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Raiffeisen (Switzerland)
Raiffeisen Switzerland is a cooperative of cooperatives – the union of all independent Swiss Raiffeisen banks. It bears responsibility for the business policy and strategy within the Raiffeisen Group. The 246 independent Raiffeisen banks of Switzerland are organised as cooperatives. With 896 branch offices in total, they make up the densest branch network of any Swiss bank. In the 21st century, the Raiffeisen Group has become the third-largest banking group in Switzerland with total assets currently at CHF 229 billion. Since June 2014, Raiffeisen has been classified as one of Switzerland's systemically important banks and must therefore meet special requirements in terms of capital. Raiffeisen Switzerland has 3.8 million clients in Switzerland, of whom 1.9 million are cooperative members and thus co-owners of their regional Raiffeisen banks. Union organisation The 246 legally independent Raiffeisen banks in Switzerland joined to form Raiffeisen Switzerland (formerly called th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Raiffeisen may refer to: * Raiffeisen (Albania), a bank * Raiffeisen (Switzerland), a bank * Raiffeisenbank, cooperative banks in several European countries * Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (30 March 1818 – 11 March 1888) was a German mayor and cooperative pioneer. Several credit union systems and cooperative banks have been named after Raiffeisen, who pioneered rural credit unions. Life Friedrich Wilhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S&P Global Ratings
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities. S&P is considered the largest of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. Its head office is located on 55 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. History The company traces its history back to 1860, with the publication by Henry Varnum Poor of ''History of Railroads and Canals in the United States''. This book compiled comprehensive information about the financial and operational state of U.S. railroad companies. In 1868, Henry Varnum Poor established H.V. and H.W. Poor Co. with his son, Henry William Poor, and published two annually updated hardback guidebooks, ''Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States'' and ''Poor's Directory of Railway Officials''. In 1906, Luther L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks Of Switzerland
Systemically Important Banks Globally Systemically Important Banks *UBS Group AG *Credit Suisse Group AG Domestically Systemically Important Banks * Zurich Cantonal Bank * Banque cantonale vaudoise * Raiffeisen * PostFinance Top-tier Swiss banks Other Swiss-based banks with a significant presence domestically and overseas with considerable assets under management. *Julius Baer Group *Vontobel *Pictet Group *Lombard Odier * J. Safra Sarasin * Union Bancaire Privee *EFG International Family-owned Swiss banks * Banque Heritage * Bank SYZ * Bordier & Cie * Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique *Edmond de Rothschild Group * Geneva Swiss Bank * Gonet & Cie * E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers *Habib Bank AG Zurich * Hyposwiss Private Bank Genève SA *Landolt & Cie *Lienhardt & Partner Privatbank Zürich *Reichmuth & Co * REYL Group *Union Bancaire Privée * Rahn+Bodmer Co. *Vontobel Swiss branches of international banks Belgium *AXA Bank Europe, Brüssel, Zweigniederlassung Winterthur * Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vontobel
Vontobel Holding AG is a Swiss private banking and investment management group headquartered in Zurich. Established in 1924, as of August 2021, Vontobel has over 2,000 employees across 26 worldwide locations. Vontobel group's core businesses are Wealth Management, Asset Management and Digital Investing, catering to wealthy private clients as well as institutional investors. Among the top tier Swiss banks, Vontobel holds around $300 billion of client assets. The registered shares of Vontobel Holding AG are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The Vontobel families and the Vontobel Foundation hold the majority of shares. However, as a large listed company, it is led by an independent board of directors and executive committees. Structure Vontobel comprises three business units: Wealth Management, Asset Management and Digital Investing. History * 1924Friedrich Emil Haeberliestablishes the brokerage firm Haeberli & Cie. * 1936 :After Haeberli's deathJakob Vontobeltakes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notenstein La Roche Private Bank
Notenstein La Roche Private Bank was a Swiss private bank headquartered in St. Gallen and CHF 16.8 billion of client assets under management. The private bank, which had belonged to Raiffeisen (Switzerland) since 2012, was sold to Bank Vontobel in July 2018 and was fully integrated into that banking group as of 30 September 2018. Services Notenstein La Roche Private Bank specialised in comprehensive wealth structuring for private clients. Notenstein La Roche Private Bank's core competencies included wealth management and investment advisory services, financial and pension planning, as well as providing financing and supporting external asset managers. History Notenstein Private Bank and Bank La Roche merged at the end of 2015. Both banks look back on histories stretching back centuries. Notenstein's history has its roots in St. Gallen; Bank La Roche's in Basel. Both bank houses have more in common than history and tradition, however: they also share the same fundamental values ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzanine Capital
