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72: 562: 250:, a U.S.-based brokerage. Although the joint venture initially provided an international dimension for its three members, the relationships soured in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The joint venture was plagued by competition between Warburg and 312:. Swiss Bank Corporation merged S. G. Warburg with its own existing investment banking unit to create SBC Warburg, which became a leading player in global investment banking. In 1997, SBC Warburg was merged with U.S. investment bank 210:
in 1957 was a significant event in its rise to prominence; through this, Warburg gained a place on the Accepting Houses Committee, which is composed of the 17 top merchant banks with access to cheap capital backed by the
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S. G. Warburg and Co. were recognised for its pioneering mergers and takeover work in the UK in the 1960s. These works included the first ever hostile takeover in the UK and the first-ever
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The bank gained clients and grew rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s. In the early 1970s, S. G. Warburg entered into a U.S. joint venture with Paris-based
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banking family. Henry Grunfeld was a former industrialist in the German steel industry, and is also Jewish. Warburg and Grunfeld fled
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Merrill Lynch and Mercury Asset Management Combine to Create One of the World's Largest Fund Management Groups
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Following another flawed and costly expansion into the United States, in 1994 a merger was announced with
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subsidiary) asset manager by the early 1990s. At its peak more than half the companies on the
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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
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The Warburgs: The Twentieth-century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
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in a bidding war with a consortium of City of London bankers led by
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used Mercury Asset Management for investment management purposes.
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in August 1984. The bank became the preeminent UK-based M&A (
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A Man of Influence: The Extraordinary Career of S.G. Warburg
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Defunct financial services companies of the United States
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was a London-based investment bank. It was listed on the
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The following year S. G. Warburg was purchased by
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Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
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Financial services companies disestablished in 1995
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Management Today. 1 November 1998 546:, one of the founding directors of 24: 883:. San Francisco, CA: WetFeet.com. 297:Swiss Bank Corporation acquisition 206:market. The firm's acquisition of 150:and was once a constituent of the 25: 1453: 745:"Four-Way Warburg Tie is Planned" 489:Member of the European Parliament 175:This bank was founded in 1946 by 671:. Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994 560: 1123:Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co. 1065:Basler & Zürcher Bankverein 871: 851: 830: 798: 782: 779:Merrill Lynch, 19 November 1997 763: 665:Manfred Pohl, Sabine Freitag. 611:"Outsider who changed the City" 183:. Siegmund was a member of the 154:. The firm was acquired by the 1437:1946 establishments in England 737: 722: 706: 659: 634: 625: 472:, former finance minister for 364:, former managing director of 202:issue, which fostered the new 13: 1: 1442:1995 mergers and acquisitions 1361:Wellington Management Company 1128:Kidder, Peabody & Company 837:TRUELL, PETER (16 May 1997). 821:"SBC Warburg Company History" 591: 373:, managing director 1979–1985 371:Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns 1427:Banks disestablished in 1995 261:A major participant in the " 7: 858:"UBS means RIP for Warburg" 641:Chernow, Ron (2010). "26". 553: 448: 399:Power Corporation of Canada 388:, chief financial officer, 355: 305:, but the talks collapsed. 234:The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s 10: 1458: 1000: 827:. 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Warburg & Co. 1085:Dillon, Read & Co. 1057:Swiss Bank Corporation 943:Farrer, David (1974). 325:Swiss Bank Corporation 314:Dillon, Read & Co. 310:Swiss Bank Corporation 283:merger and acquisition 156:Swiss Bank Corporation 100:Swiss Bank Corporation 548:Amnesty International 503:James Leigh-Pemberton 273:, and the government 248:A.G. Becker & Co. 187:, a prominent German- 148:London Stock Exchange 1344:Largest shareholders 1118:Jackson & Curtis 879:WetFeet.com (2001). 734:. Beard Books, 2003 586:M.M.Warburg & CO 442:Peter Wilmot-Sitwell 323:After the merger of 1215:Alex Wilmot-Sitwell 1080:SG Warburg & Co 1075:Warburg Dillon Read 1042:Phillips & Drew 581:Warburg Dillon Read 505:, chief executive, 395:Paul Desmarais, Jr. 345:UBS Investment Bank 333:Warburg Dillon Read 318:Warburg Dillon Read 133:Number of employees 34: 18:SG Warburg & Co 1230:William G. Parrett 1190:Markus U. 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SG Warburg & Co
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Swiss Bank Corporation
UBS
Siegmund George Warburg
London Stock Exchange
FTSE 100 Index
Swiss Bank Corporation
UBS
Siegmund Warburg
Henry Grunfeld
Warburg family
Jewish
Nazi Germany
Eurobond
Eurodollar
Seligman Bros.
Bank of England
Tube Investments
British Aluminium
Morgan Grenfell
Paribas
Paribas
A.G. Becker & Co.
Paribas
Siegmund Warburg
Big Bang
stockjobber
Rowe & Pitman

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