C.G. Trinkaus, known as such from 1852 until 1972 then as Trinkaus & Burkhardt (1972-1999) and HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (1999-2023), was a German financial services company. It traced its history back to 1785 and was thus one of the longest-established members of the HSBC Group following integration into that group in 1992.
In 2023, the company was merged with HSBC's Paris-based subsidiary HSBC Continental Europe. Its operations subsequently form the German branch of HSBC Continental Europe, covering both commercial and investment banking, with head office in Düsseldorf and additional offices in Baden-Baden, Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Mannheim, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart as well as Vienna in Austria.
History
In 1785 Christian Gottfried Jäger established his trading house in Düsseldorf. Then in 1852 Christian Gottfried Trinkaus, one of the founder's nephews, took over the firm, named it after himself, and focused exclusively on banking from then on. From 1919 on, the company came under the ownership of institutional investors, especially Deutsche Bank, as the last family members exited the bank.