This is a full and authoritative account of the history of private banking, beginning with its development in conjunction with the world markets served by and centred on a few European cities, notably Amsterdam and London. These banks were usually partnerships, a form of organization which persisted as the role of private banking changed in response to the political and economic transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was in this period, and the succeeding Golden Age of private banking from 1815 to ...
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This is a full and authoritative account of the history of private banking, beginning with its development in conjunction with the world markets served by and centred on a few European cities, notably Amsterdam and London. These banks were usually partnerships, a form of organization which persisted as the role of private banking changed in response to the political and economic transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was in this period, and the succeeding Golden Age of private banking from 1815 to the 1870s, that many of the great names this book treats rose to fame: Baring, Rothschild, Mallet and Hottinger became synonymous with wealth and economic power, as German, French and the remarkably long-lasting Geneva banks flourished and expanded. The last parts of this study detail the way in which private banking adapted to the age of the corporate economy from the 1870s to the 1930s, the decline during and after the Great Depression and the post-war renaissance. It concludes with an appraisal of the causes and consequences of the modern expansion of private banking: no longer the exclusive preserve of partnerships, the management of investment portfolios of wealthy individuals and institutions is now a major concern of international joint-stock banks.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 302 p. Studies in Banking and Financial History. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009010011 Type of material Book Main title The world of private banking / Youssef Cassis...[et al.]. Published/Created Farnham, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2009. Description xxv, 302 p. : ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 9781859284322 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1859284329 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780754695844 (ebk. ) 0754695840 (ebk. ) LC classification HG1978. W67 2009 Related names Cassis, Youssef. LC Subjects Private banks--History. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-293) and index. Series Studies in banking and financial history Dewey class no. 332.1/23 National bib no. GBA981238 National bib agency no. 015351290 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn316099077
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