{"id":5682,"date":"2025-12-05T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:30:03","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As an owner-managed asset management company, we think in long-term dimensions. Also for you as our client. After all, assets that have often been acquired over long periods of time should be preserved and passed on to future generations. <\/p>

Our highly motivated employees and a direct information chain ensure a high level of operational effectiveness and flexibility. This enables us to respond to customer requirements at lightning speed and implement them individually. Listening and understanding are the basis of every customer relationship. We take the time for detailed and comprehensive discussions and attach great importance to personal continuity in our advice. <\/p>

Thanks to our independence, we act free from corporate structures and product interests. This sharpens our focus on the essentials – especially when it comes to the sustainability of our investments. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2024<\/h5>

New strategic cooperation with Thurgauer Kantonalbank strengthens Arete in Switzerland. TKB acquires a minority stake. <\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2021<\/h5>

By means of a management buy-out, the management and employees take the opportunity to set up the company completely independently. The company is renamed Arete Ethik Invest AG. <\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2010<\/h5>

Hauck & Aufh\u00e4user (Schweiz) AG bases its offering 100% on sustainable investment criteria<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2009<\/h5>

Hauck & Aufh\u00e4user Privatbankiers acquires Dr. H\u00f6ller Verm\u00f6gensverwaltung AG and merges with existing subsidiary in Switzerland<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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1995<\/h5>

Launch of PRIME VALUES ethical fund by Dr. H\u00f6ller Verm\u00f6gensverwaltung<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Regardless of whether we are acting on our own behalf or on your behalf – we set ourselves high goals. Our name is an expression of this. The ancient Greek word arete stands for virtue in philosophical contexts. In ancient Greek usage, ‘arete’ meant someone who was capable of fulfilling their tasks. Things could also have ‘arete’ if they worked particularly well. Arete’ made both people and things excellent. In the totality of its meanings, arete thus combines central aspects of ethics with success. The word describes our ideals, our goals and our products. An investment that we recommend to you has arete in both respects: it has been selected according to virtuous aspects and it works excellently by increasing your wealth. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

History Preserve values. As an owner-managed asset management company, we think in long-term dimensions. Also for you as our client. After all, assets that have often been acquired over long periods of time should be preserved and passed on to future generations. Our highly motivated employees and a direct information chain ensure a high level […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":8,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5684,"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5682\/revisions\/5684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arete-ethik.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}