Univest Asset Management is a boutique merchant bank, advising clients on the structuring and sourcing of funding packages of all types.It conducts a trading business involving the delivery of precious metals and stones, financial instruments, commodities, and other assets. As Asset Managers, Univest manages private funds and high-valued assets for its clients, promoting developments using Private Wealth Management Programs. Univest Asset Management was founded in 1978. It is controlled by Bernard A. Bain, an investment banker and businessman. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions, project funding and investment and commodity trading for many years on a global basis.