Heinz Saner

UBS AG engages in the provision of financial advisory solutions for private and institutional investors, intermediaries, and wealth management clients. The firm focuses on the areas of wealth and asset management, as well as investment banking. It offers retail investment products, global financing services, investment research, bespoke financing, traditional investments, as well as bonds and equities. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

NZB Neue Zürcher Bank AG/Investment Management (NZB-IM) is the investment management division of NZB Neue Zürcher Bank AG, in turn a subsidiary of Bank Sarasin & Cie AG. The activities of NZB Neue Zürcher Bank AG include brokerage, asset management and investment advisory services. Founded in 2000, the firm is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Clients include institutional investors and private individuals from Switzerland and worldwide. NZB-IM managed a Swiss-domiciled fund until 2009 when they ceased their asset management activities.

Alpiq Holding AG engages in the power generation, transmission, and distribution services. It operates through the following segments: Generation Switzerland, Generation International, Digital and Commerce, and Group Center and Other Companies. The Generation Switzerland segment comprises the production of electricity from Swiss hydropower and nuclear power. The Generation International segment includes power production in wind power plants, small-scale hydropower plants and industrial photovoltaic plants, the operation of power plants, and the development of several wind farm projects. The Digital and Commerce segment consists of the optimization of power plants as well as the optimization of decentralized generation units and the production of electricity from third parties' renewable energies. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.