J. Safra Sarasin takes control of Saxo Bank in €1.1 bln deal
Saxo Bank has a new majority shareholder: Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin, part of the Brazilian J. Safra Group. The private bank is acquiring the stakes held by Chinese automotive group Geely and Finnish asset manager Mandatum, taking its ownership to 70 percent.
CSSF penalises Safra Sarasin for AML shortcomings
Luxembourg financial regulator the CSSF announced late last Friday a “reprimand” on a Swiss private bank named Banque J. Safra Sarasin (Luxembourg) S.A. for failing to comply with Luxembourg law on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (the AML/CFT law).
After CSSF scolding, Sarasin says ‘no actual’ laundering
Swiss private bank Banque j. Safra Sarasin, reprimanded by Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF in a public statement last Friday, has stated that the regulator had alleged no “actual money laundering activities”.