Blackden Financial, established in Switzerland since 2003, offers independent financial planning advice to international clients and their families.

We provide peace of mind to our clients through our tailored financial planning advice solutions, designed to simplify the complexities associated with cross-border wealth management.

OUR VISION

We believe that you are more likely to succeed in life when you have a plan, and the same applies to managing your money. Everyone, no matter what their stage of life, can benefit from lifestyle financial planning. Throughout your life, your needs and aspirations, as well as your income, assets and outgoings, will change and no financial position is, or remains, static for long. This makes it vital that the advice you receive is not only tailored to your individual circumstances, but is also reviewed on a regular basis.

Chris Marriot Blackden Financial
Christopher Marriott: Founder and Chairman

Christopher has been advising clients for almost 30 years. In 2003, he established Blackden Financial, and in 2009 he was a founder member of FEIFA, the Federation of European Independent Financial Advisors, a not for profit foundation established to uphold and raise the standards of independent financial advice in Europe.

He is an active member of the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce, and in addition to his corporate duties, he continues to provide advice to many high net worth clients throughout Europe.

With a wealth of experience of all aspects of financial advice, Christopher remains a passionate believer in the importance of financial education, and financial planning in an international context, to help expatriate clients plan for and achieve their financial goals.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
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Trust

We have a senior team of qualified advisors, highly experienced in financial planning and with decades of experience in broader commercial markets and sectors.

Tailored Advice
Tailored Advice

Everyone should have a financial plan, regardless of their stage in life, however since everyone’s needs are different, so their financial plan should be personally designed and individually tailored. We start by getting to understand your present situation, as well as your future goals and aspirations. We will provide you with a comprehensive report designed to help you achieve your objectives and once your plan is in place, we are committed to helping you review and keep it on track.
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Process

We consider that advising on your personal wealth is our personal responsibility. Our services are underpinned by a disciplined, rigorous approach, including Investment Risk Profiling and Lifetime Cash Flow Analysis, helping you to make well-informed long-term decisions.

Investing partners

We work with the main investment firms to provide the best solution for our clients.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS
As financial planners, we know our profession inside out, but we also know our limitations, and where we cannot help, such as for example with tax or legal advice, we have a broad network of other professionals to whom we can refer, mostly offering multilingual services including English, who can assist.
REGULATORY AND SUPERVISORY INSTITUTIONS

“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning”

Winston Churchill
COMPLIANCE AND REGULATION
AIRF
ARIF

We are members of ARIF, a self-regulating body approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for the supervision of the financial intermediaries referred to in article 2 para. 3 of the Swiss Federal Law on combating money laundering and terrorism financing in the financial sector (AMLA). ARIF is also recognized by FINMA as a professional organization for laying down rules of conduct relating to the practice of the profession of independent asset manager within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on collective investment schemes
FEIFA
FEIFA

We are a founder member of the Federation of European Independent Financial Advisors (FEIFA), a non for profit trade organisation whose broad aim is to improve the quality of advice offered by the independent financial sector in Europe.

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