Financial Services
Directly bordering to Zurich as one of the global financial centers, the Canton of Zug has developed to an important hub for the near-bank industry.
Key segments are Private Equity/Venture Capital, Asset Management, Retail Banking and Insurances/Captives.
Around 2’000 companies make up a vibrant ecosystem for Financial Services in Canton of Zug. Examples in Private Equity/Venture Capital are Partners Group, Capital Dynamics, HBM Healthcare Investments, CAPVIS and Invision. Hundreds of companies in Asset Management, Wealth Management, Family Offices and Hedge Funds are based here. Insurances and Captives as Allied World and AON and numerous service providers as Interactive Brokers and Arisco complement the cluster. Zug has also become a global hub for Blockchain/Crypto and Fintech companies known as the Crypto Valley including the first Crypto Bank AMINA and the market leader in crypto custody, Bitcoin Suisse. Leading Swiss Financial Services Institutions and platforms also have their home in the Canton of Zug as the Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ, the Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association SECA, the Swiss CFO Forum and VQF, the leading self-regulatory organization in the parabanking sector.
Quotes from leading business personalities
"Partners Group was established in Zug in 1996 and ‹cut its teeth› here. We have expanded our office several times to accommodate our growth. Zug has proven to be an outstanding base and a reliable partner for our growing global business, providing the resources and infrastructure we require for our international focus and needs."
"Partners Group was established in Zug in 1996 and ‹cut its teeth› here. We have expanded our office several times to accommodate our growth. Zug has proven to be an outstanding base and a reliable partner for our growing global business, providing the resources and infrastructure we require for our international focus and needs."
Juri Jenker
President and Co-Head of Investments - Partners Group
"Zug has been instrumental in the success story of Bitcoin Suisse. As our founding home back in 2013, the Canton and the City have offered not only a thriving economic and regulatory environment, but also a mindset that embraces innovation and longterm vision. From here, we have grown into Switzerland’s leading and oldest crypto
financial service provider. With its unique combination of stability and a progressive mindset, Zug remains the ideal base to drive crypto adoption and shape what’s next in finance. And we are proud to be part of it."
"Zug has been instrumental in the success story of Bitcoin Suisse. As our founding home back in 2013, the Canton and the City have offered not only a thriving economic and regulatory environment, but also a mindset that embraces innovation and longterm vision. From here, we have grown into Switzerland’s leading and oldest crypto
financial service provider. With its unique combination of stability and a progressive mindset, Zug remains the ideal base to drive crypto adoption and shape what’s next in finance. And we are proud to be part of it."
Andrej Majcen
CEO & Co-Founder - Bitcoin Suisse
Companies in the Canton of Zug
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Platforms, institutions and associations
For 25 years, the IFZ has been creating value for the financial sector and corporate finance experts from all industries by offering degree programmes, further education and executive training programmes as well as applied research and consulting services.
The SECA is the representative body for Switzerland’s private equity, venture capital and corporate finance industries. Its objective is to promote private equity and corporate finance activities in Switzerland.
The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA)
The FINMA supervises and monitors all financial industry sectors, in particular banks, insurance companies, stock markets, securities traders as well as collective investments and auditing firms.
Welcome to the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA | FINMA
The VQF offers a full range of compliance services to financial intermediaries in the para-banking sector in Switzerland. As a center of competence, the VQF provides numerous supervisory, inspection, audit, training and advisory services to its members.
The Swiss CFO Forum is an independent and professional platform for chief financial officers of companies and persons with a close connection to financial corporate governance. The Forum offers an active and high-quality association life and organizes an annual CFO Day.
The AMAS is the representative industry organization of the Swiss fund and asset management economy and member of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and of the globally operating International Investment Funds Association (IIFA).
Asset Management Association Switzerland | HOME (am-switzerland.ch)
The CVA is an independent association established to take full advantage of Switzerland’s strengths to build the world’s leading blockchain and cryptographic technologies ecosystem.
The Swiss Blockchain Federation aims to maintain and expand the attractiveness and competitiveness of Switzerland as a blockchain location. By creating legal certainty and a favourable framework, it promotes the economic and social anchoring of blockchain-based applications and activities.