , as of August 15, 2013, accessed on August 20, 2018
  6. ↑ Annual Report 2017 , published on March 1, 2018, accessed on September 20, 2018
  7. ↑ Shareholders approve all proposals of the Board of Directors , press release dated April 10, 2018, accessed on August 20, 2018
  8. ↑ Half-yearly report 2019. In: www.vermoegenszentrum.ch. Retrieved December 9, 2019 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '0 "  N , 8 ° 32' 11.8"  E ; CH1903:  682 935  /  246784