Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co., commonly known as Berenberg Bank and branded as Berenberg, is a German multinational financial institution headquartered in Hamburg, primarily a merchant bank and a private bank. It is the world's oldest merchant bank, the world's second oldest bank overall and the oldest German bank.The bank was founded in Hamburg in 1590 by Hans and Paul Berenberg, brothers from Antwerp in modern Belgium. The bank has been continuously owned by their descendants, a Hanseatic family dynasty comprising the three related families Berenberg, Gossler and Seyler, who were among the leading families of the city-state of Hamburg. The bank is organized as a limited partnership with personally liable partners.The Berenbergs had been cloth merchants since the 15th century, and the company was originally a merchant house active in large-scale cloth import-export. It quickly extended its activities to other commodities and became involved in both shipping and merchant banking in the 17th century. Today Berenberg Bank is one of the leading independent merchant banks and private banks of Europe, with over €30 billion assets under management and 1,300 employees. Its core areas are investment banking, institutional asset management, private banking for wealthy private customers and commercial banking. Berenberg Bank is also well known for its securities research. The company was renamed Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. under the leadership of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler in 1791, after the death of his father in law Johann Hinrich Gossler.Headquartered in Hamburg, the bank has offices in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, and other German cities as well as in Zurich, Geneva, Luxembourg, London, Paris, New York, Boston, Salzburg, Vienna, and Shanghai. In recent years its London office has grown rapidly, focusing on investment banking and private banking for the ultra wealthy. Berenberg has several subsidiaries, including the Swiss subsidiary Berenberg Bank (Schweiz) AG, the Luxembourg subsidiary Berenberg Lux Invest S.A. (asset management) and the U.S. subsidiary Berenberg Capital Markets LLC. It also has a subsidiary providing art consultancy, and owns 50% of Universal Investment, one of Germany's leading investment companies with €143 billion assets under management. The Berenberg Bank Stiftung is a philanthropic foundation established in 1990 on the occasion of the bank's 400th anniversary.Berenberg Bank has been the co-founder of many other companies and banks, among them the Hamburg America Line, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Norddeutsche Bank, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, and what is now the HypoVereinsbank. Described as a "private bank like out of a storybook", Berenberg Bank has been named "Best Private Bank in Germany" by the Financial Times, ahead of Deutsche Bank, and its Swiss subsidiary as one of the "best banks in Switzerland". The bank is noted for its conservative business strategy and investment policy, and experienced significant growth following the 2000s financial crisis.. }
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- Berenberg_Bank abstract "Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co., commonly known as Berenberg Bank and branded as Berenberg, is a German multinational financial institution headquartered in Hamburg, primarily a merchant bank and a private bank. It is the world's oldest merchant bank, the world's second oldest bank overall and the oldest German bank.The bank was founded in Hamburg in 1590 by Hans and Paul Berenberg, brothers from Antwerp in modern Belgium. The bank has been continuously owned by their descendants, a Hanseatic family dynasty comprising the three related families Berenberg, Gossler and Seyler, who were among the leading families of the city-state of Hamburg. The bank is organized as a limited partnership with personally liable partners.The Berenbergs had been cloth merchants since the 15th century, and the company was originally a merchant house active in large-scale cloth import-export. It quickly extended its activities to other commodities and became involved in both shipping and merchant banking in the 17th century. Today Berenberg Bank is one of the leading independent merchant banks and private banks of Europe, with over €30 billion assets under management and 1,300 employees. Its core areas are investment banking, institutional asset management, private banking for wealthy private customers and commercial banking. Berenberg Bank is also well known for its securities research. The company was renamed Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. under the leadership of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler in 1791, after the death of his father in law Johann Hinrich Gossler.Headquartered in Hamburg, the bank has offices in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, and other German cities as well as in Zurich, Geneva, Luxembourg, London, Paris, New York, Boston, Salzburg, Vienna, and Shanghai. In recent years its London office has grown rapidly, focusing on investment banking and private banking for the ultra wealthy. Berenberg has several subsidiaries, including the Swiss subsidiary Berenberg Bank (Schweiz) AG, the Luxembourg subsidiary Berenberg Lux Invest S.A. (asset management) and the U.S. subsidiary Berenberg Capital Markets LLC. It also has a subsidiary providing art consultancy, and owns 50% of Universal Investment, one of Germany's leading investment companies with €143 billion assets under management. The Berenberg Bank Stiftung is a philanthropic foundation established in 1990 on the occasion of the bank's 400th anniversary.Berenberg Bank has been the co-founder of many other companies and banks, among them the Hamburg America Line, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Norddeutsche Bank, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, and what is now the HypoVereinsbank. Described as a "private bank like out of a storybook", Berenberg Bank has been named "Best Private Bank in Germany" by the Financial Times, ahead of Deutsche Bank, and its Swiss subsidiary as one of the "best banks in Switzerland". The bank is noted for its conservative business strategy and investment policy, and experienced significant growth following the 2000s financial crisis.".