Shaping the future. Since 1785.
From local trading house to global financial services provider
From local trading house to global financial services provider, entrepreneurial courage and consistent orientation towards the future are the cornerstones of our tradition: HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt - our name stands for a history of success.
The key data:
- Christian Gottfried Jäger set up his trading house in Düsseldorf in 1785.
- In 1852 Christian Gottfried Trinkaus, a nephew of the founder, took over the house and gave it his name. He concentrated fully on the banking business.
- The last family members left the company in 1919. It was then taken over by institutional investors (including Deutsche Bank).
- In 1972 C. G. Trinkaus merged with Bankhaus Burkhardt & Co. From then on the Bank operated under the name Trinkaus & Burkhardt.
- Citibank acquired the majority in 1974.
- In 1980 the English Midland Bank group took over the majority of the shares of Trinkaus & Burkhardt.
- In 1985 Trinkaus & Burkhardt was converted into a partnership limited by shares (KGaA) and brought to the stock exchange.
- In 1992 HSBC Holdings plc acquired Midland Bank giving it a majority holding in Trinkaus & Burkhardt.
- The Bank was renamed HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KGaA in 1999. In 2006 HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt changed the legal form of the Bank from a KGaA to an AG (German stock corporation).
- The HSBC Group holds a share of 80,4 % of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG's capital.
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg holds 18,7 % of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG. The expertise and competence of this long-standing and efficient partner rounds off our range of services.
