The collapse of the Berlin Wall signals the end of the Cold War.
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SBC opens a representative office in Beijing.
O'Connor forms a global strategic alliance with SBC (SBC/OC Services L.P.)
Milestones
1990
German reunification / World Wide Web / Yugoslav civil war
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Sir Timothy J. Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
East and West Germany are reunified.
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Yugoslavia breaks apart and plunges into civil war with major atrocities committed against civilian populations.
The collapse of the Soviet Union
1991
After a process of disintegration the Soviet Union collapses.
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SBC acquires majority holding in Australian firm DBSM to make it SBC Dominguez Barry (which becomes SBC Australia in 1994).
Conference on Environment and Development
1992
The Rio Climate Conventions are showcased at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Union Bank Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd. is set up.
SBC/OC Services L.P. is fully integrated into SBC.
The Maastricht Treaty
1993
The Maastricht Treaty comes into force in November creating the European Union (EU) and leading to the creation of the single European currency, the euro.
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SBC becomes the first major Swiss bank to set up an internal Compliance organization.
