Vontobel Holding AG (VONN)’s net new money inflows clearly exceeded the bank’s expectations for the first half of 2012, SonntagsZeitung reported, citing Axel Schwarzer, the head of asset management.

Vontobel would consider acquiring an asset management firm overseeing as much as 25 billion Swiss francs ($26.4 billion), the Swiss newspaper quoted Schwarzer as saying.

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