Switzerland's Pictet reports results for first time in its 209-year history

Move seen driven by US efforts to expose tax evaders

A 209-year-old Swiss bank publicly disclosed financial results for the first time in its history on Tuesday, underlining the sea change in the country's traditionally secretive banking sector.

Geneva-based Pictet Group published its results because a recent structural change shifting liability for losses from its eight partners to a corporate entity necessitates the disclosure of financial figures. On Thursday morning, Lombard Odier Group, which has undertaken a similar structural change, is expected to follow with its first public report since the bank was founded in 1796.

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