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CBH Bank

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Industry
  
Financial services

Headquarters
  
Geneva

Parent organization
  
Cbh Holding Sa

Founder
  
Joseph Benhamou

Founded
  
1975

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Area served
  
Global: Emerging countries, Emerging markets, Switzerland, Israel, United Kingdom, Austria, France

Key people
  
Philippe Cordonier (General manager), Simon Benhamou (Deputy General Manager)

Products
  
private banking asset management

Number of employees
  
c. 132 (As of 2011) 145 (As of 2012)

Subsidiaries
  
Helvetic Private Office Uk Ltd.

CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA Switzerland was created in 1975 as a brokerage company known as stock and commodities services. In 1991, it obtained full banking license in Switzerland. The Group currently employs approx. 150 employees. The current general manager is Philippe Cordonier. The bank is located in Geneva in the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland, and specialized in private banking and asset management.

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The bank is owned by Benhamou family and keeps a special focus on developing key relationships with Jewish community by sponsoring various humanitarian aid projects in Israel. In 2011 the bank opened Representative office in Israel, Tel Aviv.

The Bank has offices in Geneva, Sant. Morritz, Zurich, Nassau Bahamas, London, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong.

CBH Bank decided to change the name of the bank Banque SCS Alliance SA to CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA.

CBH Asset Management

CHB Bank create an Investment Funds, 1618 Investment Fund cover the full range of investment from the management of treasury funds with short-term bonds through to Asian equities and convertible bonds. Offer five main strategies in the form of UCITS IV, which correspond to the strictest risk control criteria: Treasury, Bond, Global Equities, Diversified Long Only and Diversified Absolute Return and offer to institutional investors (pension funds, governments, etc.) and private client a full range of solutions.

History

  • 1975 - Creation of Stock and Commodity Services, a brokerage company, in Geneva.
  • 1991 - Swiss Banking license.
  • 1993 - Creation of 1618 SICAV family of Funds in Luxembourg.
  • 1993 - Opening of a representative office in St. Moritz.
  • 1995 - Opening of a fully licensed bank in Nassau, Bahamas.
  • 2002 - Acquisition of PG Partner Bank AG and creation of a branch in Zurich.
  • 2010 - Creation of a representative office in Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • 2012 - Opening of a subsidiary in London, United Kingdom and obtaining of an FSA regulated Investment management license.
  • 2014 - Acquisition of a major part of the Banque Privée Espirito Santo’s Private Banking clientele
  • 2015 - Acquisition of TTG (HK) Limited, an independent wealth management company established in Hong Kong
  • References

    CBH Bank Wikipedia