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Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd is one of the leading private banks in Switzerland. The Bank’s core activities include investment advisory and asset management services for private and institutional clients. It also provides investment funds, securities brokerage, and loans. Bank Sarasin was established in 1841 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland with additional offices in Berne, Zurich, Geneva and Lugano. Internationally, the Sarasin Group has offices in Dubai, Delhi, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Munich, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Paris and Singapore. Bank Sarasin is a limited company. Its shares are listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, SWX. The Bank’s majority shareholder is Safra, a Brazilian private bank. In November 2011, Rabobank and Safra signed a takeover agreement under which Safra will acquire Rabobank’s entire shareholding in Bank Sarasin & Co for 1.04 billion Swiss francs ($1.13 billion). On December 17, 2012, Standard & Poor's assigned A/A-1 ratings to Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd a core member of the enlarged J. Safra Group. It also upgraded J. Safra Holding AG to A-/A-2 and Banque Safra-Luxembourg to A/A-1. As of June 30, 2012, Sarasin had total assets under management (AUM) of CHF 99.054 billion (US$102.6 billion) and employed over 1,700 people.
Head Office address:
Elisabethenstrasse 62
4002 Basel
Switzerland
Phone number: +41 (0) 61 277 77 77
Fax: +41 (0) 61 272 02 05
Hours: M - Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Website: www.sarasin.ch, www.sarasin.com
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