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know-how in the area of wealth management, credit, and investment banking available to wealthy clients on a truly independent basis. Their vision was to offer a full range of services relating to wealth investment.<\/p>\n<p>For close to 20 years <strong>hbs<\/strong> has continued to strengthen its expertise in the two key areas of its services: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs-sa.com\/en\/services\/family-office\/\">Family Office<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs-sa.com\/en\/services\/investments\/\">Investment Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>hbs<\/strong> has built a large network of international service providers: a number of banks, law firms, tax advisors and audit firms that help it to provide its customers with quality advice and a high level of service both domestically and on a global basis.<\/p>\n<p>The cautious and independent investment approach of <strong>hbs<\/strong> helped its customers protect their wealth and investments through the financial meltdown in 2008 and during the recent market turbulence.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 we relocated to the historical centre of Geneva. Since 2013 our innovative and independent business model, as well as our values and work ethic, have allowed us to attract several high-level executives from the world of banking and finance. Active managing partners run and control the company.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years <strong>hbs<\/strong> has posted solid growth, thanks to the trust of its clients and the professionalism and dedication of its staff. Firmly established in Geneva with an international <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbs-sa.com\/en\/approach\/network\/\">network<\/a> of partners, <strong>hbs<\/strong> has become a reference as a leading Family Office.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4n2hh3-6b8511bf291009f372a28d8ec48d0adf\">\n.flex_column.av-4n2hh3-6b8511bf291009f372a28d8ec48d0adf{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4n2hh3-6b8511bf291009f372a28d8ec48d0adf av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-2rcn4n-312268c0c16759cb0b60f60d7dc8ddee '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"home-page\" style=\"color: #cc0033;\">Key figures<\/h3>\n<p><strong>30 people<\/strong> supporting clients<\/p>\n<p><strong>20+ banking partners<\/strong>\u00a0in different countries<\/p>\n<p><strong>20+ law firms and tax advisors<\/strong> in Switzerland and abroad<\/p>\n<p><strong>25 countries<\/strong> where <strong>hbs<\/strong> supports its clients<\/p>\n<p><strong>17 years <\/strong>of continuous development<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1826,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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