Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada and the ninth largest in the world, with overal assets of approximately $160 billion. Drawing on the strength of its caisse network in Québec and Ontario, as well as its subsidiaries, several of which are active throughout Canada, Desjardins offers a full range of financial products and services to its 5.8 million individual and business members and clients. Desjardins Group is also home to a wealth of expertise in property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, wealth management, services for businesses of all sizes, securities brokerage, venture capital, asset management and secure leading-edge virtual access methods, all part of an integrated offer that is the only one of its kind in Canada. One of the largest employers in the country, Desjardins is backed by the knowledge and skills of its 42 000 employees and the commitment of its 6 300 elected officers.

Desjardins Group ranks 26^th in the 2009 Global Finance classification of the World's 50 Safest Banks, according to assets and credit ratings granted to the 500 most important financial institutions in the world.

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