Switzerland
With 1,300 staff and CHF 56 bn in assets under management, Crédit Agricole Switzerland is one of Crédit Agricole s.a Group's major international entities and the main Private Banking operation in the network.
The result of successive mergers with several long established Swiss banks, and the richer for it from a competencies viewpoint, the institution ranks amongst the leading foreign banks in Switzerland in terms of assets under management, net income, capital and headcount. This shows its commitment to and its constant development in Switzerland for over 130 years. Traditionally located in regions with different cultures and languages, Crédit Agricole Switzerland has developed a customer driven approach and a sharp sense of human contact. These essential qualities enable it to understand customers' expectations and to suggest the solutions best adapted to their requirements.
It is active in two areas: Private Banking under the Crédit Agricole Suisse Private Bank name, Transactional Commodities Finance, Commercial Banking and Capital Market operations under the Calyon name.
A specialized bank in mortgages in Switzerland and in France, Crédit Agricole Financements offers its expertise through five branches in Geneve, Lausanne, Fribourg and Basel. Furthermore, the European broker Cheuvreux has offices in Zurich.
International Private Banking
Crédit Agricole Suisse Private Bank
To better meet the expectations of our high net worth customers, we offer them several management options: discretionary, under mandate and advisory based.
Our wealth management officers have all the competencies and resources necessary to meet their clients' requirements: international research provided by the Crédit Agricole Group, a permanent link with the main financial centres, leading edge logistics, technological and IT resources.
Crédit Agricole Suisse offers its customers high performance wealth management and a broad spectrum of innovative services:
- discretionary management
- securities advisory and structured products
- investment funds,
- engineering and business financing,
- financial planning,
- property loans,
- private equity,
- forex.
Corporate and Investment Banking
Capital markets
Capital markets activities are geared to a customer portfolio of major corporates and institutionals including a broad range of standard or structured market products, concerning particularly:
- interest rates,
- forex,
- equities,
- commodities,
- funds…
Transactional Commodity Finance & Commercial Banking
Apart from private customers, companies are also assisted in their international development through two main services: transactional commodity finance (oil and by-products, soft commodities and metals) and commercial banking:
- trading financing solutions – power, farm commodities and metals. Geneve is the world's centre for the financing of international trading.
- import/export documentary transactions,
- arrangement of international trade operations with export risk guarantee, international contract guarantees and forfaiting products.
Corporate and Investment Banking
A team is dedicated to the clientele of major Swiss corporates. This team coordinates Calyon's offering for the benefit of its Clients in Switzerland devising solutions for their development issues:
- capital markets hedging and funding activities,
- structured finance,
- global investment banking: M&A advisory and equities markets,
- corporate banking and loan syndication,
- equity brokerage through CA Cheuvreux and CLSA.
