Dreyfus Sons & Cie, Banquiers
| Dreyfus Sons & Cie AG, Banquiers | |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Seat | Basel |
| legal form | Corporation |
| IID | 8565 |
| BIC | DREYCHBBXXX |
| founding | 1813 |
| Website | www.dreyfusbank.ch |
| Business data | |
| Total assets | 2.365 billion CHF (2019) |
| Employee | 207 (average 2019) |
| management | |
| Corporate management |
Stefan Knöpfel |
The Dreyfus Sons & Co. Limited, bankers (short Dreyfus bankers), headquartered in Basel is a Swiss private bank . Its core activities include asset management and private banking .
history
In 1812 Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim (1785–1845) , who came from Sierentz ( Alsace ), received a residence and trade permit from the city of Basel and in 1813 founded a trading company there. In 1823 he was registered as a sole proprietorship in the Basler Ragionenbuch. For the goods trade and the freight forwarding service, he worked with bill of exchange and credit services and traded in debt instruments. The land loan business in Alsace ( France ) is developing into a second pillar . He was also a Swiss delegate in the Alliance Israélite Universelle and was active in charity.
Under his sons Samuel Dreyfus-Neumann (1820–1905), Leopold Dreyfus-Hirsch (1818–85) and Jacques Dreyfus-Jeidels (1826–1890), the company, which was renamed Isaac Dreyfus Sons in 1849, became one of Basel's leading private banks. They also carried on real estate trading and the associated mortgage business. Following the example of other Basel merchants and industrial entrepreneurs, they invested in building their own silk ribbon factory in 1853 . Samuel Dreyfus-Neumann was - like his son Jules Dreyfus- Brodski (1859–1942) later - President of the Basel Israelite Congregation (1863–96).
Jacques Dreyfus-Jeidels (the youngest of Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim's three sons) founded Bank J. Dreyfus & Co. in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin in 1868 , which was one of the leading private banks in Germany and was the victim of forced Aryanization at the end of 1939 .
Paul Dreyfus- de Gunzburg (1895–1967), son of Jules, followed in the fourth generation . Under him, the institute, which was organized in the form of a limited partnership , was converted into a stock corporation. During the time of National Socialist rule in Germany, he and his wife Vera Dreyfus-de Gunzburg campaigned for the benefit of Jewish refugees.
In addition to asset management for private customers from Switzerland and abroad, the bank was involved in setting up major companies in Switzerland and especially in Basel, such as the Basler Bankverein (later Swiss Bank Association ), a predecessor of UBS , and the Swiss Railway Bank .
Dreyfus Sons & Cie AG, Banquiers today
In 1996 the family company was renamed Dreyfus Söhne & Cie AG, Banquiers (Dreyfus Banquiers for short). The share capital of the bank, now in its sixth generation, is wholly owned by the descendants of Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim. For almost 100 years, Dreyfus Banquiers has primarily dedicated itself to the classic private banking business, the individual and comprehensive care of the assets entrusted to it. In addition to its headquarters in Basel (Aeschenvorstadt 16), the company has offices in Lausanne (since 2011), Delémont (2012), Zurich (2013), Lugano (2013) and a representative office in Tel Aviv (2013). At the end of 2019, Dreyfus Banquiers was managing 19.7 billion Swiss francs in client assets.
business development
The following overview shows some key figures as of December 31, 2019:
- Profit: 28.9 million Swiss francs
- Unweighted equity ratio LERA: 23.3%
- Hard core capital ratio CET1: 35.86%
- LCR liquidity ratio in Q4 2019: 369%
- Cost-income ratio : 73.6%
Web links
- Official website
- Nadia Guth Biasini: Dreyfus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the bank master of Swiss Interbank Clearing
- ↑ Dreyfus Söhne & Cie AG, Banquiers: Annual Report 2019. 2019, accessed on March 16, 2020 .