Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild is an independent and family private bank in France. Established by Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild

Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild

Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild, usually known as Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild was born in Paris, France and died in Geneva, Switzerland...

 in 1953, it has been directed since 1999 by his son, Benjamin de Rothschild

Benjamin de Rothschild

Benjamin de Rothschild is a Swiss banker, the chairman of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, a private bank established by his father and owned by the family...

. It is a part of Edmond de Rothschild Group.

Key figures

As of the end of 2010, Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild reported a net profit of €57,707 thousand and total assets under management of €37.7 billion.

Activities

La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild offers a tailored service focused on protecting and growing assets over time. The company participates in the following ones:

• Financial planning

• Advisory services for mid-size family-owned companies

• Open architecture management

• Life insurance

• Family Office

• Fund Management

Recently, the bank has been in talks on buying a minority stake in a Chinese fund management company.

In Edmond de Rothschild Group, private bank in France is operated by La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild, and private banks in other countries is mainly operated by Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild

Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild

Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild S.A. is a private bank headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is exclusively dedicated to wealth management for private and institutional clients. It is a part of Edmond de Rothschild Group. It is listed on the Swiss Exchange...

 Group including its subsidiaries.

Structure

La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild is the French banking subsidiary of Edmond de Rothschild Group, and is owned by Compagnie Financière Saint-Honoré, a holding company belonging to Baron Benjamin de Rothschild

Benjamin de Rothschild

Benjamin de Rothschild is a Swiss banker, the chairman of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, a private bank established by his father and owned by the family...

. The bank’s other shareholders include Caisse des Dépôt et Placement du Québec, which holds a 10% ownership interest.

Gouvernance

The board of directors is chaired by Benjamin de Rothschild. They also take part of the board : René de La Serre, Ariane de Rothschild

Ariane de Rothschild

Ariane de Rothschild, , is vice-president of Edmond de Rothschild Holding SA since 1999. Mother of four daughters, she is the wife of Baron Benjamin de Rothschild.-Career:...

, Véronique Morali, John Alexander, Jean Dumoulin, Carlo De Benedetti

Carlo De Benedetti

Carlo De Benedetti is an Italian industrialist, engineer and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citizen....

, Claude Janssen, Claude Messulam, Daniel Trèves, François Boudreault.

The executive committee is composed of the CEO Michel Cicurel, Guy Grymberg, Marc Samuel, Patrice Dordet, Jean Laurent-Bellue.

External links

• Official site
• http://becapitalpe.eu/ A cleantech Private Equity fund created by the Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild, the Cobepa and BeCitizen, symbolizing the environmental direction that the bank has recently taken