BHF-Bank
BHF- BANK Aktiengesellschaft is a resident of Frankfurt private bank in 1970 from the merger of Berliner Handels -Gesellschaft originated with the Frankfurt bank Berliner Handels- and Frankfurt bank.
At 12 locations in Germany, BHF- Bank has branches. Internationally, it has a presence in Luxembourg, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Egypt.
The Bank's activities are summarized in the areas of private banking and asset management, and Financial Markets & Corporates.
History
BHF -BANK was established on 1 January 1970 as Berliner Handels- and Frankfurter Bank from the merger of the Frankfurt bank founded in 1854 and in 1856 established Berliner Handels -Gesellschaft. It was then the largest bank merger in Germany since the unification of German bank and Disconto Society in 1929.
The change of name to BHF -BANK KGaA took place in 1975. As a partnership limited by shares with a diversified shareholder base, the Bank of Managing Partners was passed which made the Company together with the limited partners. BHF -BANK counted in the seventies and eighties in the underwriting to the three to five leading hotels in the Federal Republic of Germany and was able to hold a leading position in the foreign exchange and foreign commercial business in the West German banking. They also had extensive industrial holdings. Her former senior partner Dr. Hanns Christian Schroeder- Hohenwarth was 1983-1987 President of the Federal Association of German Banks.
In 1995, the change of the KGaA was closed joint stock company.
In 1999, the bank was taken over by the Dutch ING Group and was renamed in 2002 to ING BHF -BANK. In 2002, the listing was ended by squeeze -out to the remaining shareholders.
In 2004, the ING BHF -BANK has been split into two parts. The largest part of the business, operating locations and investments has been integrated into the newly established BHF -BANK Aktiengesellschaft, the Sal Oppenheim took over as sole shareholder. The parent company of the BHF -BANK, Sal Oppenheim jr. S.C.A. in Luxembourg, was acquired in March 2010 by Deutsche Bank. These plans, BHF -BANK for sale. Late 2010/early 2011, the German bank negotiated with the LGT Group. However, the sale of BHF - Bank did not materialize.
BHF -BANK has announced an austerity program in October 2011, which provides for the removal of about one -fifth of the points to the beginning of 2015.
On September 20, 2012, the German bank announced the sale of BHF - Bank at a price of 384 million euros at the Kleinwort Benson Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of financial services firm RHJ International. The BaFin German supervisory authority should have zugstimmt the sale in February 2014.
Social commitment
The non-profit BHF -BANK Foundation awards the bridge - Berlin Prize since 2002 every two years.
Senkenberg Museum Frankfurt: The Bank supports the museum in the acquisition of new exhibits.
German Red Cross Frankfurt: BHF -BANK is the DRK Frankfurt with the provision of life-saving equipment to the side. Dietmar Schmid support as honorary treasurer of the DRK Frankfurt.
Members of the Board
- Björn H. Robens (Chief Executive Officer ) - Private Banking, Asset Management, Corporates, Financial Markets, Economics, Central Secretariat
- Frank Behrends - Credit Risk, IT, Operations, HR
- Franz Herrlein - Finance, Audit, Compliance
Architecture
BHF - Bank Twin Towers in 1970 was built by the German architect Sep Ruf professor, at that time it was the tallest skyscraper in the financial metropolis.