The Merchant Bankers

Author : Joseph Wechsberg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486781181

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This fascinating chronicle of the world's great financial families offers candid profiles of the personalities behind seven legendary banking houses: Hambros, which now survives in name only; Barings, the oldest British banking dynasty; the Rothschilds, who amassed the largest private fortune in modern history; the Warburgs, a German dynasty of Venetian origin dating from the sixteenth century; the venerable Hermann Josef Abs, long-time chairman of Deutsche Bank; Lehman Brothers, formerly the oldest continuing partnership in American investing; and the eccentric and culturally savant financier Raffaele Mattioli, who headed Banca Commerciale Italiana. Focusing on figures of late-nineteenth-century London, this chronicle marks the distinctions between the cloistered Old World aristocracy and the rise of the high-stakes investors of Wall Street. Written by a longtime correspondent for the New Yorker, this fascinating account of daring financial adventures and their merchant banker orchestrators provides a wealth of context for understanding the evolution of modern investment banking. A new Foreword has been written specially for this edition by Christopher Kobrak, Wilson/Currie Chair of Canadian Business and Financial History at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Dover (2014) republication of the edition originally published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1966. See every Dover book in print at www.doverpublications.com

Author : Joseph Wechsberg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486796710

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Fascinating chronicle of the world's great financial families profiles the personalities behind seven legendary banking houses: Hambros, Barings, the Rothschilds, the Warburgs, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Banca Commerciale Italiana.

Author : Joseph Wechsberg
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Merchant Bankers by Joseph Wechsberg Pdf

“This is a collection of casual articles about the seemingly forbidding subject of merchant banking and about some of the world’s most outstanding and venerable merchant bankers — Hambros, Barings, Warburg, in London; Mattioli in Milan; Abs in Frankfurt; Lehman Brothers in New York; and the Rothschilds in Paris and London... Joseph Wechsberg gives the history of each of these institutions, most of which remain family controlled, and he presents profiles of the men who are or have been their guiding lights, whose very character serves to distinguish each of these mysterious citadels from the other and from lesser breeds in the more understandable area of commercial banking. The most remarkable feature of this truly fascinating book is the amount of knowledge the author brings to bear upon his subject in a most unobtrusive way. The articles are rich in information and a pleasure to read.” — Kirkus “Mr. Wechsberg... has selected the names of seven merchant banks and bankers and written the story of each with a sparkling lucidity that is reminiscent of New Yorker Profiles... Mr. Wechsberg’s sketches of men and institutions make good reading.” — Saturday Review “New Yorker Correspondent Joseph Wechsberg[’s]... stories have a richness of color and some details of remarkable deals that have turned money into factories, jobs and useful products for everybody’s compound interest.” — Time Magazine

Author : Stanley Chapman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135032456

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The Rise of Merchant Banking by Stanley Chapman Pdf

This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of one of the most dynamic sectors of the City of London money market, of the British economy as a whole and of a major aspect of the growth of international business. Dr Chapman has researched new material from the archives of Rothschilds, Barings, Kleinwort Benson and other leading houses together with a wide range of archives and published work in Europe, America and South Africa to trace the roots of British enterprise in financing international trade, exporting capital, floating companies, arbitrage, and other activities of the merchant banks. While mindful of the subtleties of international financial connections, this book assumes no previous acquaintance with the jargon of banking, economics and sociology. It will therefore prove equally interesting to students of history, business and finance, and offers a 'good read' to anyone interested in the City of London and the international economy.

