The Independent Family Office
One relationship. Shaped entirely around the family.
A family office that grows with the family
A traditional family office asks a family to adopt its whole structure. Ours starts where the family’s priorities are, and extends at its pace.
Start with what matters
Most families begin with a single need, often portfolio management or consolidated reporting. Their existing advisers stay in place.
One point of contact
A senior partner coordinates every capability and every specialist. One relationship, one complete view.
Independent by structure
No bank and no product provider among our shareholders. We work across banks, not for one, and any compensation we receive from a third party is disclosed to the client, as Swiss law requires.
The family speaks to us. We speak to everyone else.
A Swiss firm, by conviction
Founded in Geneva, regulated in Switzerland. For a family’s wealth, that is far more than an address.
Stability
A country neutral since 1815, a strong currency and low public debt. Rules that change slowly.
Assets stay the client’s own
Securities held at a Swiss bank belong to the client and are kept apart, by law, from the bank’s own assets.
The banks and the network
We work with leading Swiss private banks as custodians, and with a network of independent Swiss specialists in law, tax, real estate and structuring.
Geneva
A banking centre since 1387. Families have entrusted their wealth here for generations, and everything they need is a few minutes from our office.
Process before opinion
Four convictions guide every portfolio we manage.
One contact instead of many bankers
Each bank sees only its part. We see the whole, which is where hidden concentrations show up.
Discipline that neutralises bias
A quantitative model, macro analysis and execution meet at committee. No decision rests on one opinion.
Cash is a position
We hold cash by choice, to act on the moves that others are forced to sit through.
Every franc of cost counts
Costs compound like returns. We negotiate them bank by bank, and we show them.
We have sat on every side of the market
GYRA was founded by former private bankers and joined by hedge fund managers, traders and brokers. We know how banks price, how products are built and where costs hide. That knowledge now works for the family.
UBS • Julius Baer • Lombard Odier • Credit Suisse • Swiss Bank Corporation • Arab Bank (Switzerland)
Credit Suisse London • JP Morgan • Merrill Lynch • Morgan Stanley • Bankers Trust
Brevan Howard • Bluecrest Capital Management
Interbank broking in bonds, swaps and FX • Chief trader at a Swiss bank • Treasury desks
Former employers of GYRA team members and directors. No current affiliation.
Seven capabilities, one relationship
Each family starts with what matters to it, and adds the rest as its needs grow. Where one calls for it, we coordinate with our network of independent specialists.
Portfolio management
Discretionary and advisory mandates, overseen by one investment committee.
Consolidated reporting
Across banks and assets, one view. Delivered through the GYRA Portal.
Private markets
Independent selection of private funds and co-investments, with terms negotiated on the family’s side.
Real assets
Direct property and hospitality, sourced and overseen.
Deal origination
Direct transactions presented one by one.
Wealth structuring
Holding structures, wrappers and succession, coordinated with leading legal and tax specialists.
Corporate advisory
Strategic reviews and partial sales for the family’s operating companies, alongside specialist advisers.
A family’s wealth, on one screen
Every custodian bank, every mandate and every direct investment, brought together in a private portal we built ourselves. Clients consult it whenever they wish, or we go through it with them.
- Consolidated reporting across banks and assets, updated daily
- Automated risk checks on every mandate, before and after each trade
- Factsheets and documents archived every month end, available at any time
Family portalConsolidated viewTotal wealth
Allocation
Illustrative view. Figures are fictitious.
Recent insights
After the AI sell-off
The AI trade broke on 5 November. Why we advise caution, and our view on each asset class.
GYRA Investment Committee
Read the analysis →Market Outlook: October 2026
Rates, inflation, market structure and the financing of the AI build-out.
GYRA Investment Committee
Geopolitical Outlook: Middle East and Ukraine
Why October matters for the Iran conflict, energy markets and the Baltic.
By Arkan Akin, Geopolitical research
Put-writing: equity exposure with an income cushion
Selling protection against falling markets, and where it sits between bonds and equities.
By Baran Akin
We take on a small number of new relationships each year.
Each begins with a conversation, in Geneva.