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in the first quarter of 2007, primarily due to bets on the sub-prime mortgage industry in the United States. The assets under management were transferred into UBS's main asset management business. The division had raised $ 1.2 billion in assets under management.
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for $ 157.5 million, which was initiated when the Bechtel family cashed out its 30% holding in February, forcing the partnership to sell to Travelers to increase their pool of capital which had been depleted by $ 25 million.
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Dillon Read traces its roots to 1832 with the founding of the Wall Street brokerage firm Carpenter & Vermilye by Col. Washington Romeyn Vermilye, George Carpenter, and
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On May 3, 2007, UBS announced the closure of Dillon Read Capital Management. After profits of $ 1.2 billion in 2006, the division lost 150 million
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The corporate office was located at 535 Madison Ave in New York City. The downtown office was located at 120 Wall street in New York City.
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In 1905, it was renamed after its principal partner, William A. Read. In 1921, it was renamed as Dillon, Read & Co. to include partner
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In 1991, the company was sold to Barings for $ 122 million. Barings went bankrupt and in 1995, management bought back the firm.
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In 1998, it became part of UBS when Swiss Bank Corporation merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to become UBS.
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served as chairman from 1970 to 1982, before serving as a United States Senator from New Jersey and as
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in 1928. In the 1930, it underwrote foreign bonds and arranged financing for the
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In 1997, the company was sold to Swiss Bank Corporation in 1997 and merged with
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The Dillon Read name was dropped by 2000. In June 2005, UBS established
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and as U.S. Undersecretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to France under
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of the company before serving as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under
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The Last Partnerships: Inside the Great Wall Street Money Dynasties
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Defunct financial services companies of the United States
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In July 1986, the company was sold by its 35 partners to
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In 1925, it engineered the buyout of 27:Former investment bank in New York City 14: 1095: 570: 529:EICHENWALD, KURT (November 13, 1991). 486: 335: 690: 612: 549: 411: 409: 407: 465: 198:, the son of Dillon Read co-founder 672:Bradley, Simon (October 30, 2008). 592:Swardson, Anne (December 9, 1997). 156:. The firm was notable for selling 24: 531:"Travelers Is Selling Dillon Firm" 508:STERNGOLD, JAMES (July 16, 1986). 404: 367:. 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In 1991, it was acquired by 13: 1: 1133:1997 mergers and acquisitions 1128:1991 mergers and acquisitions 1077:Wellington Management Company 844:Kidder, Peabody & Company 613:Clark, Andrew (May 3, 2007). 382: 1118:Banks disestablished in 1997 72:; 192 years ago 7: 160:during the U.S. Civil War. 154:William Montgomery Vermilye 10: 1149: 716: 336:Geisst, Charles R (2001). 142: 1113:Banks established in 1924 1067:MFS Investment Management 1059: 959: 882: 862: 819: 811:O'Connor & Associates 771: 735:Union Bank of Switzerland 733: 724: 104: 89: 66: 56: 44: 35: 302:subprime mortgage crisis 148:Carpenter & Vermilye 256:S. G. Warburg & Co. 237:The Travelers Companies 83:New York City, New York 801:Dillon, Read & Co. 773:Swiss Bank Corporation 247:Barings and Swiss Bank 164:Dillon, Read & Co. 133:Swiss Bank Corporation 117:Dillon, Read & Co. 31:Dillon, Read & Co. 423:Yale University Press 1060:Largest shareholders 834:Jackson & Curtis 425:. 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Index

Dillon Read

Trade name
Investment banking
New York City, New York
UBS
investment bank
New York City
Barings Bank
Swiss Bank Corporation
UBS
William Montgomery Vermilye
war bonds
Clarence Dillon
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Dodge Brothers
Chrysler
petroleum industry
Triborough Bridge
C. Douglas Dillon
Clarence Dillon
chairman
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Nicholas F. Brady
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
The Travelers Companies
S. G. Warburg & Co.

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