Vontobel Holding AG (0QKE) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies welcome to the presentation of Vontobel's Half Year twenty twenty six Results Webcast. I am Atelio, the Chorus Call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q and A session. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Georg Schubiger. Please go ahead. Good morning from Zurich and a very warm welcome from Crystal, Jan and myself. Thank you for joining us for our half year 2026 call. We are pleased to report an excellent first half. We achieved record financial results and strong strategic progress. Chris and I will give you the highlights. Jan will then take you through the financials. After that, we look forward to opening the line and taking your questions. We had an excellent start to the year. We achieved a record net profit of CHF216 million up 87%. Assets under management reached an all time high of CHF252 billion. We are delivering ahead of all our through the cycle financial targets. We maintain the strong liquid and well capitalized balance sheet. Our fast capital generation gives us flexibility to continue to scale our business and invest for growth. The strategic progress behind these results is equally important. We strengthened our investment platform by embedding quantitative and AI capabilities more broadly across investment solutions. In line with our strategy, we expanded our solutions offering to address growing client demand for more tailored outcomes. At the same time, the efficiency program is no longer just a program. It is becoming visible in how we operate the firm. It is lowering our structural cost base, strengthening cost discipline and creating ...