Credit Suisse First Boston (Renamed Credit Suisse) is active in investment banking, capital markets and financial services.  Within the Private Banking sector Credit Suisse provides comprehensive advice and delivers a broad range of investment products and services tailored to the complex needs of high-net-worth individuals globally.  In Switzerland, Credit Suisse supplies banking products and services to private banking clients as well as to business and retail clients.  Credit Suisse is divided into three segments: investment banking, private banking, and asset management.  But such is the size of the Swiss banking industry in relation to the overall economy that the Swiss might not have had the resources to bail out UBS and Credit Suisse if they ran into deep trouble.  The near-term rebound could be fairly sharp if efforts of global authorities cause a turnaround in the near-term investor risk appetite in global banking circles.  Following a two-year Investment Banking Analyst program, hires may receive an offer to continue with their careers in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse or they may pursue opportunities outside of Credit Suisse.

Management

In Private Banking, the Company offers advice and a range of wealth management solutions, including pension planning, life insurance products, tax planning and wealth and inheritance advice.  These alternative investments include real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and volatility management.  In Latin America, Credit Suisse has acquired a majority interest in Hedging-Griffo, one of the largest asset management and private banking firms in Brazil.  With a background in law and economics and experience in communications, finance and property management in the U.  Marcel Kreis, head of Asia-Pacific private banking for the Swiss bank, told the Reuters Wealth Management Summit in Singapore the bank could boost its private banking team in Asia by as much as 80 percent in three years and would aim to grow assets by 25 percent a year.  While operating in most financial sectors, Bellier is particularly specialised in Fund Management and Real Estate Investment.