Eric Sarasin has agreed to become chairman of a Swiss financial-services firm. The company is an independent research and investment advisory specialist with a focus on new technological tools.
Singularity Group named Eric Sarasin as its new chairman, according to a statement released by the company. Sarasin left J. Safra Sarasin, where he led the private-banking business, in 2014. He will help Singularity identify innovative firms in connection with digitization and the blockchain.
Singularity Group was founded in October 2017 by Evelyne Pflugi, a former GAM fund manager, and Tobias Reichmuth, CEO of infrastructure investor Susi Partners. Sarasin joined the group in August 2018 as a member of the supervisory board.
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Singularity Group is pursuing its own tailor-made investment strategy, identifying companies with a big growth potential, for instance in the nano technology business and 3D printing. The company in the autumn launched its own fund.
Sarasin and Reichmuth are founders of the Crypto Finance Conference. He is also a member of the board of 1875 Finance, a family office.
