Metzler specializes in capital market services in the business areas: Asset Management, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance and Private Banking. The heart of the Metzler group is the Frankfurt-based bank B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG. Founded more than 345 years ago, it is the oldest private bank in Germany with an unbroken tradition of family ownership. Since its beginnings as a cloth trading business in 1674, Metzler Bank has consistently pursued its own course. Its business structure and thus its business dealings have always been aligned solely to client requirements – without any conflicts of interests. Metzler’s professional advice in all core areas of business is based not only on independence but also on specialist knowledge. In order to create and reliably maintain value for the bank’s clients, Metzler experts are constantly optimizing the bank’s services and orienting them to the future. However, Metzler’s principles and corporate values remain unchanged: independence, entrepreneurial spirit and humanity. These values form the core of Metzler’s activities and the basis of Metzler’s integrity. Longterm success shows that this free-mindedness has been fruitful.