Profile: Bank Sarasin & Cie AG (BSAN.S)

Bank Sarasin & Cie AG (the Bank) is a Swiss private bank with offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Its core activities include investment advisory and asset management services for private and institutional clients. It is also engaged in investment funds business, operating through its subsidiaries in Luxemburg, Guernsey, London, Paris, Germany and Switzerland. The Company consists of four business segments. Its main business segment comprises Private Banking Division, which is responsible for acquisition, service and support of customers in the global private clients business; and Asset Management, Products and Sales Division, which provides product development, wholesale advisory and external asset management. The Bank also operates within Bank Zweiplus Division and Corporate Center Division which. Its majority shareholder is Rabobank, based in the Netherlands.