Asset Management Services ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Specialization ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Types of Investments ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Tailored Advisory Services to Individual Requirements of Clients.................................................................................................................................... 5
Client Assets Managed by Hyposwiss Advisors ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Compensation from Third-Parties ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Performance Fees ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Side-by-Side Management ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Item 7 – Types of Clients ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ................................................................................................................................ 9
Methods of Analysis & Investment Strategies ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Risk of Loss ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ............................................................................................................................................. 13
Affiliation with Hyposwiss Private Bank Geneva Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Other Arrangements ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ........................................................................... 14
Code of Ethics Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Affiliate and Employee Personal Securities Transactions Disclosure ............................................................................................................................ 15
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Side-by-Side Management .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Use of Soft Dollars .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Cross Trades ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Principal Trades ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Compensation Received from Broker/Dealers and Qualified Custodians ................................................................................................................... 17
Item 13 – Review of Accounts ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Statements and Reports ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Item 15 – Custody ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Item 16 – Investment Discretion ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Sharing of Information with Regulatory Authorities, Providers of Financial Instruments and External Service Providers ..................... 20
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities, Trade Errors and Class Actions .................................................................................................................................... 20
Voting Client Securities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Trade Errors ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Class Actions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Item 18 – Financial Information ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Attachment 1 – Brochure “Risks Involved in Trading Financial Instruments”, November 2019……….…………………………………………..….………22
Attachment 2 – Brochure “Dormant assets - A factsheet of the Swiss Bankers Association”, December 2015.…..……………………..……….126
Attachment 3 – Brochure “Information from the SBA regarding the disclosure of client details in payment transactions, securities
transactions and other transaction types in connection with SWIFT", June 2009.……………………………………………..………………………………133
Attachment 4 – Brochure “Information from the SBA regarding the disclosure of client data and other information in international
payment transactions and investments in foreign securities”, February 2016.………………………………………………………………………….……….137
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Hyposwiss Advisors SA (referred to as “Hyposwiss Advisors” or “we” throughout this document) was formed in March 2011
as a corporation (‘Société Anonyme’) under the laws of Switzerland.
Regulatory registrations and approvals:
•
Switzerland: Hyposwiss Advisors is licensed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as a Portfolio
Manager in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Institutions (FinIA) and is supervised by the Swiss
supervisory organization OSIF (Organisme de Surveillance des Instituts Financiers).
•
USA: Hyposwiss Advisors is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an Investment
Adviser
•
Canada: Hyposwiss Advisors is registered with the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”), the Quebec Autorité des
Marchés Financiers (“AMF”), the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) and the Alberta Securities
Commission (“ASC”) as a Portfolio Manager.
The head office of the company is in Geneva, Switzerland, with a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland.
Hyposwiss Advisors SA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hyposwiss Private Bank Geneva Ltd (“HPBG”), a private bank based
in Switzerland and supervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
The following is a general description of the services of Hyposwiss Advisors.
Asset Management Services
Hyposwiss Advisors offers asset management services (“Asset Management Services”) for your account(s). These services
involve providing you with continuous and ongoing supervision over your designated account(s). A specific investment
strategy is designed to focus upon your specific needs, objectives, risk tolerance and constraints disclosed by you to
Hyposwiss Advisors. This means that Hyposwiss Advisors will continuously monitor your designated account(s) and make
investment recommendations for accounts that you designate as non-discretionary and investment decisions for accounts
that you designate as discretionary in accordance with your stated individual needs, objectives, risk tolerance and constraints.
For additional details about non-discretionary and discretionary authority, please refer to Item 16 of this brochure.
Hyposwiss Advisors does not offer transaction-based investment advice to its clients. Accordingly, unless expressly declared
otherwise, further reference to “investment advice”, or “non-discretionary management or mandate” shall mean portfolio-
based management.
