Charterhouse Group, 1925-1979. A history
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- Author(s) Dennett, Laurie
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1979
- Pages 175pp; illus
- Publisher Gentry Books
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly history with much on early financing of industry through equity investment; emergence of Charterhouse an an investment bank; early years of Charterhouse Investment Trust; bridging gap between industry and finance; etc. List of directors. Chart showing Group structure, 1970s. Includes coverage of Sir Arthur Wheeler and his firm, Arthur Wheeler & Co. Has chapters: 'A young man in the City'; 'The foundation - the early years of Charterhouse Investment Trust'; 'A bridge between finance and industry'; 'The Depression and the War'; 'The Charterhouse Group of Companies'; ''Banking is experience' - S Japhet & Co, 1880-1954'; 'Building the Group and going public'; 'New directions, disaster and recovery'; 'Righting the balance'; 'Industrial ownership intensified'; 'A return to the middle way'; 'The main events since 1945'