Until now private investors have not generally been able to participate in international private equity investment funds because the minimum level of investment has been so high. Now, for the first time, Irish investors can gain access to these funds through a dynamic Swiss firm, Helvetia Wealth AG, who are making their exclusive and traditional Swiss private banking brand available to private investors.

Helvetia – an ancient mountainous region of central Europe, named by the Romans for its predominantly Celtic inhabitants. Today it’s better known as... Switzerland. Swiss International Wealth Creation and Management is closer than you think.

Two new formulae are being added to the traditional private banking formula in Switzerland – a wealth venture that relies on outsourcing all its investment advice and a similar venture by a major retailing chain. Ottmar Ruoff, a former Deutsche Bank Private Banking top executive, has established a wealth management firm in Switzerland that is based on a totally outsourced concept. His firm, Helvetia Wealth, is promoted as “combining the best of traditional Swiss banking with a fresh approach to meeting the personal needs of medium and high net worth [HNW] private investors”.

An 18-month-old Frankfurt-based wealth management advisory company is bucking the trend and finding growth in an otherwise depressed marketplace for the very rich. Part of the secret of Swan Wealth Management, which is linked to Deutsche Bank, is to outsource a whole range of functions in a clever "best-of-breed" approach.