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Bank
Vontobel Private Equity Holding AG is an investment company managed by Vontobel Group, a Zurich based financial services group. Private Equity Holding currently has commitments of over $1.5 billions to private equity funds in Western Europe, Israel and the U.S. The company also invests directly in later-stage private technology companies. From the direct portfolio more than 20 companies have gone public or have been sold. Notable successful investments include Corvis, Floware Wireless, Gretag Imaging, Intershop Communications and United Internet. Vontobel, listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange,
has over $40 billion of assets under management. Its activities
include private banking, asset managment, brokerage and corporate
finance. Vontobel also is an active IPO lead manager for European
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BNP
Paribas BNP Paribas is France’s largest listed banking group and has the second-largest stock market capitalisation of all Euro-zone banks. It ranks first in France in terms of net income. With assets of almost 700 billion Euros as of December 31, 1999, it is one of the worldıs largest financial institutions. The Group has offices in 83 countries, a staff of over 77,000 employees, and operates in the world’s seven largest financial centres. BNP Paribas is divided into six core businesses: corporate and investment banking; domestic retail banking; international retail banking; specialised financial services; private banking, asset management, securities services, insurance and real estate; and Paribas Capital. BNP
Paribas is one of the world’s leading investment banking players
in the Technology sector. In a recent Internet survey IFR ranked
BNP Paribas 4th in international Internet-related equity issuance
for 2000 year to 18th October with a total market share of 8.8%.
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Schroder Salomon Smith Barney is the new division
of Citigroup formed by the May 2000 purchase of Schroders investment
banking business by Salomon Smith Barney (SSB). The Schroder Salomon
Smith Barney name now encompasses a full investment banking and
securities brokerage business, primarily in Europe. The Firm employs
around 3,500 professionals in Europe, who are based in the Firm’s
European headquarters in London and offices in Amsterdam, Budapest,
Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris,
Warsaw and Zurich. |
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