About Us – GoldSwitzerland
GoldSwitzerland is the gold investment division of Matterhorn Asset Management AG, a Swiss asset management company specialising in wealth preservation with particular emphasis on precious metals. MAM is part of the Aquila Group which is one of the largest independent asset management groups in Switzerland with CHF 5 billion under management. The group is regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA, through its parent company Aquila & Co AG.
Max Cotting is Chairman of Matterhorn and also CEO of the Aquila group which he founded in 1999. Previously he was CEO of Bank Heusser in Basel and a member of the executive committee of Clariden Bank Group in Zurich.
Egon von Greyerz (EvG) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG and Gold Switzerland. EvG started his working life in Geneva as a banker and thereafter spent 17 years as Finance Director and Vice-Chairman of Dixons Group (DSG International Plc) , the UK’s largest electronic and electrical retailer.
Since the 1990s Egon von Greyerz has been actively involved with financial investment activities including Mergers and Acquisitions and Asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of Matterhorn Asset Management, an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles. The GoldSwitzerland Division was created to facilitate the buying and storage of physical gold for both private investors, companies, trusts and pension funds.
PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers A.G.) are the auditors of Matterhorn and Goldswitzerland.
Egon von Greyerz’s involvement in the corporate restructuring of Uno plc and World of Leather which has been misrepresented in the media.
Aquila Group
Aquila is a group of independent asset management companies in Switzerland, with over 70 employees and partners.
The parent Company Aquila & Co AG provides services and expertise in investments & products, operations and compliance to the partner companies. Aquila offers a wide selection of asset management services for institutional and private investors around the world.
Aquila & Co AG is one of the few Swiss asset managers, that has the status of a securities dealer and acts under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC). The Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks and the Stock Exchange Act apply to Aquila & Co AG as well as the directives and bank regulations of the Swiss Bankers Association that banks are legally obliged to conform with.
As a fully regulated asset manager, Aquila & Co AG may manage investment funds and collective capital investments all over Europe.
Aquila & Co AG is monitored – including the connected partner asset management companies – on a consolidated basis with the duties in accordance with the provisions of the Money Laundering Act (SFBC) and the Agreement on the Swiss banks’ code of conduct with regard to the exercise of due diligence (CDB 08). PricewaterhouseCoopers are the auditors of the Aquila Group.