KPKaiser Partner Privatbank AG
Four stars: a clean ten-year record, protected deposits and a desk for external managers.
Why Kaiser Partner has four stars
Kaiser Partner earns four stars. No final adverse finding against this licence holder in ten years of regulatory and court records. What a family should weigh: statutory segregation of custody assets is only partial in the booking centre. The file does not yet show the services offered here. The rating counts only what is on file.
Noam Cohen, Editor, Bank IntelligenceReviewed 6 November 2026, Q4 2026 edition. The rating weighs the public record together with what clients and their advisers tell us in confidence; retail products, branches and apps play no part.
Where Kaiser Partner stands out
- No final adverse finding against this licence holder in ten years of regulatory and court records.
- Deposits are covered by a statutory protection scheme.
- The custody terms are public and address most of what a family needs to know.
- A dedicated desk serves external asset managers and family offices.
- Most fees are published.
What to weigh
- Statutory segregation of custody assets is only partial in the booking centre.
- An owner's home jurisdiction carries a mixed official assessment against money laundering.
- Services available from this centre are not published.
The rating expresses the opinion of PPLI.com on the date shown. It is not a statement of fact about the bank, not a credit rating, not a forecast of failure and not investment advice.
Regulatory and legal record
What regulators, prosecutors and courts have decided, recorded against the legal entity they named, with the status, the amounts as published and a link to the original document. Claims and investigations still under way are marked as open.
Client experience and financial standing
What clients meet at Kaiser Partner, read from complaint registers, ombudsman decisions and court records, independent reporting and what clients and their advisers tell PPLI.com in confidence. Announcements by the bank, awards and marketing material are left out.
What clients report
The Liechtenstein regulator, the FMA, publishes no named list of its enforcement decisions, so its record says nothing either way about the bank's treatment of clients.
Worth raising with the bank
- Ask how the board's oversight works when the owner, Fritz Kaiser, also chairs it, and what role Thomas Süssli will take once the FMA approves his appointment.
In the press
- Finews
Former Army Chief Süssli Takes New Role at Private Bank
Thomas Süssli, head of the Swiss Armed Forces from 2020 to 2025, is to join the board of the bank, chaired by its owner Fritz Kaiser, subject to approval by the Liechtenstein FMA.
What Kaiser Partner charges, compared
Kaiser Partner publishes its fees. The figures below are its list prices, read on 6 November 2026 from the document linked at the foot of this section. To compare banks fairly we put every published fee in US dollars at the same indicative rates and apply it to the same reference amounts, then rate each fee against the average of the other banks that publish it. Five stars is the lowest fee, one star the highest. Terms a family actually negotiates are often different, and the bank can change its schedule at any time.
| Fee | Kaiser Partner | Other banks | Against the others |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custody and safekeepingeffective rate on USD 25 million | 0.41% a year0.44% at USD 10m, 0.40% at USD 50m; stated as a maximum Source | 0.29% a yearaverage of 38 other banks | among the most expensive |
| Equity tradecommission on a USD 250,000 trade, major exchange | Ticket Fee CHF 150 / transaction Source | Published in a form we cannot put on the same footing | |
| Currency conversionmargin on a USD 1 million spot conversion | 0.27%stated as a maximum Source | 0.73%average of 30 other banks | among the lowest |
| Account maintenanceper year | USD 500 a yearCHF 100 per quarter Source | USD 1,305 a yearaverage of 26 other banks | among the lowest |
| Minimum annual feeper year, or fee below the asset threshold | USD 2,500 a yearCHF 500 per quarter Source | USD 4,386 a yearaverage of 38 other banks | among the lowest |
| Outgoing international transferper transfer, standard | USD 50CHF 40 Source | USD 57average of 61 other banks | below the average |
| Transfer of securities to another bankper position | USD 188CHF 150 Source | USD 124average of 38 other banks | among the most expensive |
Not in the published schedule: discretionary mandate, advisory mandate, bond trade, third party fund subscription, closing the account, lombard loan margin.
Sources.
- 01/2026 Fee Schedule FA, Version 01/2026; enters into force on January 1, 2026, read on 6 November 2026
How the comparison works: USD 25 million booked with the bank: half under a discretionary balanced mandate, half in custody with advice; 24 equity trades of USD 250,000 and 8 bond trades of USD 500,000 a year; 6 currency conversions of USD 1 million; 24 outgoing international transfers. Tiered fees are applied to those amounts tranche by tranche, stated minimums are applied, and amounts are converted at indicative rates of 2026-11-06. Read how we compare fees.
Identity, protection and services
Legal identity
Ownership
Ownership is shown as published, with its date. It describes who owns the bank; it does not, by itself, suggest any wrongdoing by the bank or its owners.
Financial strength, as reported
Figures for Kaiser Partner Privatbank AG (consolidated). Sources: Kaiser Partner Privatbank Annual Report 2025; Kaiser Partner Privatbank Offenlegungsbericht 2025; Kaiser Partner Privatbank press release FY2025.
Services published for this booking unit
Offered at this booking centreOffered by the group, not confirmed hereNot located, which does not mean unavailable
Checked on the bank's own pages, 2 November 2026.
Access and costs
Protection of client assets
Before opening an account
- Moving the portfolio. Use the published transfer terms as a starting point. Ask the bank to flag positions in your portfolio that would require consent, manual handling or a sale, and to quote the charges separately.
- Reporting to the family office. The bank lists a desk for external asset managers. Ask for a sample statement or data export and confirm whether it includes positions, transactions, accrued income and all currencies held.
- Exit costs. The fee comparison shows USD 188 per position for a securities transfer. Ask what rate would apply to your mandate and whether the receiving bank or a sub-custodian would charge separately. See published fees.
Rate Kaiser Partner
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Sources
All 13 documents cited on this page, by subject.
Client experience and press
Fees
- Kaiser Partner: Fee Schedule FA (PDF)kaiserpartner.bank · Fees
Identity, ownership, finances and services
- Kaiser Partner: Imprintkaiserpartner.bank · Licence
- Kaiser Partner: Imprintkaiserpartner.bank · Group parent
- Vontobel: 17 12 07 medienmitteilung vontobel liechtenstein und kaiser partner de (PDF)vontobel.com · Control
- Kaiser Partner Privatbank Annual Report 2025kaiserpartner.bank · Financial strength
- Kaiser Partner Privatbank Offenlegungsbericht 2025kaiserpartner.bank · Financial strength
- Kaiser Partner Privatbank press release FY2025kaiserpartner.bank · Financial strength
- Kaiser Partner: Banking services private bankingkaiserpartner.bank · Services
- Kaiser Partner: Services for intermediarieskaiserpartner.bank · Services
- Kaiser Partner: Conflicts of Interest Policy (PDF)kaiserpartner.bank · Third party payments
- Kaiser Partner: General Terms and Conditions (PDF)kaiserpartner.bank · Transfer out terms
The bank
- Kaiser Partner, websitekaiserpartner.bank
For Kaiser Partner
Before we publish a significant negative finding that is not already public, we give the bank the facts and time to comment, on the same timetable for every bank. Decisions of regulators and courts are shown as they were published. Corrections we verify are published with the date of the change. Write to [email protected] quoting reference BK-LI-KAISER-PARTNER-EA77BB.
Reviewing this file with us
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If you represent Kaiser Partner, one of our Bank Intelligence analysts can go through the file with you: correct anything that is out of date, add terms and documents that are not yet public, and set out what has improved since our last edition. The review is a paid engagement for the analyst's time and research.
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About this file
Researched by the PPLI.com research desk from the public sources listed. The rating is our editorial opinion; read how we rate.