Family office & investment advisor
Marcuard France is an independent company specialising in wealth management and family office services for wealthy families. Our aim is to help you preserve and grow your wealth while ensuring that your values and financial heritage are passed on to future generations.
The Story
Marcuard France is a major player in the world of Multi Family Offices. Since 2007, we have been working independently with a small number of wealthy French and foreign families looking to optimise, protect and pass on their assets.
At Marcuard France, we make it a point of honour to build lasting relationships of trust with our clients. Our team of dedicated and experienced professionals is ready to listen to your needs and help you achieve your financial goals.
Why choose Marcuard France?
The team
Our team is made up of talented and passionate individuals. Each brings their own unique skills and creativity to achieving our common goals. Together, we're ready to take on tomorrow's challenges and innovate. Whether in product development, project management or customer relations, our team is proud to work together for the company's success.
Philippe Schmohl
Philippe has been passionate about the financial markets and investments in general since his student days, and began his career as a manager/banker in 2003 with the Credit Suisse group (in brokerage with First Boston and then in Private Banking with Hottinguer).
In 2007, Philippe entered the world of Multi-Family Offices with Catherine Zoller, who was in charge of Wealth Engineering at the same bank.
Now partners for 17 years, Catherine and Philippe share the management of Marcuard France, but they also share a passion for competitive sport. At the weekend, you're likely to come across Philippe on a golf course with his team-mates or his family.
Catherine Zoller
Catherine, with a Solvay MBA, began her career as an attaché to the CEO of Citbank in Luxembourg; she was then appointed head of the trust business at Citibank Geneva in 1994 after training in New York at the specialist subsidiary Cititrust.
In 1998, she joined the Legal and Tax Engineering department of Paribas (Paris). She then helped set up the French subsidiary of the bank SCS Alliance in 2000 and completed a Master's degree in law at the University of Paris Dauphine. She then helped set up the French subsidiary of the bank Mirabaud. In 2005, she joined Crédit Suisse as Head of Wealth Management and Insurance Brokerage.
Catherine entered the world of Multi-Family Offices in 2007 with Philippe Schmohl, who was a Private Banker at Crédit Suisse. Now partners for 17 years, Catherine and Philippe share the management of Marcuard France, but they also share a passion for competitive sport... At the weekend, you're likely to come across Catherine on the show-jumping circuit.
Anthony Tang
With a background in accountancy and a Bachelor's degree in Banking, Finance and Insurance, Anthony has been with Marcuard France for over 10 years and is now responsible for assisting clients with administrative, tax, accounting and legal matters.
He is also responsible for compliance and legal monitoring of our families' companies. A keen traveller, Anthony fell in love with Japan a few years ago and is now continuing his discovery of Asia.
Pierre-Yves Cordin
With a degree in applied economics and a Masters in asset management, Pierre-Yves joined us in 2020 as part of his end-of-study internship and immediately found his place in the team. In fact, Pierre-Yves made his debut with us against the backdrop of an unprecedented global pandemic (the Covid crisis). As soon as he arrived, he experienced one of the biggest stock market crashes in history, something he will remember for many years to come. It was a good start for him, and it helped him to develop an instinct for prudence and reactivity that he can now take full advantage of.
Within the firm, he is responsible for all partner relations, consolidated reporting, investment monitoring and financial market analysis. A keen sportsman, Pierre-Yves took up basketball at the age of 5 and has been playing ever since. However, it's not impossible to find him on stage at a festival, at a volleyball tournament on the beach or wine-tasting on a terrace with his friends.
Services
ASSET MANAGEMENT
We develop personalised strategies for each client, taking into account their objectives, risk profile and specific needs. Our investment experts can offer you tailor-made financial investment solutions:
Equities, Bonds, UCITS
We work in close collaboration with the leading asset management companies in the financial centre, and our analytical capabilities and range of management services enable us to meet all our clients' needs.
Mandated management & Advisory management :
We also offer our customers the possibility of entrusting part of the management of their portfolio to quality asset managers with whom we are used to dealing (Pictet, Edmond de Rothschild, Atlantis Marcuard, Banque du Luxembourg, Rothschild & Cie, Lazard, etc.).
