Thierry Lombard talks about his current and future role within Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, including the challenges and partnerships that impassion him, as well as the Firm’s strategy.

The first revision of the Swiss Federal Pension Plan Act (LPP) introduced organizational provisions that are often seen as an administrative headache. It would however be simplistic to dismiss them out of hand, since the revision has clarified and opened up major opportunities for greater individual flexibility.

Strategy – At a time when the western world no longer knows where to turn to find an investment that can hold amid a flood of falling asset prices, it is interesting to look at what our distant neighbors, the Russians, are doing.

It seems a very long time ago now that Russian clients regarded foreign banks, and in particular Swiss banks, with the deference and humility of explorers entering unknown territory. Whereas these clients barely knew how a credit card worked ten years ago, they have since learned to decipher complex structured products and understand their workings.

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (LODH) has been a private banker in Switzerland for 211 years. In 2004, it established an office in Brussels, which acquired bank status in Belgium. Jean Pastré, Managing Partner at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, talks about the company’s exclusive family wealth management service.

The regulatory and political pendulum is definitely swinging in favor of clean tech companies offering solutions to environmental issues. Truly new industries are being born.

Following in the footsteps of Edouard Odier, Switzerland’s first Ambassador to Russia, Arnaud Leclercq, a partner of the Group Holding of Swiss private bankers Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, is a man with a mission: to develop the bank’s business in the emerging markets with particular attention to Russia.

130/30 funds take both long and short positions in order to improve their risk/return ratio. Many 130/30 funds are run by quantitative managers.

Investors are showing increasing interest in infrastructure – the construction of bridges, parking lots and airports – saying they have been seduced by this original alternative to bond investing. Infrastructure finance perfectly illustrates the meeting of local bodies’ need for capital and investors’ search for long-term yields.

Thierry Lombard and Hubert Keller talk about succession within Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch and about the Group’s ambitions in institutional management

The European CO2 trading scheme was launched in January 2005 as part of efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol; the scheme was designed and implemented by the European Commission, with the first phase due to complete at the end of 2007.

How will the hedge fund industry evolve? What risks and opportunities await the industry? A brief overview of the strengths and weaknesses of this high-growth sector.