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‘My duty is not to be the best of the best, it’s to have the responsibility to allow everyone to feel comfortable in the work environment’. Markus Erb goes on to say, ‘I find that when you respect each other, the potential and performance is at its best’. Erb’s selfless character and team-player attitude has contributed to his exceptional work for Swisscanto. He values his colleagues and prides himself in having a team with a collective range of expertise and says ‘I like the business that I’m involved in, and I feel privileged to be part of it’. He describes his team as being one of the market-leading in the areas of investment banking, mutual funds and pension funds in regards to controlling and compliance. ‘I like that I can have a real impact to the regulatory side as well as to the safety and performance of the business’. Examples of his exemplary work include helping rectify a large-scale crisis: ‘when we had mutual funds with guarantee AIG, in 2008 where everything exploded, and there was a lot of change and people were being replaced carelessly. Damages were repaired and everything went smoothly after intense negotiation’. He speaks fondly of his team of senior experts who take a conservative stance when it comes to predictions of tax issues and explains that is the reason they’ve had no critical business tax disputes since 2008.