Credit Suisse First Boston
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Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse.
When Credit Suisse took full control of First Boston in the United States in the mid 1990s, the First Boston investment bank was rebranded Credit Suisse First Boston, or "CSFB", worldwide. The terms Credit Suisse First Boston and CSFB are generally used to refer to the global investment bank, and not only the original London franchise.
Credit Suisse retired the First Boston name from its investment banking business worldwide on January 16, 2006, in order to "allow Credit Suisse to communicate as an integrated organization to clients, employees and shareholders."