In finance, mezzanine capital is any subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company's assets which is senior only to that of the common shares. Mezzanine financings can be structured either as debt (typically an unsecured and subordinated note) or preferred stock. Mezzanine capital is often a more expensive financing source for a company than secured debt or senior debt. The higher cost of capital associated with mezzanine financings is the result of it being an unsecured, subordinated (or junior) obligation in a company's capital structure (i.e., in the event of default, the mezzanine financing is only repaid after all senior obligations have been satisfied). Additionally, mezzanine financings, which are usually private placements, are often used by smaller companies and may involve greater overall levels of leverage than issues in the high-yield market; they thus involve additional risk. In compensation for the increased risk, mezzanine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microfinance
Microfinance is a category of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; savings and checking accounts; microinsurance; and payment systems, among other services. Microfinance services are designed to reach excluded customers, usually poorer population segments, possibly socially marginalized, or geographically more isolated, and to help them become self-sufficient.Christen, Robert Peck Christen; Rosenberg, Richard; Jayadeva, Veena. ''Financial institutions with a double-bottom line: Implications for the future of microfinance''. CGAP, Occasional Papers series, July 2004, pp. 2–3. ID Ghana is an example of a microfinance institution. Microfinance initially had a limited definition: the provision of microloans to poor entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to credit. The two main mechanisms for the delive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveller's Cheque
A traveller's cheque is a medium of exchange that can be used in place of hard currency. They can be denominated in one of a number of major world currencies and are preprinted, fixed-amount cheques designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer for that privilege. They were generally used by people on vacation in foreign countries instead of cash, as many businesses used to accept traveller's cheques as currency. The incentive for merchants and other parties to accept them lies in the fact that as long as the original signature (which the buyer is supposed to place on the cheque in ink as soon as they receive the cheque) and the signature made at the time the cheque is used are the same, the cheque's issuer will unconditionally guarantee payment of the face amount even if the cheque was fraudulently issued, stolen, or lost. This means that a traveller's cheque can never 'bounce' unless the issuer go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIX Group
SIX operates the infrastructure for the Swiss financial centre. The company provides services relating to securities transactions, the processing of financial information, payment transactions and is building a digital infrastructure. The company name SIX is an abbreviation and stands for ''Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange''. SIX is internationally active, with its headquarters in Zurich. Company history 1930: Foundation of Ticker AG and subscription to the ''new'' stock exchange Ticker AG in Zurich was founded with the purpose of transmitting stock market prices. It was the predecessor of Telekurs AG, which later merged with other companies to form SIX. With the opening of the new exchange, the ticker system also began to broadcast. This stock exchange ticker, one of the first on the European continent and a special application of the local telegraph, transmitted the Zurich stock exchange prices, the closing prices of other Swiss and important foreign stock exchanges in it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fintech
Fintech, a portmanteau of "financial technology", refers to firms using new technology to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data are regarded as the "ABCD" (four key areas) of fintech. The use of smartphones for mobile banking, investing, borrowing services, and cryptocurrency are examples of technologies designed to make financial services more accessible to the general public. Fintech companies consist of both startups and established financial institutions and technology companies trying to replace or enhance the usage of financial services provided by existing financial companies. A subset of fintech companies that focus on the insurance industry are collectively known as insurtech or insuretech companies. Key areas Academics Artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, cloud computing, and big data are considered the four key areas of FinTech. Artificial intellige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonteq
Leonteq AG is a Swiss company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Zurich. It is specialized in structured financial products and in insurance products in the sector of finance and technology. It is an issuer of its own products, as well as a partner of other finance companies. Leonteq has subsidiaries in 10 countries and serves more than 50 markets. Leonteq AG is listed on SIX Swiss Exchange and forms part of the SPI. The company is a member of the Swiss Structured Products Association (SVSP). History Founded in November 2007 as '' EFG Financial Products Holding AG'', company's shares were publicly listed in October 2012. In 2013 the company was renamed to Leonteq AG. Products and services Leonteq's structured products comprise mostly capital protection, return optimization and participation. Leonteq's insurance products support life insurance providers in the design of retirement plans with guarantees. Financial information In the year 2018, the company had 486 full-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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