About Us

About Pictet

Founded in Geneva in 1805, Pictet is today one of Switzerland's largest private banks, with assets under management and custody totalling USD 435 billion at the end of September 2011.

Pictet & Cie is a partnership owned and managed by eight managing partners who stand personally and entirely liable for the bank's commitments. It is considered one of the leading independent asset management banks in Europe.

The Pictet Group employs over 3,000 people in 22 locations. It is an asset management specialist focusing mainly on the following areas of expertise:

· Asset Management and Investment Funds

· Wealth Management

· Asset Services including Global Custody

Over the years, Pictet Asset Management has gained a number of awards. From 2001 to 2011, Pictet Asset Management received over 100 Fund Awards for top performance from various global asset management rating institutions. Recently, awards obtained include:

·         Global Equity, Sustainability Themes, AsianInvestor, Investment Performance Awards, 2011 & 2010
·         Best Alternative Energy Fund, Climate Change Investment Awards, 2010 & 2009
·         Specialist Manager of the Year, Global Investor, 2009
·         Emerging Markets Manager of the Year (across equity & debt), Financial News Awards for Excellence, 2009
·         Best Asian Fixed Income Manager, AsianInvestor, Investment Performance Awards, 2009
·         Best of the Best Performance, Clean Resources (1 year), Asia Asset Management Award, 2009
·         Best Fund Management Group, Climate Change Investment Awards, 2009
·         Best Global Emerging Markets Bond Fund (3 years), Lipper Award, Japan, 2009
·         Best Emerging Market Debt Manager, FT Business Pension and Investment Provider Awards, 2009
·         Swiss Asset Management Firm of the Year, Financial News Awards, 2009 & 2007
·         SRI Provider of the Year, Global Pensions Awards, 2009, 2008 & 2007
·         Emerging Markets Equities Award for Excellence, Global Investor, 2008 & 2007


Pictet Asset Management

Pictet provides a range of more than 100 funds and a wide choice of investment strategies which are constantly being enhanced in terms of product variety and innovation. As at September 2011, the asset under management of Pictet Asset Management is USD121.4 billion. In Hong Kong, Pictet received various fund awards in 2009 and 2011, which are:

2011
Lipper Fund Awards, Hong Kong	Pictet-Security-P USD	Best Fund over 3 Years in Equity Global Class
2010
Lipper Fund Awards, Hong Kong	Pictet-Digital Communications-P USD	Best Fund over 3 Years in the Equity Sector Telecommunication Services Class
2009
Lipper Fund Awards, Hong Kong	Pictet-Biotech-P USD	Best Fund over 3 Years and Best Fund over 5 Years in the Equity Sector Biotechnology Class
	Pictet-Global Emerging Debt-P USD	Best Fund over 3 Years in the Bond Emerging Markets Global Class
	Pictet-USD Short Mid-Term Bonds-P	Best Fund over 3 Years and Best Fund over 5 Years in Bond US Dollar – Short Term Class

For information of Pictet Funds which are available for retail investors in Hong Kong, please click here.

Please read the offering documents for further details and the risk factors, particularly credit risk and the risk of investment in emerging markets, financial derivatives, structured products and the risk associated with sector funds.