Your questions on asset management

• What do we understand by an "asset management mandate"?
• Is professional asset management advisable?
• Why is Switzerland the preferred country for investments?
• Why choose private investment management over management by a bank?
• What are the respective roles of a bank, an investor and the investment manager?
• What protection does an investor have on his investments?
• What security doe the swiss banking secrecy offer?
• What is the relationship between risk and returns?