Mario Montagnani

NZB Neue Zürcher Bank AG is a majority-owned subsidiary of MainFirst Schweiz AG, itself a subsidiary of MainFirst Holding AG in Switzerland. Founded in 2000 and based in Zurich, NZB absorbed the brokerage business of Bank Sarasin & Cie AG in 2007, which led Bank Sarasin to hold a 40% stake in NZB. In 2009 they increased their shareholding to a majority interest. NZB Neue Zürcher Bank AG provides primarily brokerage services. Up until 2009 they also had an asset management and investment advisory department. Their clients include Swiss and international institutional investors as well as private individuals.

In May 2013, Kepler Capital Markets SA completed the acquisition of Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA from Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, a unit of Crédit Agricole SA. Kepler Capital Markets intends to combine its business with Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux under a new entity, Kepler Cheuvreux, in 2013, and will be headquartered in Paris. They will have offices in Amsterdam, Boston, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, San Francisco, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.