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Marcuard Family Office Ltd

Zurich, SwitzerlandSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155003

Filed as MARCUARD FAMILY OFFICE LTD

Marcuard Family Office Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Zurich, Switzerland, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2010
$8,661,817,914
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Marcuard Family Office Ltd compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Marcuard Family Office Ltd reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Marcuard Family Office Ltd located?

Marcuard Family Office Ltd's principal office is in Zurich, Switzerland, according to its Form ADV.

Is Marcuard Family Office Ltd registered with the SEC or a state?

Marcuard Family Office Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155003.

How much does Marcuard Family Office Ltd manage?

Marcuard Family Office Ltd reports $8,661,817,914 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026 (47% discretionary).

How have Marcuard Family Office Ltd's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Marcuard Family Office Ltd: Regulatory assets under management: $5,027,497,457 in the October 2021 data and $8,661,817,914 in the October 2026 data, up 72%. Total employees: 31 in October 2021 and 36 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Marcuard Family Office Ltd serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (65); corporations or other businesses not listed above (53); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (12).

Which custodians does Marcuard Family Office Ltd use?

Marcuard Family Office Ltd's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank Julius Baer & Co. AG, Zurich and Zurcher Kantonalbank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Marcuard Family Office Ltd report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/155003

Does Marcuard Family Office Ltd state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 8, 2026 says: "Marcuard typically provides services to high -net-worth individuals, families and their trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities with a minimum initial account size of USD 20 million." "The foregoing minimums may be reduced by at Marcuard’s own discretion."

What changed in Marcuard Family Office Ltd's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $20,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Marcuard typically provides services to high -net-worth individuals, families and their trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities with a minimum initial account size of USD 20 million.
The foregoing minimums may be reduced by at Marcuard’s own discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 8, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$8,661,817,914

$8,661,817,914 as of October 2026, filing dated July 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,098,686,328.Non-discretionary: $4,563,131,586.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 12 Assets $2,854,157 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 65 Assets $5,514,442,526 (64%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $3,238,075 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $31,131,413 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 2 Assets $7,477,607 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 53 Assets $3,102,674,136 (36%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 36. Performing investment advisory functions: 19.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Bank Julius Baer & Co. AG, ZurichZurcher Kantonalbank

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
FLTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$5.03B 2021 $5.31B 2022 $5.85B 2023 $6.85B 2024 $6.83B 2025 $8.66B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,661,817,91436July 17, 2026
October 2025$6,827,827,65738May 20, 2025
October 2024$6,845,015,37136April 18, 2024
October 2023$5,854,946,11734September 26, 2023
October 2022$5,308,329,50031September 19, 2022
October 2021$5,027,497,45731September 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,027,497,457 in the October 2021 data and $8,661,817,914 in the October 2026 data, up 72%.

Total employees: 31 in October 2021 and 36 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 18 to 19.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,827,827,657 to $8,661,817,914 (+27%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
marcuardfamilyoffice.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Marcuard Family Office Ltd (CRD 155003): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/marcuard-family-office-ltd-zurich-155003