25 Oct 2019 Given the uncertain economic climate, blindly buying the index makes no sense, says Gertjan van der Geer of Geneva-based of Pictet Asset 6 Sep 2016 securities lending agent services, fund accounting and administration, among others. data and pricing vendors as well as index providers. With systems through its recent acquisition of Advent (Geneva and. APX). In the 90s, Neil Rimer returned from the US to Geneva to help his father Gerald exit his Swiss-bond-trading firm, Index Securities. He spotted the fledgling European startup scene and, in 1996, founded Index Ventures with his brother David and ex-McKinsey & Company consultant Giuseppe