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| Author: | Baird, R.G. |
| Title: | From Bismark to the bomb: the banking career of Saemy Japhet |
| Journal: | Royal Bank of Scotland Review
1987 : DEC, No. 156, p. 47-52 |
| Index terms: | BANKING COMPANY GROWTH FINANCE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Profile of Saemy Japhet, the banker. His apprenticeship in a Frankfurt banking house (1871). Then stockbroker and commission agent. The opening of an office in London. Offices also in Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg. New head office in London. Friendship with Sir Basil Zaharoff and backing. Patronage of Sir Ernest Cassel, the London financier. Losses caused by First World War and recovery. His bank's membership of Accepting Houses Committee. Impact of Second World War. Entry into bullion market and the bank's acquisition by the Charterhouse Group. |
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