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Rothschild & Co | Annual Report 2017
History
Preserving a first-class reputation across generations
Creation of
Paris Orléans, a French
railway company.
1838
Paris Orléans
discontinues
railway business.
1937
Relaunch of Rothschild’s
French financial
activities through Paris
Orléans following
the nationalisation of
the Rothschild French
bank in 1981.
1982
Paris Orléans
streamlines its
organisation,
optimises its regulatory
capital and preserves
family control, with its
conversion into
a partnership
limited by shares.
2012
Paris Orléans acquires
control of the banking
activities at a global
level and completes
reorganisation of family
shareholdings.
2008
Paris Orléans
changes its name
to Rothschild & Co,
a necessary
step in the
Group’s
transformation.
2015
Rothschild & Co pursues
its simplification with
the removal of banking
licences and the sale of
non-core business.
2016
Rothschild & Co offers
full-scale financial advice
and services around
the world.
Today
Rothschild & Co
completes the merger
with Compagnie
Financière Martin
Maurel to enhance
its Private Wealth
business.
2017