Press release
BCGE – BCGE Best of claims compliance with the
Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®)
Geneva, 20 February 2017 – BCGE Best of has completed the audit process
conducted by an independent verifier over a 6-year period and has received the
report attesting its compliance with the GIPS® standards.
Following an audit covering the period from 1st January 2011 to 31 December 2016, conducted by
KPMG, an independent third-party verifier, BCGE Best of, hereinafter the “Firm”, claims compliance
with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS® ). This achievement confirms the Firm’s
application of the ethical framework defined by the CFA Institute for the calculation and presentation of
investment performance. The GIPS® standards are internationally recognised and have been widely
adopted as a benchmark in the context of the financial industry’s best practices.
BCGE Best of, a mark of distinction
Launched in October 2001, BCGE Best of meets the highest standards in terms of asset management
and is the spearhead of the BCGE’s private wealth management unit. The Firm BCGE Best of
currently offers 24 investment profiles. Each of the mandates is associated with a composite within the
definition of the GIPS® standards. A complete list of composite descriptions is available upon request.
The Firm
The Firm is defined as being all the portfolios managed under so-called “BCGE Best of” mandates by
BCGE Asset Management. The Firm includes the “Best of” mandates managed for the account of the
BCGE France entity.
For further information, please contact:
Hélène De Vos Vuadens, BCGE Spokesperson: +41 (0)22 809 24 11 – [email protected]
Olivier Schaerrer, Deputy BCGE Spokesperson: +41 (0)22 809 31 85 – [email protected]
Banque Cantonale de Genève
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1211 Genève 2
Website: www.bcge.ch
Tel. +41 (0) 58 211 21 00
Fax +41 (0) 58 211 21 99
BCGE: “made in Geneva” banking solutions
A universal bank since 1816, the BCGE provides high-quality banking services for private, business and institutional clients in
Geneva and its surrounding area. The BCGE offers the following bank services: everyday banking facilities, private banking,
asset management, investment funds, pension planning, mortgages and lending to the private and public sectors. It runs a
trading room and offers financial engineering, business valuation and transmission, private equity and trade finance services.
The BCGE Group has 22 branches in Geneva and operates a number of its services in Lausanne, Zurich, Lyon, Annecy, Paris,
Dubai and Hong Kong. It employs 737 people (full-time equivalents, as at 30 June 2016). The BCGE is quoted on the SIX Swiss
Exchange, the Swiss stock exchange (Authorised share no. 164268).
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