A former Kadermann of the fund house Blackrock Switzerland comes to a young company in Zurich. For this, he brings his network to independent asset managers in the game, as finews.ch has learned.
Nouredine Embarek has been working for the Swiss-Polish Fintech Wealth Arc since last March. Previously, Embarek worked for three years at the world’s largest asset manager Blackrock in Switzerland, where he was most recently responsible for the distribution of index funds (ETFs) to asset managers and family offices.
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He wants to bring this network into play for Wealth Arc. Founded by former Vontobel banker Krzysztof Gogól, Fintech, headquartered in Switzerland and a development center in Warsaw, Poland, offers clients a complete digital solution for consolidating and managing investment portfolios. The start-up company competes in Switzerland with other fintechs such as Assetmax, Evolute or Expersoft.
Embarek, who knows Gogól from a joint position at the Zücht Finanzgruppe Vontobel, will be responsible for the distribution and expansion of the platform in Switzerland and Liechtenstein from Zurich.