Our business divisions

Within the Swiss Universal Bank division, we offer comprehensive advice and a broad range of financial solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients primarily domiciled in Switzerland. The division comprises the Private Banking and Corporate & Institutional Banking businesses.

Key figures (as of end-2019)

Our Private Clients business has a leading client franchise in Switzerland, serving approximately 1.5 million clients, including UHNWI, high-net-worth individual (HNWI), affluent and retail clients. Our service offering is based on our structured advisory process, distinct client-segment-specific value propositions and coverage models as well as access to a broad range of comprehensive products and services. Our network includes 1,280 relationship managers in 146 branches, including 26 branches of the Bank's affiliate, Neue Aargauer Bank.

Our Corporate & Institutional Clients business offers expert advice and high-quality services to a wide range of clients, serving the needs of over 100,000 corporations and institutions, including large corporate clients, small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), institutional clients, external asset managers, financial institutions and commodity traders. This business also includes our Swiss investment banking business, serving corporate clients and financial institutions in connection with financing transactions in debt and equity capital markets and advising on M&A transactions. Our business includes 510 relationship managers who serve our clients out of 44 locations.

In International Wealth Management, we cater to the needs of our private, corporate and institutional clients with expert advice and a broad range of financial solutions.

Key figures (as of end-2019)

Our Private Banking business provides comprehensive advisory services and tailored investment and financing solutions to wealthy private clients and external asset managers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. We serve our clients through over 1,150 relationship managers in 43 cities in 25 countries, utilizing comprehensive access to the broad spectrum of Credit Suisse's global resources and capabilities as well as a wide range of proprietary and third-party products and services.

Our Asset Management business offers investment solutions and services globally to various types of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations and individuals, along with our private banking businesses. Our asset management capabilities span a diversified range of asset classes, with a focus on traditional and alternative strategies.

In the Asia Pacific division, we operate an integrated business to deliver a broad range of advisory services and solutions that meet the private wealth and business needs of our clients. The division comprises five business units: Private Banking, Investment Banking & Capital Markets, Asia Pacific Strategic Products, Entrepreneur Investment Platform and APAC Solutions Sales, reflecting our activities in wealth management, underwriting, advisory and financing, and solutions sales businesses to support our strategy as the “Bank for Entrepreneurs”.

Key figures (as of end-2019)

As a leading wealth manager with strong global investment banking capabilities, we deliver client-centric advisory, underwriting and financing, as well as sales and trading products and solutions across all asset classes and regions through our globally integrated investment bank. The Investment Bank division consists of Advisory, Capital Markets, Fixed Income and Equities units as well as our Global Trading Solutions platform.   

We offer advisory services related to M&A, divestitures, takeover defense strategies, business restructurings and spin-offs, as well as capital markets solutions including leveraged and acquisition financing, debt and equity underwriting of public offerings, and private placements. Our holistic suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage, and investment research through our Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions (SRI) function.    

The Investment Bank division partners with the Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific divisions to serve our clients, including some of the world’s leading financial institutions and sponsors, corporations, governments, UHNWI and sovereign clients, and institutional investors.