Finaport

Finaport

Founded in 2002, Finaport was built as a modern answer to traditional Swiss private banking by a group of seasoned wealth managers who wanted a lighter, jurisdictionally efficient platform. The firm chose Ruggell, Liechtenstein, as its headquarters — a decision that gives clients access to the European Economic Area passport and the principality's century-old asset-protection framework. Founding partners structured the firm as an owner-operated partnership, aligning management incentives directly with long-term client outcomes rather than quarterly shareholder demands. Finaport's investment strategy centers on discretionary portfolio management, where the firm constructs multi-asset portfolios across public equities, fixed income, private markets, and real assets. Client mandates typically include direct securities holdings, fund allocations, and structured products, with risk budgeting tailored per family. The firm's presence in Singapore and Hong Kong adds an Asia-centric allocation capability — allowing European clients to access Asian growth markets and Asian families to book assets in Europe under Liechtenstein regulation. Foreign-exchange and cross-border tax planning are embedded in the deployment process, not treated as afterthoughts. Team size remains undisclosed, but the firm operates through its four offices with a lean senior-banker model — each managing director directly manages a concentrated book of family relationships. Finaport has not publicly launched commingled funds or disclosed total AUM. The partnership structure includes a Liechtenstein-regulated entity as the legal counterparty for all client contracts, with subsidiaries in Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Singapore handling advisory and relationship management. There are no known philanthropic foundations or club vehicles publicly tied to the firm. Its structural differentiator is the Liechtenstein booking center. Most Swiss-style wealth managers book assets in Zurich or Geneva; Finaport books in Liechtenstein, giving clients a distinct regulatory and treaty-access profile that differs meaningfully from Swiss or Singapore centers. This architecture is rarely replicated, and it shapes the firm's entire client acquisition strategy: families seeking optionality in how and where their wealth is domiciled find a single relationship covering three continents and one permanent neutral jurisdiction.