Banca Zarattini & Co. SA

General description of organisation

Zarattini & Co. Bank SA, a private Swiss bank based in Lugano, was founded in 1985 upon the initiative of the founder Mario Zarattini, a nuclear physicist interested in the financial sector.
The company invests in four main areas of business: Private Banking, Asset Management, Fixed Income Desk and Trade Finance.
Initially concentrated on Asset Management and Private Banking, in 2003 Zarattini & Co. created Timeo Neutral Sicav, an umbrella vehicle offering a wider range of UCITS V fund solutions, in 2011 the brokerage division of Prometeo Investment Service SA was acquired, which enabled the Bank to supply itself with Fixed Income services. The Trade Finance business unit is the last that joined the bank, by bringing together a team that has gained over 30 years of experience in the field.

Reason for membership with SSF

Numerous players, including public opinion, associations and regulators, are active promoters of the transition to sustainability and are creating the conditions within which the companies shall have to orient themselves.
Zarattini & Co. Bank publicly aligns itself to promote the growth of economic value in compliance with environmental, social and governance issues and aims to make its own contribution for achieving them, with respect to dialog and to the interests of its stakeholders.
The Bank rests the foundations of its sustainable strategy on two fundamental pillars: Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Investments, integrating sustainability into several levels.
We public our annual Sustainability Report, which is capable of reporting on the evolution of work in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility and of Responsible Investments.