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VAR Capital is a finalist in the prestigious STEP Awards

Thrilled to announce that we’ve made it to the finalists for the prestigious STEP Awards! Huge congratulations to our amazing team for their hard work and dedication. We had won the STEP Private Clients Award in 2021 and we are so glad to be back in the list of finalists. The judges have chosen 73 ...

Simon Reid awarded Mentor of the Year at the GAIN awards

We’re delighted to announce that Simon Reid, Investment Director at VAR Capital, has been awarded Mentor of the Year at the GAIN awards. GAIN (Girls Are INvestors) was founded to champion gender equality in the next generation of investment professionals by providing a platform for learning, development and networking. Set up by investment professionals, GAIN’s ...

Vikash Gupta joins the Advisory Board of Centre for Responsible Leadership at Imperial College

We are delighted to announce that Vikash Gupta – CEO VAR Capital is starting a new position as Member of Advisory Board – Centre for Responsible Leadership at Imperial College London! The prestigious appointment recognizes Vikash Gupta’s expertise and commitment to responsible leadership. Imperial College London is a world-renowned researched-intensive university located in South Kensington, ...

European WealthBriefing Awards 2025: VAR Capital Wins ‘Most Innovative Thematic Proposition’

VAR Capital are pleased to announce that we have been awarded as the winner of the ‘Most Innovative Thematic Proposition’ category at The WealthBriefing European Awards 2025. The annual WealthBriefing European Awards program recognizes the most innovative and exceptional firms, teams and individuals. The awards have been designed to showcase outstanding organisations grouped by specialism and geography which the ...

Dina Geha, a member of VAR Capital’s advisory board has been named one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds list

Dina Geha, a distinguished finance expert and philanthropist, has been named one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds. As an advisory board member, she brings invaluable expertise. Currently, Dina serves as Global Head of Distribution at BNP Paribas, London. A Wharton School alumna, she majored in Finance and Marketing with a minor in ...

VAR CAPITAL WINS THE WEALTHBRIEFING 2024 AWARD OF MULTI-FAMILY OFFICE – INVESTMENT OFFERING AND NEXTGEN SUPPORT

VAR Capital is pleased to announce its recognition at the WealthBriefing Wealth for Good Awards 2024, where we were named the winners in the following categories: The WealthBriefing Wealth for Good Awards annually celebrate the most innovative and outstanding firms, teams, and individuals in the wealth management sector. These awards, judged by a panel of ...

Citywealth Brand Management & Reputation Awards 2024: VAR Capital Wins Gold

VAR Capital is pleased to announce that we have won GOLD in Citywealth Brand Management & Reputation Awards 2024 under the – Best Use of LinkedIn category. The annual Citywealth Brand Management & Reputation Awards took place on Tuesday 19th June during a champagne reception at the private members club 12 Hay Hill, Mayfair, London. Now ...

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2024: VAR Capital Wins Private Investment Office of the Year

VAR Capital has won the Runner up award for Private Investment Office of the Year at the 2024 CityWealth Magic Circle Awards, the leading awards for Wealth Management. The submission was judged by a panel of top private wealth advisors, counting for 90% of the vote with 10% of the vote taken from online votes ...

Spears Index 2024: Vikash Gupta, VAR Capital’s CEO, as Top UHNW Wealth Manager

VAR Capital is proud to announce that Vikash Gupta has been featured among the top wealth managers in the 2024 Spears Index, a @spearsmagazine annual listing of the very top of the wealth management industry working with high and ultra high net worth individuals today. Based in Mayfair, VAR Capital has clients from across the globe, including ...

Woman of the Year Rising Star 2024: Safinah Ali from VAR Capital

Senior Analyst at VAR Capital, Safinah Ali wins Gold in the Rising Star category of Powerwomen Awards, 2024. The Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2024 International took place last night at the five-star Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s glamorous Park Lane. Created over ten years ago by Karen Jones, multi-award winning CEO and founder of Citywealth, the ...

VAR Capital | Finalist for Private Investment Office of the Year Award

“VAR Capital are proud to announce our shortlisting for the prestigious Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2024 following our nomination in the Private Investment Office of the Year category. The winners to be announced on 15th May 2024. Vikash Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO VAR Capital, commented “we are truly delighted and honoured to have been nominated within ...

