SAFDIÉ Investment Services

SAFDIÉ Investment Services

SAFDIÉ Investment Services operates as the corporate investment vehicle for the Safdie family, who built their wealth through Banque Safdie S.A., a Geneva-based private bank. The firm's architecture traces back to the bank's holding company, Multifinance S.A. After decades of independent banking operations, the family exited the regulated banking business with the 2011 sale of Banque Safdie to Israel's Bank Leumi, converting bank equity into liquid investment capital. Today the firm runs out of New York, with the Safdie family's operating presence stretching across Geneva, Montreal, and the Quebec border town of Stanstead. The firm's investment posture is heavily tilted toward direct real estate ownership. Public records show a portfolio spanning commercial properties in Manhattan under Safdie Equities Inc., mixed-use buildings around Stanstead, Quebec, and heritage commercial assets including a theatre and gallery. The Stanstead holdings — a Border Theatre, an art gallery, and a broader real estate portfolio — suggest a long-term hold strategy focused on community-anchored assets. Beyond brick-and-mortar, the family carries a legacy position in financial services through the former banking operations and maintains a notable fine-art photography collection assembled by Gabriel Safdie. Team leadership remains tightly held by the founding family. Gabriel Safdie serves as Chairman of the Board, having previously run Safdie & Co. Edmond Safdie, a family member, runs Safdie Equities Inc. as President — the entity that holds the New York real estate book. Michael Livian, the former Chairman of the Executive Committee and Head of Asset Management at the investment services firm, is the sole named non-family executive in the public record. The firm's most significant corporate event in the modern era remains the Bank Leumi transaction: in 2011, the family sold its Swiss private banking charter and client relationships, converting a multi-generational operating business into a pool of discretionary investment capital now deployed through SAFDIÉ Investment Services. What distinguishes the Safdie structure from a conventional family office is its evolution from an operating bank into a corporate investor with an unusual cultural footprint. The family's Quebec holdings include not just income-producing property but also a curated photography collection and a private stone monument installation called Stanhenge — suggesting a mandate that blends return-seeking investment with long-term patronage. No fund vehicles or external LP relationships are publicly disclosed; the firm appears to deploy solely proprietary capital, making it functionally a single-family office wrapped in a corporate-investor structure.