CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA

CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA is a privately owned Swiss bank headquartered in Geneva and supervised by FINMA, offering wealth management, custody, trading and credit solutions primarily to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, institutional clients and external asset managers; services typically include discretionary and advisory mandates, multi-currency accounts, execution in global markets (equities, fixed income, funds, FX and structured products) and Lombard lending, with pricing based on mandate type and product mix. The bank operates in Switzerland with its main booking center in Geneva and additional Swiss locations such as Zurich and Lugano, and it maintains foreign affiliates, including in The Bahamas, to support international clients subject to cross-border rules and local regulations. CBH participates in Switzerland’s depositor protection scheme (esisuisse), which covers eligible Swiss deposits up to CHF 100,000 per client, and it publishes audited annual financial statements and regulatory capital and liquidity metrics; it is not publicly listed. In August 2020, FINMA concluded enforcement proceedings identifying serious anti–money laundering shortcomings at CBH related to higher-risk relationships and ordered remedial measures, profit disgorgement and the appointment of an audit monitor; the bank has since reported enhancements to its compliance framework. Account opening standards are comparatively strict and vary by domicile, source of wealth and service level, and minimums can differ across booking centers. Key considerations for prospective clients include fee transparency for custody and transaction charges, the scope of credit facilities (typically collateralized), the bank’s open-architecture product access, and the implications of using non-Swiss affiliates for booking and legal protections.