Rise of Merchant Banking
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- Author(s) Chapman, Stanley D
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1984
- Pages 224pp
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly and pioneering account of the development of investment banking [merchant banking] in the UK to 1914 including chapters on evolution of merchant roles in 18th century finance; market leaders N M Rothschild and Baring Brothers; new competitor banks; structure of merchant banking by late 19th century; issuing; accepting; decline of merchanting function; performance; co-operation. Appendices include capital and partner numbers of banks in the late 19th century; directorships and spheres of interest of merchant bankers, 1914-15; acceptances of leading houses, 1890-1914. Much about individual houses: Baring Brothers & Co, N M Rothschild & Co, Brown, Shipley & Co, Antony Gibbs & Sons; C J Hambro & Co [Hambros Bank Ltd], Frederick Huth & Co, Kleinwort, Sons & Co [Kleinwort, Benson], J H Schroder & Co, etc