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UBS Group AG [nb 1] is a multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland.Headquartered simultaneously in Zürich and Basel, [9] it maintains a presence in all major financial centres as the largest Swiss banking institution and the largest private bank in the world.
The Pictet Group, known as Pictet, is a Swiss multinational private bank and financial services company founded in Switzerland. Headquartered in Geneva, it is one of the largest Swiss banks and primarily offers services in wealth management, asset management, and asset servicing, to private clients and institutions.
North America $541.24 15 The Bank of New York Mellon United States North America $444.44 16 Capital One United States North America $432.38 17 Itaú Unibanco Brazil South America $371.38 18 Banco do Brasil Brazil South America $340.89 19 State Street Corporation United States North America $314.62 20 Desjardins Group Canada North America $313.78
Swiss Bank Corporation found itself in relatively strong financial condition at the end of World War II, with CHF 1.8 billion of assets. [4] By contrast, the Basler Handelsbank (Commercial Bank of Basel), founded in 1862 and one of the largest banks in Switzerland, was insolvent at the end of the war and was consequently acquired by SBC in 1945.
Bank name Country Total assets (2023) (billions of US$) Headquarter city 1 JPMorgan Chase United States: $3,898.33 New York City: 2 Bank of America United States: $3,051.38 Charlotte: 3 Citigroup United States: $2,416.68 New York City 4 Wells Fargo United States: $1,881.02 San Francisco: 5 Royal Bank of Canada Canada: $1,544.17 Montreal: 6 TD ...
Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva; Barclays Capital, Zurich Branch of Barclays Bank PLC, London; HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva; IG Bank S.A., Geneva; Lloyds Bank plc, Londres, succursale de Genève, Geneva *Standard Chartered Bank (Switzerland) SA (No offices anymore in Switzerland)
Following the end of World War II, Jacob Safra expanded the new banking activities toward Europe and later to Latin America and the United States. In May 2011, it purchased 20% of the pulp and paper company Eco Brasil Florestas for R$160 million. [1] In November 2011, it bought 46% of Swiss bank Sarasin for US$1.13 billion. [2]
By 1962, UBS reached CHF6.96 billion of assets, narrowly edging ahead of Swiss Bank Corporation to become the largest bank in Switzerland temporarily. Through 1979, SBC was consistently the largest of the three major Swiss banks by assets, except for short periods in 1962 and then again in 1968 when UBS temporarily moved ahead of SBC.