Safinah Ali, VAR Capital, Finalist for Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2024

VAR Capital are pleased to announce that Safinah Ali, Analyst at VAR Capital, has been shortlisted for Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2024 for the Woman of the Year – Rising Star category. The aim of this programme is to champion women in the wealth sector and highlight the female leaders of today and tomorrow. ...

VAR Capital Makes Financial Times’ List of Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies

VAR Capital was ranked among the FT 1000 seventh annual ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies. Compiled by research company Statista, the ranking is based on the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue at European companies between 2018 and 2021. VAR Capital had a CAGR of 160.8 percent across the period, significantly higher than ...

European WealthBriefing Awards 2023: VAR Capital Wins Specialist Investment Manager

VAR Capital are pleased to announce that we have been awarded ‘Specialist Investment Manager with Assets Under Management Up to £2 Billion’ at the Eleventh Annual WealthBriefing European Awards 2023. Showcasing ‘best of breed’ in the European region, the awards have been designed to recognise outstanding organisations grouped by specialism and geography which the prestigious ...

Petra Posnikova, VAR Capital ESG Head, Named Top 10 Sustainability Champion

VAR Capital are pleased to announce that Petra Posnikova, Investment Director & Head of ESG, has been listed as one of Citywealth’s top 10 Sustainability Champions of 2022. Following extensive research and recommendations from clients and peers in the private wealth industry, the Citywealth team curated a list of global sustainability champions who have demonstrated ...

VAR Capital Wins Silver in Citywealth Brand of the Year SME/Boutique Award

VAR Capital is pleased to announce that they have won silver for Citywealth brand of the year/SME boutique in the 2022 Brand Management and Reputation Awards. For over six years, the Brand Management and Reputation Awards have highlighted and recognised the contributions of over a hundred marketing, business development and public relation professionals within the wealth management ...

VAR Capital Wins Silver for Private Investment Office of the Year | 2022 Citywealth Awards

VAR Capital has won the silver award for Private Investment Office of the Year at the 2022 CityWealth Magic Circle Awards, the leading awards for Wealth Management. The submission was judged by a panel of top private wealth advisors, counting for 90% of the vote with 10% of the vote taken from online votes from ...

VAR Capital Named Among Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies | Financial Times Annual List

VAR Capital are pleased to announce that The Financial Times have listed us as one of the 1000 fastest growing companies in Europe across all sectors. The ranking, compiled with Statista, a research company, lists the European companies that achieved the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue between 2017 and 2020. VAR Capital ...

VaR Capital: Best Private Investment Office of 2022

VAR Capital is pleased to announce that the 2022 Wealth Briefing Awards have named us as the Private Investment Office of the Year under the Investment Management category. The judges commended VAR Capital for our outstanding client retention rate and ability to attract new clients, as well as our clear, focused approach to investing. Wealth ...

Petra Posnikova Wins Bronze in Citywealth Woman of the Year – Rising Star | VAR Capital

‘VAR capital is happy to announce that Petra Posnikova, Investment Director at VAR Capital, has won Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2022 – Bronze for the Woman of the Year – Rising Star category. The aim of this programme was to champion women in the wealth sector and highlight the female leaders of today and tomorrow. The ...

VAR CAPITAL SHORTLISTED FOR PRIVATE OFFICE OF THE YEAR AWARD

VAR Capital are proud to announce our shortlisting for the prestigious Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2022 following our nomination in the Private Investment Office of the Year category. The winners to be announced on 17th May 2022. Vikash Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO VAR Capital, commented “we are truly delighted and honoured to have been nominated within the highly ...

Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards – Petra Posnikova joins the group of finalists

We are pleased to announce that Petra Posnikova, Investment Director at VAR Capital, has been shortlisted by Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2022 for the Woman of the Year – Rising Star category. The aim of this programme is to champion women in the wealth sector and highlight the female leaders of today and tomorrow. The awards ...

VAR Capital CEO Vikash Gupta has been listed in the annual Spear’s 500 index

Vikash Gupta, the Co-Founder and CEO of VAR Capital has been included in the recommended list of Ultra High Net Worth advisers. The index celebrates the top Private client advisers, wealth managers, lawyers and service providers for high net worth individuals. Those who have made it onto the list are recognised as leaders when it ...

