Key dates
Since 1796, our strength has been to keep fully in step with world developments, ensuring that our service to you takes account of the very latest trends.
Two centuries of innovation
Two centuries of innovation
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1796
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Foundation of Hy Hentsch & Cie by Henri Hentsch | |
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1798
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Henri Hentsch and Jean Gédéon Lombard establish the bank Henri Hentsch & Lombard | |
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1800
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Financiers of the mining industry | |
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1857
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Co-founders of the Geneva Stock Exchange (20 years before the opening of the Zurich Stock Exchange) | |
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1872
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Creation of Geneva’s first life insurance company by James Odier and Jules Darier-Rey | |
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1880
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Participants in financing the Swiss railway network | |
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1907
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Co-founders of the Swiss National Bank | |
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1919
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Establishment of a pension fund for the Firm’s employees | |
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1950
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Pioneer in creating and distributing mutual funds in Europe | |
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1951
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First private bank to set up outside Switzerland (Montreal office opened) | |
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1957
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Installation of the Firm’s first IT system | |
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1979
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First European bank to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange | |
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1993
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Participants in setting up the Swiss Electronic Exchange | |
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1995
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Launch of first sectoral fund in collaboration with scientific experts | |
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2002
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Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie comes into being |