We bring clarity, capability, and conviction to ambitious investors building their next chapter.

Why HQK Exists

We built this for ourselves, then realised others needed it too.

Our founders spent decades in private banking, institutional investment, and venture building. When we needed sophisticated wealth management, we found three inadequate options: paternalistic banks, limited boutiques, or platforms captive to house products.

So we built what was missing: systematic strategies validated through AI and institutional experience, Luxembourg structures for consolidation, and dynamic capital solutions. All integrated. All curated globally.

For ambitious investors who want peer-level partnership and deploy capital with conviction.

Seasoned Experience. Entrepreneurial Hunger.

Our principals bring complementary perspectives from private banking, entrepreneurship, systematic investing, and venture building. We've managed substantial capital, built businesses, structured complex wealth, and deployed systematic strategies across market cycles.

We understand your world because we've lived it. Whether you're navigating a liquidity event, structuring multi-generational wealth, or seeking uncorrelated returns, we bring both technical expertise and practical empathy to every relationship.

Harish Phoolwani

Founding Partner

Brings 20+ years managing sophisticated wealth across Europe and the Middle East, including 11 years at Standard Chartered Private Bank. Deep expertise in wealth structuring, portfolio optimisation, hedge funds, and alternative investments for family offices and institutional investors.

Quinten Swartberg

Founding Partner

Brings institutional investment leadership with systematic, data-driven approach. Led portfolio construction and systematic strategies at European analytics and investment firms. Creates, curates, and optimizes all HQK investment strategies with institutional discipline.

Kieran Soni

Founding Partner

Built and scaled businesses across hospitality, healthcare, real estate, finance, and technology over 18 years. Co-founded ventures. Deployed growth capital. Led companies through growth inflection points. Operational expertise from someone who's done it.

Best Alone, Better Together

We've built a curated ecosystem of world-class partners - global institutions for custody and administration, next-generation platforms for execution and strategies.

Our open architecture means if your existing relationships are superior, we integrate them. We recommend what's best for your situation, not what's easiest for us.

Infrastructure

We're working with tier 1 infrastructure partners:
#1 fund administrator globally
#1 custodian bank Europe
Tier 1 legal services
Big 4 auditor

Trusted Partners

Best-in-class partners that add depth, focus and innovation
Gradient0
Bainbridge Partners
Apex Group
IG Group
PKF
PwC

Ready to Explore?

If you're building your next chapter and want institutional capabilities delivered through peer-level partnership, let's talk.

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