History
Our track record and over 60 years’ experience have made us one of the most solvent, well-managed banks in the world.
For the Crèdit Andorrà Group, the customer is the focal point of our business. For this reason we work to provide an intimate, personalised and quality service for the customer based on mutual trust, professionalism, confidentiality and responsibility.
As a bank, we are leaders in the Andorran financial sector and also as an International Group. We are currently experiencing a process of expansion and growth led by our president, Antoni Pintat Santolà ria, and our CEO, Josep Peralba Duró.
Take a look at some of the years that have marked our history:
1949 - We begin life as a financial organisation providing universal banking services in Andorra.
1987 - Crèdit Andorrà Foundation is born, an organization that works to promote links with our community and to thank them for their trust with future projects.
2003 - We start our internationalisation by launching our asset management body, Private Investment Management (PIM)., in Geneva (Switzerland).
2004 -Crediinvest Sicav, a collective investment company, is launched in Luxembourg.
2005 - We acquire the financial body CaixaBank and integrate it into Crèdit Andorrà .
2006 - La Caixa is longer one of our shareholders and sells its stake to Andorran families, which makes us a 100% Andorran entity.
2007 - Valira Capital Asset Management, an investment management and asset consultancy company, is inaugurated in Madrid (Spain).
2008 - Crèdit Andorrà (Panamá), a bank with its head office in Panama, begins life as the first step in our expansion plan in Latin America.
2008 - We open an office for representation in Montevideo (Uruguay).
2008 - Investcredit Sicav is created, a new Sicav (collective investment scheme) in Luxembourg that enables our investment funds to be marketed on European and international markets.
2009 - Creation of the Crèdit Andorrà Panamá Securitiesbrokerage firm, a securities company that offers brokerage services in financial markets and consultancy.
2010 - Opening of CA México Asesores Patrimoniales to provide a service for the local market in Mexico.
2011 - Takeover of Banque de Patrimoines Privés in Luxembourg.
2011 - Takeover of 85% of Banco Alcalá in Spain.
2011 - Takeover of 80% of Beta Capital Management LP in Miami.
We believe in the future
In the Crèdit Andorrà Group we believe in commitment, effort and innovation as the driving forces to meet the challenges of the future with guaranteed assurance.
We will continue to make the effort to grow together with our customers and the communities in which we operate, offering a personalised service that comprehensively responds to the needs of our customers around the world.
The future is also marked by our commitment to expansion into new strategic, solvent territories with economic and political stability, which enjoy prestigious, international, financial, places.
Our aim as a group is to establish long-term relationships with our customers.
Publications
- 12 April 2012 Crèdit Andorrà signed a sub advisory agreement with GAMCO Asset Management to manage their dollar portfolios
- 17 October 2011 The Crèdit Andorrà Group acquires an 80% stake in Beta Capital Management LP and establishes itself in the United States
- 12 October 2011 The Crèdit Andorrà Group buys 85% of Banco Alcalá