Geneva Business Help for Trading, Banking and Watch Firms

• Private banking and wealth management

  Geneva's tourism office presents the city as a centre of international asset management, with many banks, a large share of them foreign. Independent managers, fiduciaries and support firms around the banks sell trust, so client concentration is a daily concern.

• Commodity trading, shipping and inspection

  The canton describes trading and shipping as a trade hub since the Middle Ages, with trade finance and notable inspection companies. The tourism office speaks of hundreds of trading firms. Small brokers, ship agents and inspection firms work with long chains of documents.

• Watchmaking and luxury

  The canton calls watchmaking and luxury a tradition of centuries, with watches designed locally and exported worldwide, plus jewellery and fashion brands. Small case, dial and component suppliers often serve a few well-known houses.

• Fragrance, life sciences and foundations

  The canton also lists aroma and fragrance as a centre of excellence, anchored by two large companies and a growing set of start-ups. Medtech, biotech and many philanthropic foundations sit alongside. Suppliers and service firms around them are small and specialised.

• 01Independent wealth managers often lean on a few large relationships, and the firm's value can follow a partner who leaves.
• 02Trading, shipping and inspection firms often handle large values on thin fees, so a single documentation mistake can wipe out a deal's profit.
• 03Small suppliers to watch and luxury houses frequently rely on one or two buyers who set price and volume.
• 04Fragrance and life science start-ups often wait a long time for first revenue, with management time split between product and funding.

UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. For Geneva, India is ahead by 4 h 30 min in winter and by 3 h 30 min in summer.

We book the first call once the scope of the problem is clear, so the conversation starts from your business and not from a calendar.

• Financial services
• Logistics
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Professional services
• Healthcare

Trades to start from

• Wealth management firms
• Finance and insurance advisers
• Freight and transport companies
• Customs clearance agents
• Luxury and premium brand retailers
• Jewellery retailers
• Personal care brands

• Business Strategy

  Small asset managers can examine how concentrated their client book is and what a steadier mix would look like.

• Business Process

  Tracing each document from a trade to settlement shows brokers and inspectors where errors enter.

• Business Audit

  Watch and luxury suppliers can run a margin audit by customer to see which houses justify their special demands.

• Business Growth

  Start-ups in fragrance and medtech can plan the steps between a pilot customer and steady orders.

1. First call by phone or video, to hear how your business runs and what is stuck.
2. A written scope that says what we will look at, what you will receive and what we need from you, with the fee written in your own currency.
3. Your first sheet: the one page of numbers or decisions that the work starts from.
4. A review rhythm agreed with you, so the work is checked against what actually happened.