One way to put your head around how financial instruments work is to understand why they were created in the first place. For this, you need to think like an entrepreneur, not an investor. We tend to forget this but, Apple or Tesla stocks were not created to generate money…

Jean-Baptiste Beau is the founder and CEO of Oniri, a Lausanne-based start-up. Oniri’s goal is to teach you to interpret and control your dreams. It was during his studies at EPFL that Jean-Baptiste was able to make his entrepreneurial dreams come true. We had the chance to interview him for…

Measuring impact can be difficult — especially when it comes to investing. For clarification, it’s important to quickly share our definition of impact investing. Impact investing is investing with the intention of making a positive social or environmental difference.* …

Investing with purpose is a hot topic in the financial world. And yet the process for conscious investors to find and choose sustainable investment products remains complex. …

Dr. Christoph Künzle, CFA, is a senior lecturer at the Institute for Wealth & Asset Management (IWA) at ZHAW and a director at Deloitte in Zurich. There he focuses on strategy consulting for wealth managers and publishes regularly. He has 20 years of professional experience in the financial industry and…

We discussed all this and more with Switzerland’s best-known film director: Oliver Rihs was born in Männedorf in 1971 and underwent several artistic, professional and personal journeys before he dedicated himself to filmmaking. In our interview, he takes us back to the beginnings of his career, shares some of its…

In the modern world, leadership is about encouraging colleagues to take responsibility, express their opinions, and develop their influence within the business. In times of change, empathy towards others is essential to identify their needs and support them as best as possible. The term “empathy” was coined in 1883 by…

For the next part in our series, we were curious to speak with someone who has thought a lot not only about what wealth means but how to talk about it in a meaningful way: Roman Balzan, CMO of Alpian, joined us for this interview and shared some of his…

Upon announcing Alpian’s new partnership with Fideuram — Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, we set out to explore the motivation behind this new partnership and the value it holds with Gianmarco Bonaita, Head of Strategic Projects at Alpian. How did the partnership start? Fideuram has been consistent in looking to improve…