Author : Erik Banks
Publisher : Kogan Page
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024869476

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The Rise and Fall of the Merchant Banks by Erik Banks Pdf

"This book examines the ascendancy and decline of the British merchant banking industry over the last 200 years. It illustrates the central role these institutions played in the growth and development of the global and domestic economy and assesses their prospects and influence in a continuously changing environment." "The origins, ascendancy, triumphs, contributions, failures and decline of these institutions are analysed with reference to the external forces which shape them, from the dawn of merchant banking in the 18th century, to the peak years of dominance in the 19th century, and into the challenging War and post-War years when power and influence were lost to European universal banks and US global financial conglomerates."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Manuel Llorca-Jaa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351543941

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The Globalization of Merchant Banking before 1850 by Manuel Llorca-Jaa Pdf

London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaigns and the Anglo-American war of 1812. Though the majority of merchant bankers remained cautious in their affairs, Huth & Co established an impressive global network of trade and lending, dealing with over 6,000 correspondents in more than seventy countries. Based on archival research, this comparative study provides a new chronology of early nineteenth-century commercial and financial expansion.Huth & Co. were truly market-makers and key intermediaries of commodities and capital flows in the international economy. This is an important example of a firm shaping globalisation well before the transport and communication revolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But rather than a case study, this is a comparative study concerned with the commercial and financial activities of the leading merchant-bankers of the periodThis book will be of great interest to business and economic historians interested in the nature of the early decades of the first globalization.

Author : Joseph Wechsberg,Pocket Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1979-09-03
Category : Bankers
ISBN : 0671833065

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Merchant Bankers by Joseph Wechsberg,Pocket Books Pdf

Author : L. H. L. Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Acceptances
ISBN : UOM:35128001452711

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Clay and Wheble's Modern Merchant Banking by L. H. L. Cohen Pdf

Author : Brian O'Sullivan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319966984

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From Crisis to Crisis by Brian O'Sullivan Pdf

From Crisis to Crisis examines the impact of the harsh conditions of the interwar economy on the British merchant banks. The financial crises of 1914 and 1931 are assessed using primary sources. The competitive threats, including the rise of New York as a rival financial centre, are considered. It challenges alleged special treatment and provides fresh perspectives on the interwar rationalisation of industry. During the late nineteenth century, Britain’s merchant banks had become pre-eminent in a world of fixed exchange rates, free trade and the unfettered mobility of international capital. This world was increasingly challenged in the interwar period, being replaced by floating exchange rates, trade protectionism and restrictions on capital movements. This book fills a gap in the historiography of British banking by recovering the histories of long-forgotten merchant banks rather than focusing on the better-known firms. Using a wide range of archival resources, it traces the strategic transformation by some merchant banks from higher-risk, capital intensive activities to lower-risk, advisory services. Brian O’Sullivan has been jointly awarded the 2019 BAC Wadsworth Prize for From Crisis to Crisis: The Transformation of Merchant Banking 1914-1939. It was judged by the Business Archives Council (BAC) to have made an outstanding contribution to the study of British business history. Brian shared the prize with Professor Priya Satia of Stanford University in California.

Author : Stanley D. Chapman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:802747893

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The Rise of Merchant Banking by Stanley D. Chapman Pdf

Author : George K. Young
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036741481

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Merchant Banking: Practice and Prospects by George K. Young Pdf

Author : Michael T. Skully
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015010433087

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Merchant Banking in the Far East by Michael T. Skully Pdf

Revised edition of study on the state of merchant banking in some Asian countries.

Author : Charles John Jervis Clay,Bernard S. Wheble,William Kay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Acceptances
ISBN : UCAL:B5477626

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Clay and Wheble's Modern Merchant Banking by Charles John Jervis Clay,Bernard S. Wheble,William Kay Pdf

Author : S B Kulkarni,M. Govindaraj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9351640477

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MERCHANT BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES by S B Kulkarni,M. Govindaraj Pdf

1 Merchant Banking And Financial Services: Meaning, Scope, Participants And Instruments 2 Public Issue Management And Regulatios 3 Services Offered By Merchant Bankers 4 Financial Services: Part I 5 Financial Services: Part Ii Case Studies

Author : John Crosby Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038769647

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A Hundred Years of Merchant Banking by John Crosby Brown Pdf