Banco Safra

Type	Sociedad Anónima
Founded	1955
Location	São Paulo, Brazil
Key people	Joseph Safra (Chairman)
Industry	Banking
Employees	unknown
Website	[1]

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Operations

A full-service commercial bank, Banco Safra S. A. operates in all areas of the financial sector. Outside Brazil, the bank offers its large customer base a broad selection of international services. Through its major Brazilian subsidiaries, Safra Leasing, Safra Seguros S. A., Safra Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários and Safra Corretora de Valores e Câmbio Ltda., the bank’s activities extend beyond traditional lending operations to leasing, securities underwriting, investment fund management, brokerage and insurance operations. The bank is also active in trade finance, asset management and treasury operations. It has been suggested that Function of commercial bank be merged into this article or section. ... A lease or tenancy is an interest in personal property or real property given by a lessor to another person (usually called the lessee or tenant) for a fixed period of time, and the lessee obtains exclusive possession of the property in return for paying the lessor a fixed or... Securities are tradeable interests representing financial value. ... // Securities underwriting Securities underwriting is a way of placing a newly issued security, such as stocks or bonds, with investors. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ... Asset management is the method that a company uses to track fixed assets, for example factory equipment, desks and chairs, computers, even buildings. ... The term treasury was first used in classical times to describe the votive buildings erected to house gifts to the gods, such as the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi or the many buildings put up in Olympia, Greece by competing city-states, to impress each other during the Ancient Olympic Games. ...

History

The Safra family's history in banking originated with caravan trade between Aleppo, Alexandria and Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire. Facing anti-Jewish riots in Beirut after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the Safras decided to move to Brazil in 1952. In 1955, 23-year-old Edmond J. Safra, and his father, Jacob Safra, founded the predecessor to Banco Safra, S.A. Old Town Aleppo viewed from the Citadel Aleppo is also the name of two townships in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... This article needs to be updated. ... Constantinople[1] was the name of the modern-day city of İstanbul, Turkey over the centuries that it served as the second capital of the unified Roman Empire, and after its division into East and West, of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire (from the city... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Söğüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... Central Beirut Beirut (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the capital, largest city, and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... Jacob (Jacqui) Safra is a billionaire scion of the Swiss-Lebanese Safra banking family. ...

Joseph Safra recently purchased the remaining shares of Banco Safra, Brazil's sixth largest bank with over $30 billion in assets, from his brother, Moise. The split is reportedly the result of Joseph launching Banco Jacob Safra, run by one of his three sons, as a competitor to Banco Safra. Moise has also put up for sale his stakes in Safra National Bank of New York and Banque Safra-Luxembourg S.A.^[1] Joseph Safra runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire Banco Safra. ...

Performance

At the end of 2004, shareholders equity stood at R$3,381 billion, for an increase of 10.6 percent compared with R$3058 billion at the end of 2003. Net income amounted to R$625.9 million in 2004, for an annualized return on equity of 18.5 percent, in line with the industry average. The balance of consolidated assets reached in 2003 R$38.5 billion on December 31, 2004, up 17 percent from R$32.9 billion. Highly liquid treasury assets (cash and cash equivalents, interbank deposits and trading securities) accounted for 47.1 percent or R$18.1 billion. Loans and leasing facilities accounted for 42.4 percent or R$16.3 billion, up 19.* percent from R$13.6 billion in 2003.^[2] The Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century This article is about concept of equity in Anglo-American jurisprudence. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ...

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