Year Merger closed
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Acquirer
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Acquired firm
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Name of merged entity
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1931
|
Harriman Brothers & Company
|
Brown Bros. & Co.
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
1938
|
Charles D. Barney & Co.
|
Edward B. Smith & Co.
|
Smith Barney & Co.
|
1940
|
Merrill Lynch
|
E. A. Pierce & Co.
|
Merrill Lynch
|
1940
|
Merrill Lynch
|
Cassatt & Co.
|
Merrill Lynch
|
1942
|
Paine, Webber & Co.
|
Jackson & Curtis
|
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
|
1946
|
First Boston Corporation
|
Mellon Securities Corporation
|
First Boston Corporation
|
1947
|
Lonsdale Investment Trust
|
Robert Benson & Co.
|
Robert Benson Lonsdale
|
1956
|
Eastman Dillon & Co.
|
Union Securities
|
Eastman Dillon Union Securities & Co.
|
1957
|
S. G. Warburg & Co.
|
Seligman Bros.
|
S. G. Warburg & Co.
|
1961
|
Robert Benson Lonsdale
|
Kleinwort, Sons & Co.
|
Kleinwort Benson Limited
|
1965
|
Drexel and Company
|
Harriman, Ripley and Company
|
Drexel Harriman Ripley
|
1965
|
Philip Hill, Higginson, Erlanger’s Limited
|
M. Samuel & Co.
|
Hill Samuel & Co.
|
1970
|
Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt
|
Hayden, Stone & Co.
|
CBWL-Hayden, Stone, Inc.
|
1970
|
Mason & Co.
|
Legg & Co.
|
Legg Mason & Co.
|
1972
|
Eastman Dillon Union Securities & Co.
|
Blyth & Co.
|
Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co.
|
1973
|
Burnham and Company
|
Drexel Harriman Ripley
|
Drexel Burnham and Company
|
1973
|
Hayden Stone
|
H. Hentz
|
Hayden Stone
|
1973
|
Hayden Stone
|
Saul Lerner & Company
|
Hayden Stone
|
1974
|
Hayden Stone
|
Shearson, Hammill & Co.
|
Shearson Hayden Stone
|
1975
|
Lehman Brothers
|
Abraham & Co.
|
Lehman Brothers
|
1975
|
Smith Barney & Co.
|
Harris, Upham & Co.
|
Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.
|
1976
|
Shearson Hayden Stone
|
Lamson Brothers
|
Shearson Hayden Stone
|
1976
|
Shearson Hayden Stone
|
Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan
|
Shearson Hayden Stone
|
1976
|
Drexel Burnham and Company
|
William D. Witter
|
Drexel Burnham Lambert
|
1977
|
Lehman Brothers
|
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
|
Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb
|
1977
|
Morgan Stanley
|
Shuman, Agnew & Co
|
Morgan Stanley
|
1977
|
Paine Webber
|
Mitchell Hutchins
|
Paine Webber
|
1978
|
Loeb, Rhoades & Co.
|
Hornblower, Weeks, Noyes & Trask
|
Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
|
1978
|
Dean Witter
|
Reynolds & Co.
|
Dean Witter Reynolds
|
1978
|
Merrill Lynch
|
White Weld & Co.
|
Merrill Lynch
|
1979
|
Shearson Hayden Stone
|
Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
|
Shearson Loeb Rhoades
|
1979
|
Paine Webber
|
Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co.
|
Paine Webber
|
1981
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
J. Aron & Co.
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
1981
|
Philipp Brothers
|
Salomon Brothers
|
Phibro-Salomon Inc.
|
1981
|
Prudential Insurance
|
Halsey, Stuart & Co.
|
Prudential Securities
|
1981
|
American Express
|
Shearson Loeb Rhoades
|
Shearson/American Express
|
1984
|
Shearson/American Express
|
Investors Diversified Services
|
Shearson/American Express
|
1984
|
Shearson/American Express
|
Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb
|
Shearson Lehman/American Express
|
1987
|
Primerica
|
Smith Barney
|
Primerica
|
1987
|
Union Bank of Switzerland
|
Phillips & Drew
|
Union Bank of Switzerland
|
1987
|
TSB Group Plc.
