2005 Annual Report / Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA

2005 Annual Report / Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA – 07Corporate Bankingcovers two complementary activities :• Transactional Commodity FinanceBased in Geneva, Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA ensuresthe global responsibility for developing this business linethrough a dedicated team of managers and a documentarycredits department, both with extensive experiencein this sector.As part of this traditional activity for the Geneva marketplace, the Bank serves a clientele consisting of majorinternational trading companies in well-established sectors :energy (mainly oil and oil products), ferrous (steel) andnon-ferrous metals, and agricultural products (cereals,cotton and oil-producing products).Drawing on its knowledge of the markets and with thesupport of Calyon’s international network, spanning60 countries, with sites dedicated to this activity (Paris,Hong Kong, Singapore and Moscow), the Bank providesshort-term financing for trade flows between producingand consuming countries.• Commercial BankingCrédit Agricole (Suisse) SA provides its clients with adedicated service for processing documentary transactions(letters of credit, surety and guarantees, andconfirmations of country risk) and offers to performtransactions with the dealing room’s foreign exchangetraders (cash deposits, foreign exchange, hedging ofinterest rate risk and precious metals transactions). Italso provides Private Banking clients with a full range ofcommercial products and services, including propertyfinancing.The Logistics DivisionInternational Private Banking operations. Quality of serviceis also reliant on clear and accurate reporting. As theprompt execution of client orders is a key factor, theBank has developed top-quality administrative resourcesand ISO 9001 : 2000 certified state-of-the-art technology.On the strength of this logistics infrastructure, CréditAgricole (Suisse) SA provides its clients with an internettool called , which, in a fully secure environment,offers a large number of banking services : accountenquiry, analysis and placing of orders. Launched in2000, this additional communication channel illustratesthe Bank’s determination to maintain quality relationshipswith its clients and meet their information and transactionneeds.Independent asset managers can also rely on the supportof an efficient logistics structure (S2i, intranet productsand secure e-mail service) in Switzerland or abroad, tomake account enquiries, input individual or overallorders, manage their investments, generate high-qualityreports and monitor portfolios.These skills enable Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA to offerexternal banks a comprehensive logistics service :2 000 users and 6 banks have already opted for thisplatform, which is continually enhanced to meet theirneeds and those of their clients.Finally, the strength and quality of the cross-disciplinaryunits (general secretariat – compliance, legal and clientdocumentation – human resources, finance department,internal control, credit and risk, internal audit) is aguarantee of sound growth.Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA offers its clients the benefitsof a Swiss bank with an international outlook, togetherwith the financial expertise and strength of one of theworld’s largest banking groups.The Logistics Division of Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SAprovides vital support to these three activities. It acts asa processing and back office centre for the Group’s