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List of investment banks
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The following is a list of investment banks
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[edit] Financial conglomerates
Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking and investment banking, and sometimes insurance. Such combinations were common in Germany but illegal in the United States prior to passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The name of the bank's investment-bank affiliate is in parentheses where applicable.
[edit] Independent Investment Banks
M&A advisors and underwriters of securities that are not affiliated with commercial banks:
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[edit] Other capital markets firms
Broker-dealers and miscellaneous.
[edit] Former investment banks
- Alex. Brown & Sons - ultimately part of Deutsche Bank, survives as minor business unit
- Barings - collapsed 1995; assets acquired by ING Bank
- Bear Stearns - collapsed 2008; assets acquired by JPMorgan Chase
- A.G. Becker & Co., Inc. - acquired by Merrill Lynch in 1984
- A. G. Edwards acquired by Wachovia in 2007
- Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co. – merged with Paine Webber in 1979
- C.E. Unterberg, Towbin - acquired by Collins Stewart in 2007
- Carl M. Loeb Rhodes and Company - ultimately part of Citigroup
- Commodities Corporation - bought by Goldman Sachs
- Dain Rauscher Wessels - bought by Royal Bank of Canada in 2000
- Dillon, Read & Company - acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation, and is ultimately part of UBS AG
- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette - acquired by Credit Suisse in 2001
- Drexel Burnham Lambert - liquidated 1990
- E. F. Hutton & Co. - acquired by Shearson Lehman American Express in 1988, ultimately part of Lehman Brothers
- First Boston - merged with Credit Suisse in 1988 to form CS First Boston, renamed Credit Suisse First Boston in 1996 and Credit Suisse in 2006
- G. H. Walker & Co. - acquired by White Weld & Co and ultimately part of Merrill Lynch
- Gerard Klauer Mattison - acquired by BMO Nesbitt Burns, subsequently renamed Harris Nesbitt
- H. B. Hollins & Co.
- Halsey, Stuart & Co. - ultimately part of Wachovia
- Hambrecht & Quist - acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank and ultimately part of JPMorgan Chase. H&Q name continues as investment advisor
- Hambros Bank - acquired by Societe Generale
- J. & W. Seligman & Co. - investment bank ultimately part of UBS AG; continues as asset manager
- J.C. Bradford & Co. - ultimately part of UBS AG
- John Nuveen & Co. - IBD acquired by Piper Jaffray in 1999; company continues as asset management house under NUVEEN
- Kidder, Peabody & Co. - acquired by General Electric Corporation in 1986, subsequently resold to PaineWebber in 1994 and ultimately part of UBS AG
- Kleinwort Benson - acquired by Dresdner Bank
- Kuhn, Loeb & Co. - ultimately part of Lehman Brothers
- L.F. Rothschild - ultimately part of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, with parts sold to Oppenheimer'not to be confused with N.M. Rothschild, Rothschild Group; see Rothschild family
- Lee, Higginson & Co. - liquidated 1932
- Mendelssohn & Co. - aryanized by the Nazis in 1938, sold in parts to Deutsche Bank
- Merrill Lynch - acquired by Bank of America in 2008 (pending regulatory and shareholder approval)
- Montgomery Securities - ultimately part of Bank of America
- Morgan & Cie - acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1967 and incorporated as Morgan et Compagnie International in Morgan Stanley International Incorporated in 1975
- Morgan Grenfell - acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1990
- Morgan, Harjes & Co.renamed Morgan & Cie in 1926 and acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1926
- Petrie Parkman & Co. - acquired by Merrill Lynch in 2006
- Prudential Securities - acquired by Wachovia in 2003
- Putnam Lovell - ultimately part of National Bank Financial
- Robert Fleming & Co. - acquired by JPMorgan Chase
- Robertson, Stephens - acquired by Bank of America in 2002
- Ryan Beck & Co. - ultimately part of Stifel Financial Corp., parent company of Stifel Nicolaus
- S. G. Warburg & Co - ultimately part of UBS AG; not to be confused with M.M. Warburg or Warburg Pincus; see Warburg family
- Salomon Brothers - acquired by Travelers Group in 1997, ultimately part of Citigroup
- Schroders - investment bank bought by Citigroup; continues as asset manager
- Soundview Technology Group - ultimately part of Charles Schwab
- Swiss Bank Corporation merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to form UBS AG
- Union Bank of Switzerland merged with Swiss Bank Corporation to form UBS AG
- Wachovia (Wachovia Securities) - acquired by Wells Fargo
- Wasserstein Perella - bought by Dresdner Bank
- Wheat First - ultimately part of Wachovia
- White Weld & Co. - bought by Merrill Lynch
- WIT Capital - bought by Charles Schwab
- Wood Gundy Inc. - acquired by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1987, operating as CIBC Wood Gundy before becoming CIBC World Markets in 1997
[edit] Brokerages
- Dean Witter Reynolds (merged with Morgan Stanley to form Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, subsequently renamed Morgan Stanley)
- E. F. Hutton (brokerage assets were acquired by Citigroup)
- Paine Webber (acquired by UBS AG)
- Pinnacle Capital Markets
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Continues to operate as an investment banking firm. Filed for bankruptcy on September 15th, 2008
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