VAR Capital Shortlisted For Private Office of the Year Award

VAR Capital are proud to announce our shortlisting for the prestigious Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2022 following our nomination in the Private Investment Office of the Year category. The winners to be announced on 17th May 2022. Vikash Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO VAR Capital, commented “we are truly delighted and honoured to have been nominated ...

VAR CAPITAL WINS IN THE WEALTH BRIEFING EUROPEAN AWARDS 2021

VAR capital is happy to announce that our ultra-high net worth team has been highly commended in the UK Private Banking category of the Wealth Briefing European Awards 2021. We are also one of the finalists in the Investment Management category. Winning this award is a testimony to the capabilities of our ultra-high net worth ...

VAR CAPITAL CEO VIKASH GUPTA HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE EDITOR’S CHOICE CATEGORY OF THE 2021 CITYWEALTH MAGIC CIRCLE AWARDS

We are proud to announce that Vikash Gupta, VAR capital has won in the Editor’s Choice category of the 2021 Citywealth Magic Circle Awards. In the past fifteen years, the Magic Circle Awards has attracted leading professionals from top firms to recognize their achievements. It follows rigorous procedures to ensure that the best submissions win: ...

VAR Capital featured in the 2021 Wealth Management #SpearsIndex for best wealth managers for UHNWs in the UK

We are proud to announce that VAR Capital has been included in the 2021 Wealth Management #SpearsIndex, @spearsmagazine’s selection of the best wealth managers for UHNWs in the UK: Click here to access the 2021 Spear’s Wealth Management Index About VAR CapitalVaR Capital is an independent financial advisory firm offering Asset Management, Debt Finance and ...

VAR Capital Head of Lending Tom Graham named in PAM 40 under 40

Tom Graham, VAR Capital’s Head of Lending and Client Director has been named in Top 40 under 40 category by PAM. The 2021 PAM Top 40 Under 40, sponsored by Jupiter Asset Management and supported by MSCI, is based on PAM Insight’s experience and knowledge of who is rising to the top quickly, and why. ...

VAR CAPITAL HAS WON THE INVESTMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR CATEGORY AWARDED BY STEP PRIVATE CLIENT AWARDS

London, Dec.10, 2020 – We are pleased to announce that VAR Capital has won the Investment Team of the Year category 2020/21 awarded by the prestigious STEP Private Client Awards. STEP, the worldwide professional association for those advising families across generations, is highly regarded as a hallmark of excellence and quality in private client practice. ...

Petra Posnikova shortlisted for Woman of the year – Rising Star by Citywealth

We are pleased to announce that Petra Posnikova, Investment Director at VAR Capital, has been shortlisted by Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2021 for the Woman of the Year – Rising Star category. The aim of this programme is to champion women in the wealth sector and highlight the female leaders of today and tomorrow. The awards ...

VAR Capital shortlisted as the Investment Team of the year by STEP Private Client Awards

London, Aug.24, 2020 – We are pleased to announce that VAR Capital has been shortlisted by the prestigious STEP Private Client Awards for the Investment Team of the year category, with the final results being announced on the 9th of December. Rajat Sharma, Co-founder and CIO of VAR Capital commented “As a boutique and relatively ...

VAR CAPITAL WON SECOND PLACE IN THE Family Office Service Provider category in the 2020 Euromoney Survey

VAR Capital gets multiple wealth management awards in the 2020 Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey. London, Feb.6, 2020 – VAR Capital won second place in the Family Office Service Provider category in the 2020 Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey. This marked the third consecutive year of VAR capital being recognised as ...

Vote for Var Capital: The best family office of the year

We are pleased to announce that Var Capital has been shortlisted in Family Office of the year category of Magic Circle Awards 2020 The Magic Circle Awards are held annually to find the best advisors and managers in the global industry. Voting for those companies shortlisted is now open to the public and will close ...

Industry peers recognize VAR Capital as the best Asset Manager and Family Office in the UK

PRESS RELEASE PR NewswireFeb. 7, 2018, 09:00 AMVAR Capital gets multiple wealth management awards in the 2018 Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey London, Feb. 6, 2018 – VAR Capital was awarded the Best Asset Manager and Family Office Service Provider in the UK by its peers in the 2018 Euromoney Private Banking and ...