The Credit Suisse is a global active financial service enterprise with head office in Zurich.

Overview

The Credit Suisse employs world-wide approximately 66 ' 000 coworkers. The enterprise is into the ranges Investment Banking, private Banking, ate management partitioned. 2005 could gain the Credit Suisse Group a clear profit of 5,85 billion CHF. CEO of the Credit Suisse Group is Oswald

The Credit Suisse Group registered shares (CSGN) are kotiert in Zurich, in Frankfurt/Main and in Tokyo as well as American Depositary Shares (CSR) in New York.

Organization

To the Credit Suisse Group belongs the Credit Suisse (bank) and the Winterthur (insurance).

Divisions of the Credit Suisse

The Credit Suisse offers a broad pallet of products and services within the ranges Investment Banking, securities, private Banking and ate management.

History

Milestones

• Establishment: On 5 July 1856 Alfred the E Swiss loan corporation (SKA) bases - the today's Credit Suisse - and makes with it Zurich the prominent bank location and economic center of Switzerland. The head office of the SKA is since 1873 with the parade place in the center of Zurich.
• Customer communication: the SKA the "“stock quotation sheet"” launches 1895, which is regarded as the first appearing regular bank publication of the world. since that time 1944 are renamed it in "“bulletin"” and are the magazine of the bank addressed to customers, groups of requirements and further interested ones.
• Expansion in Switzerland: With the opening of the first branch in Basel 1905 begins the expansion of the SKA in Switzerland, which takes place mainly via the assumption from district banks. The first branches in French and italienischsprachigen Switzerland are opened 1906 in Geneva and 1913 in Lugano. Among the recent important assumptions of the SKA in Switzerland the acquisitions of the Swiss cooperative bank rank 1993.
• International expansion: After the opening of the first agency in New York 1870 the SKA creates London (1954) world-wide at different locations agencies, e.g. in Paris (1910), Buenos Aires (1959), Hong Kong (1969) or Bahrain (1975). 1964 receive the branch of the SKA in New York a license as Universalbank in the USA.
• Chiasso: The "“case Chiasso"” brings in 1977 the SKA the largest loss of their history. Under the pressure of this crisis the SKA breaks open Traditionsinstitut to new banks and changed themselves in the consequence of the inhabitant of zurich to the international Finanzdienstleister.
• Roofridge Boston: The co-operation of the SKA with the 1932 as a daughter the roofridge National Bank OF Boston created roofridge Boston corporation begins 1978. 1988 develops the CS roofridge Boston Inc., New York. 1990 receive the CS getting thing majority control at the CS roofridge Boston and become the first not-American society with a participation of the majority at a US-Investmentbank.
• CS getting thing: The CS getting thing is created 1982 as sister company of the SKA, in order to summarize different participation. 1989 are integrated the SKA as subsidiary into the CS getting thing.
• Credit Suisse Group: The CS getting thing becomes 1997 the Credit Suisse Group with four departments: Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse private Banking, Credit Suisse roofridge Boston and Credit Suisse ate management.
• Winterthur: 1996 decides the CS getting thing and the Winterthur to be received an alliance in order to open common sales prospects for their products. 1997 the union takes place between the Credit Suisse Group and that Winterthur. 2004 communicate the group to lead and prepare for a possible capital transaction the Winterthur from now on as financial participation.
• Branding: After the first Signet of the SKA of 1856 1930 the money coin symbol with 20 stars for the branches and the head office follows. the bank their first systematic Werbekampagne launches 1967. 1976 introduce the SKA the Logo with the colors red, white and blue. 1997 are itet and modernized the Logo 2006 introduce the Credit Suisse a new Logo.
• One bank: Since 1 January 2006 the Credit Suisse appears as integrated global bank with three divisions - Investment Banking, private Banking, ate management -.

Years

• 1856 establishment of the Swiss loan corporation
• 1905 first branch in Basel
• 1939 first foreign address in New York (SKA)
• 1978 beginning of co-operation with The roofridge Boston corporation
• 1988 relevant participation in The roofridge Boston corporation
• since 1990 meaning acquisitions and strategic alliances
• 1997 union with the Winterthur group
• 2000 assumption of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ)
• 2003 focusing of the company on the core business; Sales of the Credit Suisse roofridge Boston daughter Pershing and the Winterthur societies Republic in the USA, Churchill in Great Britain and Winterthur Italy
• 2004 creation of the three departments Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse roofridge Boston and Winterthur
• 2006 complete integration of the Credit Suisse roofridge Boston (CSFB) into the Credit Suisse
• 2006 new Logo launched, all business are under this standardized

Related links

• Website of the Credit Suisse
• Website that Winterthur insurance
• Swiss parliaments for the role of Swiss banks during the Second World War, pdf file

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