Onyx & Cie SA

Overview

Onyx & Cie SA is an independent, family-owned multi-family office based in Geneva. It serves wealthy families with tailored support and reports an international presence spanning Europe, Asia and Oceania, supported by selected specialist partners for property, yachts, aircraft and lifestyle services.¹

History

The firm states that it was founded in 1994 and remains managed by its original founding partners from the same family.²

Services

Onyx & Cie SA provides wealth management, investment advice, legal services, inheritance and trust planning, consolidated financial reporting, property advice, family governance, concierge administration and philanthropy.¹

Its wealth management offering includes discretionary and advisory mandates, diversified portfolios across equities, bonds, traditional funds and alternative funds, together with regular portfolio reporting.³

The firm also supports individuals and service or industrial companies with acquisitions, holdings and sales of liquid and non-liquid assets, family-company structuring, investment projects, due diligence, transactions, loan structuring and cash-flow optimization.⁴

What the firm offers

• Philanthropy
• Family governance and education
• Administration and bill pay
• Risk and insurance
• Private and alternative investments
• Cross-border planning

Client Focus

Onyx & Cie SA describes its client focus as families with complex, international assets who want coordinated advice and long-term wealth preservation across generations.⁵

Approach

The firm says its approach emphasizes personal knowledge of each client, tailored solutions, long-term asset growth, capital preservation, return generation and risk management.³

Regulatory Status

FINMA’s current list identifies Onyx et Cie SA in Geneva as a licensed portfolio manager and trustee supervised by AOOS. The firm also states that it holds a Swiss Financial Institutions Act license as a portfolio manager and a separate trustee license.⁶⁷

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Sources

1. https://www.onyx-cie.ch/en/home/
2. https://www.onyx-cie.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Brochure-Onyx-et-Cie-EN.pdf
3. https://www.onyx-cie.ch/en/wealth-management/
4. https://www.onyx-cie.ch/en/business-development/
5. https://www.onyx-cie.ch/en/our-sector/family-offices-today/
6. https://www.finma.ch/en/~/media/finma/dokumente/bewilligungstraeger/pdf/vvtr.pdf%3Fla=en
7. https://www.onyx-trust.ch/informations-onyx-cie-sa/

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