|
Hill Samuel & Co.
|
TSB Group Plc.
|
1988
|
Shearson Lehman/American Express
|
E.F. Hutton
|
Shearson Lehman Hutton
|
1988
|
Credit Suisse
|
First Boston Corporation
|
Credit Suisse First Boston
|
1988
|
Commercial Credit
|
Primerica
|
Primerica
|
1990
|
Deutsche Bank
|
Morgan Grenfell
|
Deutsche Bank
|
1993
|
Primerica
|
Shearson Lehman Hutton (Brokerage and Asset Management)
|
Primerica (Smith Barney Shearson)
|
1993
|
Lehman Brothers (Spinoff from American Express)
|
Shearson Lehman Hutton
|
Lehman Brothers
|
1995
|
Paine Webber
|
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
|
PaineWebber Group
|
1995
|
Swiss Bank Corporation
|
S. G. Warburg & Co.
|
Swiss Bank Corporation
|
1995
|
Dresdner Bank
|
Kleinwort Benson
|
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
|
1996
|
Chemical Bank
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
1996
|
Morgan Stanley
|
Van Kampen American Capital
|
Morgan Stanley
|
1997
|
Bankers Trust
|
Alex. Brown & Sons
|
Bankers Trust (BT Alex. Brown & Sons)
|
1997
|
Swiss Bank Corporation
|
Dillon, Read & Co.
|
Swiss Bank Corporation (Warburg Dillon Read)
|
1997
|
Travelers Group
|
Salomon Brothers
|
Travelers Group (Salomon Smith Barney)
|
1997
|
Dean Witter Discover & Co.
|
Morgan Stanley
|
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
|
1998
|
Union Bank of Switzerland
|
Swiss Bank Corporation
|
UBS AG (UBS Warburg)
|
1998
|
Travelers Group
|
Citicorp
|
Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney)
|
1998
|
Société Générale
|
Hambros Bank
|
Société Générale (SG Hambros Bank Ltd)
|
1999
|
Deutsche Bank
|
Bankers Trust
|
Deutsche Bank (Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown)
|
1999
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
Hambrecht & Quist
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
2000
|
PaineWebber Group
|
J.C. Bradford & Co.
|
PaineWebber Group
|
2000
|
UBS AG
|
PaineWebber Group
|
UBS AG (UBS Paine Webber)
|
2000
|
Credit Suisse First Boston
|
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
|
Credit Suisse First Boston
|
2000
|
Dresdner Kleinwort
|
Wasserstein Perella & Co.
|
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
|
2000
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
Robert Fleming & Co.
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
2001
|
Lehman Brothers
|
Cowen & Co. (PCS Business)
|
Lehman Brothers
|
2001
|
Chase Manhattan Bank
|
J. P. Morgan & Co.
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
2001
|
Société Générale
|
TCW Group
|
Société Générale
|
2002
|
Deutsche Bank
|
Scudder Investments
|
Deutsche Bank
|
2003
|
Lehman Brothers
|
Crossroads Group
|
Lehman Brothers
|
2003
|
Lehman Brothers
|
Neuberger Berman
|
Lehman Brothers
|
2006
|
Lehman Brothers
|
H.A. Schupf & Co.
|
Lehman Brothers
|
2007
|
Wachovia
|
A. G. Edwards
|
Wachovia Securities
|
2008
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
Bear Stearns
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
2008
|
Bank of America
|
Merrill Lynch
|
BofA Securities
|
2008
|
Ameriprise Financial
|
J. & W. Seligman & Co.
|
Ameriprise Financial
|
2009
|
Morgan Stanley
|
Smith Barney
|
Morgan Stanley (Morgan Stanley Smith Barney)
|