Feb 25 (Reuters) - Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild said on Wednesday its board would "monitor the situation" after U.S. Department of Justice files showed CEO Ariane de Rothschild kept up years-long contact with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as she sought to reassure clients and staff about the firm's financial strength. Ariane de Rothschild this week wrote to clients of the bank and employees to reassure them about the strength of the group, a spokesperson told Reuters. U.S. Justice Department files released last month showed de Rothschild kept up a years-long personal correspondence with Epstein before his 2019 arrest. After the files were released, a spokesperson for the bank told Reuters that Epstein was a business acquaintance of de Rothschild from 2013 to 2019. ($1 = 0.7728 Swiss francs)(Reporting by Fabiola Arámburo in Mexico City, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Editing by Franklin Paul and Lincoln Feast.)

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