BZ Bank (legally BZ Bank Aktiengesellschaft) is a Swiss

private bank Private banks are banks owned by either the individual or a general partner(s) with limited partner(s). Private banks are not incorporated. In any such case, creditors can look to both the "entirety of the bank's assets" as well as the entire ...

primarily active in equity transactions. It specializes in

stock trading In finance, a trade is an exchange of a security such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, derivatives or any valuable financial instrument for "cash". Such a financial transaction is usually done by participants of an exchange such as a ...

wealth management Wealth management (WM) or wealth management advisory (WMA) is an investment advisory service that provides financial management and wealth advisory services to a wide array of clients ranging from affluent to high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-hi ...

, stock and investment consulting, collective joint-ventures and

corporate advisory Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...

. As a result of this specialization, BZ Bank's main income segment is the commission and service business. As of the 2024 balance sheet date, assets under management were CHF 7.89 billion. Profit in 2024 financial year amounted to CHF 12.99 million.

History

BZ Bank was founded in 1985 by

Martin Ebner Martin Ebner (born 12 August 1945) is a Swiss billionaire businessman and investor from the municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz. He is the founder of BZ Bank, and the investment firm, BZ Group. Through his investment vehicle Patin ...

Zürich, Switzerland Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

under the name ''BZ Bank Zürich Aktiengesellschaft''. Since the end of 1997, the bank's headquarters are located in

Freienbach Freienbach is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. History Freienbach is first mentioned in 972 as ''Friginbach''. Geography Freienbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 40.7% ...

( SZ) and offices near

Wollerau Wollerau is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It lies on the upper Zürichsee. Geography Wollerau has an area, , of . Of this area, 56.9% is used for agricultural purposes, ...

(SZ). In June 2022, Martin Ebner and his wife Rosmarie, who were the majority shareholders of the bank since its founding, sold 70% of their shares to

Graubündner Kantonalbank The Graubündner Kantonalbank (known as Banca Chantunala Grischuna in Romansh or Banca Cantonale Grigione in Italian) is a Swiss cantonal bank which is part of the 24 cantonal banks serving Switzerland's 26 cantons. The headquarters are locat ...

. On January 22 2025 Martin and Rosmarie Ebner transferred the remaining 30% to Graubündner Kantonalbank, which has been the sole shareholder ever since.

External links

Website BZ Bank

References

{{Authority control Banks of Switzerland Private banks Companies based in the canton of Schwyz Banks established in 1985