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Zürcher Kantonalbank (Broker) (ZKB-Broker) is the brokerage business unit of Zürcher Kantonalbank, a state-owned full-service bank founded in 1870, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. They conduct all investment activities in-house including financial advisory services, research, trading, and asset management. ZKB-Broker is an active trader in securities, foreign currencies, banknotes, precious metals, commodity contracts and financial derivatives on their own account and on behalf of third-party customers. The bank provides underwriting services in domestic debt and equity markets, sales and trading of listed domestic warrants and structured derivatives, and Swiss Franc foreign exchange trading. The firm offers round-the-clock market-making in credit default swaps from Swiss issuers. Their research covers a broad international investment universe and maintains a successful equity, bonds and sustainability research capability, together with independent investment fund research.

UBS AG (Investment Management) (UBS-IM) is the Swiss investment management division of UBS AG, itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Formerly known as UBS Global Asset Management Switzerland, the firm was founded in 1998 when Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation merged. Headquartered in Zurich and has additional office in Basel, UBS-IM manages a range of investment funds and offers investment management services for institutional, corporate and private clients.

Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA (Private Banking) (DB-CH), also known as Deutsche Bank (Schweiz) AG, is the Swiss-based private banking operation of Deutsche Bank Suisse SA, ultimately owned by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) in Germany. DB-CH has offices in Geneva, Zurich, Lugano and St. Moritz and specializes in providing wealth management services to an international clientele of high-net worth individuals. In 2009 DB-CH absorbed the activities of the Zurich-based private bank Rüd, Blass & Cie. AG Bankgeschäft.