Press/Articles
This section contains articles by and about swisspartners. They primarily pertain to our core expertise: the structuring and investing of large and complex asset portfolios. You will also find articles on current issues such as the financial market crisis and banking center deliberations. After you’ve finished reading, we'll be glad to help you personally if you want additional, more extensive information.
Elite Report 11/2010
How much is left? The elusive danger of the “dispossession ratio” in asset management.
Insurance solutions
Elite Report November 2009: A revision of the taxation on foreign life insurance policies. An interview with Prof. Dr. Olaf Gierhake.
Asset structuring
Elite Report November 2009: Honesty and sustainability for your investments.
Finest-Planner 03/2009
The end of “wrapper” life insurance policies? An interview with Prof. Dr. Olaf Gierhake on the consequences of the Annual Tax Act 2009.
Elite Report 11/2008
An interview with Prof. Dr. Olaf Gierhake on the consequences of the financial and economic crisis 2008/2009 for wealth private clients.
Elite Report 5/2008
Foreign life insurance policies – The thorny ideal solution for cross-generational asset protection.
Capital + Taxes 12/2007
An article by editor-in-chief Markus Miller on the tax-office safety of “life insurance wrappers” with specific reference to Prof. Dr. Olaf Gierhake.
Germany – A Summer Fairy Tale
The blessing of the flat-rate withholding tax: possible design options in Germany.
German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Inheritance Tax Guidebook
Insurance contracts in international asset succession.
Inheritance of custody accounts
Elite Report October 2006: Prof. Dr. Olaf Gierhake compares the tax effects of a privately placed insurance contract with those of a custody account.