The Asset Management Services of Hyposwiss Advisors for your investments will be provided to accounts held at qualified
custodians independently selected by you. If you engage Hyposwiss Advisors for these asset management services, you will
appoint Hyposwiss Advisors as investment adviser of record on the specified accounts (collectively, the “Account”). The
Account will consist only of separate account(s) held by your qualified custodian under your name. Your qualified custodian
maintains physical custody of all funds and securities of the Account, and you retain all rights of ownership (e.g., right to
withdraw securities or cash, exercise or delegate proxy voting and receive transaction confirmations) of the Account. Your
qualified custodians will have its own account fees, execution charges and execution capabilities. Consequently, your fees
and execution charges may vary from those of other clients of Hyposwiss Advisors with similar investment management
mandates based on the custodian you independently select.
Hyposwiss Advisors maintains a list of preferred custodians with which it has existing relationships, as described below in
Item 12; however, the choice of custodian is entirely yours. Hyposwiss Advisors will not act as a broker or dealer.
Hyposwiss Advisors’ parent company and affiliates may serve as custodians and broker/dealers for accounts managed by
Hyposwiss Advisors.
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Specialization
Hyposwiss Advisors generally invests in the following asset classes:
• Fixed income and equity investments;
• Currencies, commodities and precious metals investments;
• Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”), mutual funds, hedge funds, funds of funds and non-traded funds selection;
• Structured Products.
In designing an investment allocation, Hyposwiss Advisors seeks to obtain a suitable asset mix (“Strategic Asset Allocation”)
of currency, commodity, precious metal, fixed income and equity investments focusing on the medium-term (3 to 5 years)
to long-term (5 to 7 years) horizon. In certain cases, Hyposwiss Advisors will deviate from the Strategic Asset Allocation to
take advantage of short-term (up to 1 year) market opportunities.
Types of Investments
Based upon the agreed investment needs, objectives, risk tolerance and constraints of your asset management mandate,
Hyposwiss Advisors will invest in a diversified portfolio in multi-currencies of securities and non-securities. The following
are some of the general categories of investments on which Hyposwiss Advisors will invest or advise:
• Short/medium/long term deposits in various currencies;
• Fixed income securities, sovereign and corporate (including high yield) debt;
• Securities traded on recognized stock exchanges;
• Money market funds, fixed income funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, funds of funds and non-traded funds;
• Non-securities such as currencies and precious metals;
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs);
• Warrants;
• Options contracts on indices, currencies, securities and commodities;
• Futures and Forward contracts;
• Structured Products.
Your personal account may be diversified to include investments in multi-currencies such as deposits, fixed income securities,
individual stocks, mutual funds and precious metals.
It is not Hyposwiss Advisors’ typical investment strategy to attempt to time the market but, from time to time, we may
increase or decrease cash holdings as we deem appropriate, based on your risk tolerance and our expectations of market
behavior and other factors expected to affect the preservation of your capital.
Hyposwiss Advisors will rely on the accuracy of your representations to us on behalf of your account in connection with
certain mutual funds, derivative contracts, hedge funds and other investments where representations regarding your net
worth, residency, and tax status are relevant to conform to applicable investor restrictions. Hyposwiss Advisors requires
notification by you if your representations become outdated or change.
Tailored Advisory Services to Individual Requirements of Clients
Asset Management Services provided by Hyposwiss Advisors are specifically tailored to your stated needs, objectives, risk
tolerance and constraints as outlined in your Asset Management Services Agreement. You have the ability to impose
restrictions including specific investment selections and sectors when utilizing the Asset Management Services of Hyposwiss
Advisors.
Please note that the definition of suitability and appropriateness in the sense of the FinSA is given in the Asset Management
Services Agreement, and more precisely in section 32 of its General Terms & Conditions.
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Client Assets Managed by Hyposwiss Advisors
As of 31 December 2022, Hyposwiss Advisors managed 440'053'765 USD of assets.
These assets are comprised of:
-
1'093'420 USD of proprietary capital
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438'960'345 USD of client assets, for a total of 189 accounts (143 clients)
o 97 accounts for a total of 250'808'392 USD are managed on a Discretionary basis ;
o 84 accounts for a total of 147'017'844 USD are managed on a Non-Discretionary basis ;
o 8 accounts for a total of 41'134'109 USD are managed on a Consulting basis.