I'm considering moving back to the DACH region after spending some time in LDN. Specifically targeting Switzerland. Did a quick research but there were not many datapoints.
What are the main firms active in Switzerland? What can one expect in terms of package for Analyst/Associate roles & beyond?
How is the culture overall compared to e.g. London?
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Interested as well. Trying to make a similar move. Only really know Partners Group in Zug
Some firms that I know of are Partners Group, Capvis, Investindustrial, Susi Partners (only energy), Montana Capital Partners (secondaries), LGT (secondaries and Co-invest), G Squared (VC), Pictet (I think mostly co-invest), Blue Orchard (impact) plus there lots of corporates and insurance companies with Corp Dev/M&A roles.
My figures may be a bit outdated regarding the salaries but I was quoted about 80k to 100k CHF for analysts and around 110/130k CHF for associates. Bonus as % of base might be a bit lower than LDN but happy to be proven wrong
Thanks a lot for your answer, very helpful!
Did first round interviews with TPG for their analyst programme but pulled out before second round interviews to go consulting. That was one year Zug, one year London, then staffing on a ‘needs and wants’ basis from then on as to whether you get UK or CH. Salary wise I’ve heard similar numbers to the above: analysts at 80-100k CHF plus bonus.
Damn, that sounds super low for salaries. I would be making the switch from the U.S.
My friends in MO or Audit make like 110k base. Granted their bonuses are much lower but still.
Was quoted ~120k CHF (130k USD), 90 base, 30 bonus, for a first year analyst role at a strong MM (~2-3b fund) in CH recently. Keep in mind this is out of undergrad, I doubt that you'll get paid more elsewhere, even in the US, during 1st year besides IB? In CH, one pays very little taxes if one lives in the right city (lake Zurich, Zug, Schwyz). In my case, I'll be paying ~16k taxes (13%) on said 120k salary.
Good, we don't need US monkeys here anyways....
Chill with the hate, I’m Swiss and want to come back home
Ufenau is probably the best performing Swiss GP at the moment. Recently raised a €1bn fund as well.
Do we know the compensation of these MM shops at senior associate, VP, Principal level?
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