Henner Westhues

HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (International) SA (HSBC-TBI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany-based HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, which in turn is a subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings plc (LSE: HSBA; NYSE: HBC). HSBC-TBI was established in 1977 and became part of HSBC in 1992. The firm is located in Luxembourg with a representative office in Hong Kong, which was established in 1994 to serve the Asian clientele. The bank provides investment advisory and private banking services to an international clientele of high-net worth private individuals and institutional clients. They set up private investment trusts and manage funds, discretionary portfolios, and multi-manager strategies. They are also active in treasury markets, grant Lombard credits and provide administrative services to asset managers within the group. They distribute an extensive range of third-party products.

VP Bank (Luxembourg) SA (VP Bank) is a private bank based in Luxembourg. Established in 1988, their VPB Finance S.A. division provides investment counseling, asset and wealth management for their high net-worth private clients. The bank is a member of VP Bank Group, owned by the Verwaltungs- und Privat-Bank, Vaduz, which is located in Liechtenstein and founded in 1959. In addition, the group has offices in Switzerland, the British Virgin Islands and Germany. VP Bank manages several Luxembourg-domiciled funds.