REFERAT BWM AG
Wednesday, 24. April 2024, 00:00 - 11:40 UHR
English
Speaker(s): Georg von Wyss Dr. Urban Müller
Drawing from our experience we present investing do's and don'ts by means of real life cases studies.
Portfolio Manager
Georg von Wyss is a partner at BWM AG and Portfolio Manager of the Classic Funds. Born in Zürich, he grew up in the USA and earned a B.A. in economics and literature at Columbia College of Columbia University, NY. After two years as a securities analyst at Bank Julius Bär, he went back to Columbia for an M.A, in English and Comparative Literature, after which he worked for two years as a financial journalist. He then earned an MBA at the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College to definitely concentrate on securities analysis, first at Mutual Series Fund and then Rüd, Blass. In 1997 he cofounded the fund boutique BWM AG with Thomas Braun and Erich Müller.
Client Relations
Urban Müller is responsible for client relations at BWM since 2022. The firm manages its two Classic Funds in the value style. He earned a PhD in Economics from the University of St. Gallen while working at Pictet Asset Management. In 1999 he joined State Street Global Advisors Switzerland, first overseeing client relations and then the local office. In 2004 he started at the asset management firm GMO in Switzerland, before becoming Co-CEO of the UK entity and then head of global client relations.