An Exceptional Culture Of Client Service At HSBC

Georgios Leontaris

HSBC CIO for EMEA

HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA

Winner

• Fixed-Income Investment Strategy

• Wealth Management Rising Star Under 40

HSBC is proud to have won Swiss WealthBriefing Awards this year for our fixed income offer as well as recognition for our EMEA chief investment officer, Georgios Leontaris.

HSBC has a long standing presence in Switzerland, and our global scale and international presence provides unique investment opportunities both at home and abroad. Our deep roots in Asia as well as our extensive presence in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas means we always speak our clients’ language, understand their business and investment needs and can provide a world of opportunities.

HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth is a leader in the ultra-high net worth segment. Our distinguished capabilities in alternatives, lending and fixed income are part of our key product offerings and our close collaboration with our asset management, markets and commercial banking divisions offer a unique advantage to clients for bespoke and global solutions. At the heart of our offer is our exceptional culture of client service.

On the fixed income side, we are able to offer a unique advisory proposition within the private banking investment landscape. We drive success by listening closely to the needs of our clients and making ourselves and our knowledge available to them, with processes fully designed around clients. We are fortunate to have a team with diverse backgrounds and skills, which has allowed us to create tools to make our risk management and portfolio positioning not only more efficient but more relevant to our clients.

A variety of nationalities on the fixed income team enables us to access different cultural points of reference for the service of our clients. Our team and investment strategies are adaptable, and we pride ourselves on being able to create portfolios tailored to clients in both high and low-yield bond environments.

Looking across asset classes, our experienced chief investment officer team formulates HSBC’s house view, tapping into the expertise across the group in economic research, equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, hedge funds, real estate and private markets.

We are proud that Georgios Leontaris, CIO for EMEA, has been awarded for his expertise in defining and delivering the investment view across Switzerland and EMEA.

Focus: Georgios Leontaris, HSBC CIO for EMEA, Wealth Management Rising Star under 40

What are some of the key drivers of your career so far?

I have encountered many interesting challenges in my career and I have particularly enjoyed building continuous improvements to our offer. Our clients should be at the heart of what we do, and we have built powerful tools to help identify and map investment opportunities based on our CIO views.

Our clients should be at the heart of what we do, and we have built powerful tools to help identify and map investment opportunities based on our CIO views. Teamwork and collaboration are other pillars along my career journey which have helped me reach this level.

Teamwork and collaboration are other pillars along my career journey which have helped me reach this level. We have a fantastic collaboration between our CIO team, product specialists and investment counsellors which, again helps us to ensure we are able to match our clients’ unique and individual needs.