When Markets are Nervous

The 2019 World Championships were held 19-30 July 2019 in Bangkok, with the slogan “Muaythai is Coming Home”, setting the scene for the IFMA annual sports forum which includes cultural exchange, sport and social meetings, and the main event, the main event, the prestigious…

What is Private Equity

In layman terms, private equity is equity – meaning, that the shares represent ownership or interest in an entity which is not listed publicly. A big part of the private equity industry consists of institutional investors such as pension funds and large private equity firms such as Hess Group International…

Meet our team: The Group

To understand the full scale of what Hess Group International (HGI) is doing and planning to achieve, it is essential to understand the term “Private Equity”. Private equity is a type of an alternative investment, consisting of a capital not listed on the public exchange. Private equity is composed…

History of Private Equity

What is considered private equity today? The truth of it, is that only after World War II private equity investments began to emerge. These investments were triggered by the founding of the first two capital firms in 1946: American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) and J.H…

Meet our team: Rolf Hess

In 1985, at a young age of 30, Rolf Hess laid the foundation to a long history of entrepreneurial success by setting up Hess Consulting Group, which now plays an important role in the Swiss Market with seventy employees, and what later became known as Hess Grant Thornton…