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The Bank of Ireland is the oldest bank in Ireland.

FleetBoston Financial Corporation is the eighth largest bank in the United States and the largest in New England, with…

CoreStates Financial Corp is a major, Philadelphia-based regional bank holding company whose basic banking services are…

The Bank of Nova Scotia, the second oldest bank in Canada, was the second largest Canadian bank in 2003 in term of…

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is the second largest of the "Big Four" banks in Australia,…

Midland Bank plc is one of the leading deposit banks in the United Kingdom.

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Since its founding in 1855, Sweden's Skandia Insurance Company, Ltd.

Credit Suisse Group, which began as a commercial bank in 1856, at a time when Switzerland was first embracing the…

Bâloise-Holding is positioning itself as a leading European integrated financial services provider.

A significant force in international banking, HSBC Holdings plc (also referred to as the HSBC Group) operates in some…

Early 1920s:BV allies itself with Bayerische Handelsbank AG.

The Royal Bank of Canada is Canada's largest financial institution.

Comerica Incorporated is a multi-state financial services company based in Detroit.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America is one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world and,…

Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.

SunAmerica Inc., among the nation's largest life insurers, is also a financial services company, offering retirement…

Banco de Chile is the second largest private bank in Chile and the largest that remains under Chilean ownership.

A longtime operator in the investment industry, The John Nuveen Company concentrates on the sponsorship, marketing, and…

American National Insurance Company is one of the 100 largest life insurance companies in the United States in terms of…

With origins in life insurance, Lincoln National Corporation has evolved into a financial services company whose…

Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Fifth Third Bancorp is a holding company that operates 12 banking affiliates, managed…

UBS AG was formed from the 1998 megamerger of Swiss Bank Corporation and Union Bank of Switzerland.

The Nomura Securities Company, the largest securities firm in Japan, has long been recognized as an industry pacesetter.

Torchmark Corporation is an insurance and diversified financial services holding company.

Value Line, Inc.

The Nikko Securities Company Limited is one of the largest securities companies in the world, and--along with Daiwa…

Boston-based FMR Corp.

Fidelity Investments Inc.

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First Albany Companies Inc., acting through its subsidiaries, conducts a full-service investment banking and brokerage…

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (commonly called TD Bank) ranks as Canada's second largest bank in terms of assets, trailing…

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is Canada's third largest bank, trailing only Royal Bank of Canada and…

From its unprepossessing beginnings in Philadelphia more than a century ago, Smith Barney has grown into a financial…

Ryan Beck & Co., Inc.

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Instinet Corporation operates the largest of a number of privately owned electronic communications networks (ECNs) that…

Union Financière de France Banque SA (UFF Banque) is an asset manager with a difference.

California-based Franklin Resources, Inc.

Hoenig Group Inc., through its brokerage subsidiaries, provides global securities brokerage, marketing and distribution…

PaineWebber Group Inc.

The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its operating subsidiary Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., is the largest discount…

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Gabelli Asset Management Inc.

Since its incorporation in 1976, Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated (reorganized as New Street Capital Inc.), once a…

The origins of Eaton Vance Corporation date to the activities of Charles F.

Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Jardine Matheson is one of the oldest names in East Asia, and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is an international…

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

With over one-fifth of the nation's banking business, Bank Austria AG is Austria's largest and most profitable banking…

Orkla A/S is the largest branded consumer goods group and food and beverage producer in Scandinavia and one of the five…

Oaktree Capital Management, LLC is an investment firm specializing in acquiring the bad debt of financially ailing…

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd., the world's largest bank, was formed in April 1996 from the merger of The Mitsubishi…

National Financial Partners Corp.

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.