A Strong Entrepreneurial Mindset At Alpina Capital

Daniel Fricker CEO Alpina Capital

Where in the world do you operate – are you mainly a domestic player or international?

Alpina Capital AG is an investment manager in Switzerland which provides holistic investment solutions while following a disciplined investment approach. Alpina Capital AG is a FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority)-licensed asset manager of collective investment schemes and abides by highest international compliance standards.

Furthermore, Alpina Capital AG operates as a fully licensed Luxembourg fund management company and is offering a wide range of highly competitive fund management services, and a solution-orientated approach of doing business, whereby aiming to add substantial value to the fund industry.

Can you sum up the philosophy that sums up your firm the best?

The team has a very strong entrepreneurial acumen and shares the vision of building a services business that effectively adds value to the financial industry. Working solutions, driven with highest precision while focusing on sustainability, are core values that you will encounter whenever interacting with our company.

Please explain what you think makes your firm successful in its chosen field.

With the highest professional investment experience of the team members and a track record in managing funds and investment strategies successfully, Alpina Capital has in the last five years become a business partner of choice for our clients. Therefore, it has further opened the field to grow the base going forward.

How do awards such as this make a difference to your firm and your colleagues?

My team and I are absolutely thrilled and deeply honored for having been awarded not only the best External Asset Manager but also the best CEO. Both awards reflect the acknowledgement that hard work, persistently pursuing a strategic goal, being always true to you and your clients as well as steadily delivering superior investment returns, will eventually be recognised and honored by the public.

What position would you like your firm to hold in its sector in five years’ time.

Alpina Capital will grow in the next five years in various dimensions. In respect to the asset management division the company aims to become a well- known player within the Climate Adaption Investing space. The company already offers an Insurance Linked Strategies Fund. Additionally, it will soon launch an actively managed Carbon Credit Fund for institutional investors to be tap into concerns about climate change.

In addition to its growing alternative investment expertise, Alpina Capital aims to expand its already strong manager selection domain through further growing its network within independent wealth managers.

In respect to our Luxembourg Fund Management Company, we are working with full steam to digitalize this specific industry and become a disruptive fintech leader of choice in attracting private label funds and offering them simultaneously distribution support on a global scale.