First Securities & Trust of Switzerland AGFirst Securities & Trust of Switzerland AG

Conviction-Led Research

Investment Advice

Independent, conviction-led research across public, private, and alternative markets. No proprietary products. No conflicted recommendations.

Independent advice is harder to deliver than it looks. We have spent 75 years building the structures that make it possible.
FS&T research philosophy

Why Independence Matters

Advice points where it points.

The structures behind our advisory are designed to make our recommendations the same regardless of who profits.

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No Proprietary Products

We do not manufacture financial instruments. Our advice points where it points.

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No Third-Party Steering

We earn no commissions for directing capital to outside providers. Conflicts are removed, not managed.

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Conflict-Free by Design

Our independence is structural. It is the reason our advice is worth listening to.

Research Methodology

Conviction tested against rigorous challenge.

Our research desk combines proprietary fundamental analysis, global macro framing, sector deep-dives, and direct access to management teams. Conclusions are tested through internal devil's advocate review before they reach a client.

The output is conviction — and we hold it accountable. When a thesis is violated, we exit without sentimentality. When nothing is genuinely actionable, we remain deliberately quiet.

When we have nothing confident to say, we say nothing.

Coverage

Three universes, coordinated.

Most client mandates need exposure to more than one. The coordination is where most of the value lives.

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Public Markets

Equity and fixed income advisory across developed and emerging markets — quality of business, durability of moats, deliberate duration and credit.

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Private Markets

Private equity, venture, and direct deal advisory via institutional relationships — honest framing of illiquidity and concentration risk.

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Alternatives

Hedge funds, commodities, real assets, digital assets, and structured products — evaluated on merit, monitored continuously, exited without sentimentality.

How We Work With You

Useful when called. Useful when quiet.

Engagement begins with risk profiling and goal-setting, then moves into ongoing market commentary, opportunistic alerts when something truly matters, and quarterly strategy reviews.

Advice is shaped to your existing portfolio, tax position, liquidity needs, and personal convictions — including ESG preferences, sector exclusions, and concentration ceilings. The advice is the advice; the calibration is yours.

Request an Investment Consultation

A second opinion is rarely a wasted hour.

A confidential review of your current positioning with a senior advisor — exploratory, no obligation, and entirely discreet.