As an industry association, SAM represents more than half of the wealth and portolio management companies in Switzerland, bringing together the wealth and portfolio managers supervised by FINMA and the five supervisory authorities. It is also the largest association of CISA asset managers and, as a professional association, brings together more than 2000 individual members who work in portfolio and wealth management.

Active membership of SAM is open to natural and legal persons as well as partnerships that are already licensed by FINMA in accordance with FinIA, are currently still active as wealth and portfolio managers affiliated to an SRO/SO or are entered in an advisor register within the scope of FinSA.

The admission as an active member of SAM requires activity as a wealth and portfolio manager, trustee, manager of collective assets (for collective investment schemes or pension funds), fund management company or securities firm.
As such, it must be supervised by FINMA directly or by one of the five approved supervisory organizations: AOOS, FINcontrol, OSFIN, OSIF, SO-FIT.

Client advisors who are entered in an advisor register are also admitted.

In addition to a direct contact with the association of the Wealth Management Industry, active members of SAM benefit from broad support in everyday business matters and have access to exclusive SAM information.

In addition, you are entitled to the following services included in the annual fee:

• Connection to the OFS ombudsman's office (mandatory within the scope of the FinIA and FinSA) 

• Legal support, in particular in connection with implementation and documentation in accordance with FinSA and FinIA 

• Access to all SAM events and publications 

• Use of the SAM training platform with free offers and specialist courses at special conditions (individual registration required)

• Access to the cross-border program (28 free country manuals) 

• Special conditions for profession-specific solutions, such as IT solutions, professional indemnity insurance, etc. 

• Fleet discount with certain car importers 

• Free membership for employees of active SAM members

• Membership fee: CHF 2,000 (excl. VAT)

• If admission to the association takes place in the second half of the year, half of the annual fee is waived. 

• The annual fee for active members of SAM is determined by the general assembly for the following year.

The majority of renowned banks and financial service providers in the Swiss financial center are among the growing number of SAM partner members.

Natural or legal persons who support the objectives of SAM, who are interested in the profession and the educational work of SAM and who wish to actively promote the industry and the Swiss financial center can become partner members.

For partner members, SAM offers a valuable platform to get in touch with members for meetings and the exchange of information and expertise. They also enjoy the following benefits:  

• The opportunity to speak at SAM seminars 

• Invitation to all SAM events 

• Preferential conditions at all SAM events 

• Opportunities for event sponsorship 

• Access to protected SAM content

• Annual membership fee CHF 5,000 (excl. VAT)

• If a member only joins the association in the second half of the year, only half of the annual membership fee is payable.

SAM brings together wealth and portolio managers who are committed to professional, reputable and high-quality porfolio and wealth management. An individual SAM membership is a commitment to excellence and highly professional performance. In doing so, you actively contribute to representing the association's values and strengthen the industry.

Employees of active members in accordance with Art. 4 a) of the SAM statutes

An individual membership offers a range of valuable benefits: 

• Direct contact with the leading professional association 

• Wide-ranging networking opportunities 

• Personal invitation to all SAM events 

• Access to the training platform (separate registration required)

• Support for all aspects of the day-to-day business 

• Access to exclusive information

The membership fee is waived for employees of a SAM active member.