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