| Firm | Fate |
| Alex. Brown & Sons | ultimately part of Deutsche Bank, survives as minor business unit |
| The Argosy Group | acquired by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1995 |
| A.G. Becker & Co. | acquired by Merrill Lynch in 1984 |
| A.G. Edwards | acquired by Wachovia in 2007 |
| BancAmerica Robertson Stephens | acquired by NationsBank in 1998 and integrated into NationsBanc Montgomery Securities to form Banc of America Securities. |
| Barings | collapsed 1995; assets acquired by ING Bank |
| Bear Stearns | collapsed 2008; assets acquired by JPMorgan Chase |
| Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co. | merged with Paine Webber in 1979 |
| C.E. Unterberg, Towbin | acquired by Collins Stewart in 2007 |
| Commodities Corporation | acquired by Goldman Sachs and renamed Goldman Sachs Princeton in 1997 |
| Dain Rauscher Wessels | bought by Royal Bank of Canada in 2000 |
| Dean Witter Reynolds | merged with Morgan Stanley to form Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, subsequently the Dean Witter name was eliminated |
| Dillon, Read & Company | acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation, and is ultimately part of UBS AG |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette | acquired by Credit Suisse in 2001 |
| Drexel Burnham Lambert | liquidated 1990 |
| E.F. Hutton & Co. | acquired by Shearson Lehman/American Express in 1988, ultimately part of Lehman Brothers |
| First Boston Corporation | merged with Credit Suisse in 1988 to form CS First Boston, renamed Credit Suisse First Boston in 1996 and Credit Suisse in 2006 |
| G.H. Walker & Co. | acquired by White Weld & Co and ultimately part of Merrill Lynch |
| Gerard Klauer Mattison | acquired by BMO Nesbitt Burns, subsequently renamed Harris Nesbitt and later BMO Capital Markets |
| Giuliani Capital Advisors | the investment banking division of Giuliani Partners was sold to Macquarie Group in 2007 |
| H.B. Hollins & Co. | liquidated in 1913 |
| Halsey, Stuart & Co. | ultimately part of Wachovia |
| Hambrecht & Quist | acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank and ultimately part of JPMorgan Chase. H&Q name continues as investment advisor |
| Hambros Bank | acquired by Societe Generale |
| Hayden, Stone & Co. | acquired Shearson Hammill & Co. in 1974 and assumed the Shearson name. Ultimately acquired by American Express in 1981 |
| Hornblower & Weeks | investment bank acquired by Loeb, Rhoades & Co. and ultimately part of Shearson/American Express |
| J.&W. Seligman & Co. | investment bank ultimately part of UBS AG; continues as asset manager |
| J.C. Bradford & Co. | acquired by PaineWebber in 2000, ultimately part of UBS AG |
| John Nuveen & Co. | IBD acquired by Piper Jaffray in 1999; company continues as asset management house under Nuveen Investments, which is controlled by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Kidder, Peabody & Co. | acquired by General Electric Corporation in 1986, subsequently resold to PaineWebber in 1994 and ultimately part of UBS AG |
| Kleinwort Benson | acquired by Dresdner Bank |
| Kuhn, Loeb & Co. | ultimately part of Lehman Brothers |
| L.F. Rothschild | ultimately part of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, with parts sold to Oppenheimer‘‘not to be confused with N.M. Rothschild, Rothschild Group; see Rothschild family |
| Lee, Higginson & Co. | liquidated 1932 |
| Lehman Brothers | bankrupt in 2008, asset sold to Barclays Capital and Nomura Holdings |
| Loeb, Rhoades & Co. | acquired by Shearson Hammill & Co. to form Shearson Loeb Rhoades in 1979 which was later acquired by American Express in 1981 to form Shearson/American Express |
| Mendelssohn & Co. | aryanized by the Nazis in 1938, sold in parts to Deutsche Bank |
| Merrill Lynch & Co. | acquired by Bank of America in 2008 and integrated into Banc of America Securities to form Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| Montgomery Securities | acquired by NationsBank in 1997 and integrated into NationsBanc Capital Markets to form NationsBanc Montgomery Securities |
| Morgan & Cie | acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1967 and incorporated as Morgan et Compagnie International in Morgan Stanley International Incorporated in 1975 |
| Morgan Grenfell | acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1990 |
| Morgan, Harjes & Co. | renamed Morgan & Cie in 1926 and acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1926 |
| Paine Webber | acquired by UBS AG |
| Petrie Parkman & Co. | acquired by Merrill Lynch in 2006 |
| Prudential Securities | acquired by Wachovia in 2003 |
| Putnam Lovell | acquired by National Bank Financial in 2002; acquired from NBF by Jefferies & Company in 2007 |
| Robert Fleming & Co. | acquired by JPMorgan Chase |
| Robertson Stephens | acquired by BankAmerica in 1997 and integrated into BancAmerica Securities to form BancAmerica Robertson Stephens. Sold again in 1998 to BankBoston (later FleetBoston Financialand would operate as Robertson Stephens from 1998-2002, when the firm was shuttered after the collapse of the Internet bubble |
| Ryan Beck & Co. | ultimately part of Stifel Financial Corp., parent company of Stifel Nicolaus |
| S. G. Warburg & Co | ultimately part of UBS AG; not to be confused with M.M. Warburg or Warburg Pincus; see Warburg family |
| Salomon Brothers | acquired by Travelers Group in 1997, ultimately part of Citigroup |
| Schroders | investment bank bought by Citigroup; continues as asset manager |
| Shearson/American Express | acquired Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb in 1984 to form Shearson Lehman/American Express, later Shearson Lehman Hutton and Shearson Lehman Brothers |
| Shearson, Hammill & Co. | renamed Shearson Loeb Rhoades after the 1979 acquisition of Loeb, Rhoades & Co. in 1979. Acquired by American Express in 1981 to form Shearson/American Express |
| Shearson Lehman Hutton | renamed Shearson Lehman Brothers in 1990 and split up in 1993 with the IPO of Lehman Brothers and the sale of the retail and brokerage operations to Primerica |
| Soundview Technology Group | ultimately part of Charles Schwab |
| Swiss Bank Corporation | merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to form UBS AG |
| Union Bank of Switzerland | merged with Swiss Bank Corporation to form UBS AG |
| Wachovia Securities | acquired by Wells Fargo in 2008 and renamed Wells Fargo Securities |
| Wasserstein Perella & Co. | bought by Dresdner Bank |
| Wheat First | ultimately part of Wachovia |
| White Weld & Co. | bought by Merrill Lynch |
| WIT Capital | bought by Charles Schwab |
| Wood Gundy | acquired by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1987, operating as CIBC Wood Gundy before becoming CIBC World Markets in 1997
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