Investment Suisse had its genesis in Europe as Triskelion Trading in 1823, dealing mostly in commodities and driven by gold rushes in the United States and Australia, set up assay and clearing operations. Europe, 1976, the group underwent a name change to Investment Suisse to better reflect current group growth activity in the European trading and merchant banking markets, specialising in corporate finance, venture capital, market making and other merchant banking specialist areas. At this time, European corporate administration moved to Switzerland, however all our activities conducted offshore through our Panamanian affiliation for tax efficiency and client privacy. Evolutionary growth has seen Investment Suisse grow into a thriving Private Merchant Banking Services Organisation, facilitating products and services across the entire financial services spectrum. The group operates entirely offshore, however has representation in London - Switzerland - The Caribbean - Hong Kong and other areas in Asia and manages an extensive capital and assets portfolio, on behalf of it's many private clients worldwide. Suisse is also trustee over a Hedge fund and is able to offer direct funding for projects, compatible with the policy of our managed portfolio. We also act as agent and lead manager, working with other banks and similar institutions, financial houses and has an in-house dedicated trustee and fiduciary division. A broad range of financial products, enable us to provide client access to many markets, (e.g.) Trading, Banking, Trustee, Corporate domicile, bank account establishment and Fiduciary sectors. Globally, Suisse Group has funded projects in many industry sectors, either from its own portfolio, or as lead arranger and a number of examples are given on Page 5 - ' VENTURE CAPITAL - FAQ '.