- CEO
- Piergiorgio G. Pradelli
- Full Time Employees
- 3,225
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Address
- Bleicherweg 8 Zurich ZH Switzerland 8022
- IPO Date
- Oct 7, 2005
- Business
- EFG International AG is a global private banking group headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and founded in 1995 that provides private banking, wealth management, and asset management services to private and institutional clients. The company offers comprehensive investment solutions including advisory and discretionary mandates, alternative and private market investments, and advanced investment products; wealth services encompassing wealth planning, trusts, and fund administration; credit and financing options such as property, investment, and Islamic financing; eBanking platforms with mobile banking and digital security features; and other banking services like accounts, cards, precious metals custody, foreign exchange, treasury, and trading. It operates through three principal segments—Private Banking and Wealth Management (divided regionally into Switzerland, Continental Europe, the Americas including the United States, Canada, Bahamas, and Cayman Islands, the United Kingdom, and Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan), Asset Management, and Investment and Wealth Solutions—with a presence in over 40 locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, supported by more than 3,000 employees. In a recent major development, EFG International completed the acquisition of Swiss private bank Cité Gestion in 2025, strengthening its domestic wealth management capabilities in Switzerland including Lausanne, Lugano, and Zurich as part of its targeted M&A strategy for value-accretive growth; additionally, its Australia subsidiary Shaw & Partners acquired a 75% stake in New Zealand's Investment Services Group in 2025 to expand regional operations.