Private Equity
- Naturally, we support our clients in one of the most popular asset classes of recent years: Private Equity
Investments are made in a variety of themes (healthcare, digital & digital, consumer & services, etc.) and different types (LBO, equity, private debt, secondary funds, etc.). Structured Products
Since the firm was founded in 2008, this asset class has been an integral part of our clients' portfolios from the outset. We work directly with a number of dealing rooms and regularly exchange views with the best brokers in the market to develop tailor-made products and seize opportunities as they arise.
REAL ESTATE
Transferable and secure, property is an essential investment for building and developing wealth. With an almost infinite range of assets on offer, it's important to make the right choices and to know how to invest in property to reap all the benefits.
Insurance
Life insurance is an excellent way of passing on your assets, because it offers tax relief and a secure transfer of capital to the parties involved in the contract. With a wide range of investments, we can help you open and manage your policies to prepare for the best possible transfer of your capital. Through our partner Opta Courtage, you have access to all the foreign insurance companies and the most competitive offers on the market.
150 O B Ter
We rigorously select the best solutions on the market to diversify your investments. We complete our offer by analysing investment theses on request to build the portfolio that suits you.
Tax exemption
Our specialists will be able to help you reduce your tax bill through a range of tax relief products such as PERs and Girardin products (Girardin Law Art. 199 undecies B and C of the C.G.I).
Succession planning
Estate planning is the process of preparing and structuring the transfer of an individual's assets after his or her death. It involves thinking about and organising the management of your estate, the distribution of your assets, and the associated tax and legal measures.
We can help you plan the transfer of your estate to future generations, taking into account the tax and legal implications.
Our specialists work closely with you to develop succession plans tailored to your family situation and long-term objectives.
Key objectives
- Wealth transfer : Ensure an efficient transfer in accordance with the wishes of the deceased.
- Tax optimisation : Minimising the tax burden on heirs.
- Preparing for Incapacity : Planning for situations where the owner of the estate is no longer capable of managing his or her affairs.
- Beneficiary Protection : Putting provisions in place to protect minor or vulnerable beneficiaries.
Tax Planning
- Gifting strategies : Passing on assets during your lifetime to reduce future inheritance tax.
- Optimising assets : Reorganising investments to optimise taxation.
- Choosing beneficiaries : Determining who will inherit assets and in what proportions.
- Calling on experts : Lawyers, tax specialists, chartered accountants and notaries for optimum planning.
Challenges and complexity
- Variable laws vary from one jurisdiction to another, requiring planning tailored to each case.
- Take into account blended families, minor heirs and situations of family disharmony.
- Adapt planning to changes in assets and personal circumstances.
Estate planning is not just an administrative task; it is crucial to ensuring that your final wishes are respected, while protecting your loved ones from legal and financial complications. Proper planning ensures that your legacy is passed on according to your wishes, efficiently and harmoniously.
Administration and governance
We take care of the administrative management of your wealth, including asset consolidation, financial reporting and risk management. We also help you set up effective family governance to ensure clear communication and harmonious decision-making within your family.
Administrative management encompasses all the tasks and procedures required to ensure the smooth organisation and efficient running of your business, whether you are a company, a sole trader or an individual.
Family governance refers to all the structures, processes and policies put in place to manage and preserve a family business, while harmonising the relationships between the family members involved in the business. This concept is crucial to ensuring the continuity, growth and smooth running of the business across the generations. Here is a detailed exploration of its key aspects :
- Managing the interaction between family, ownership and business management.
- Ensuring effective and balanced decision-making.
- Managing potential conflicts
Consolidated reporting
We felt that current automated reporting systems were not comprehensive enough to track certain types of investment (Private Equity and structured products in particular), so we decided to create our own consolidated reporting tool.
These tailor-made reports will enable you to track the development of your financial assets in greater detail, in particular by integrating the monitoring of calls for funds, commitment levels and partial repayments on private equity investments, or coupons paid during the life of structured products.
More generally, our reporting will enable you to monitor your overall wealth on a monthly basis, keep track of the details of your assets and liabilities, and compare the performance of your portfolio with that of a benchmark index. Our aim is to give you a quick and accurate overview of the state of your assets at any given time.
Our partners
We are proud to work all year round with high-quality financial partners who are experts in banking, financial engineering and innovative investment solutions. Together, we work to meet our customers' financing, insurance and investment needs.
Contact
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