ABSTRACT
What connects the following names: Babcock & Brown, Bankers Trust Company, Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Baring & Co., Bear Stearns, Dean Witter & Co., Drexel, Burnham Lambert, Finance One, Hill Samuel, Kidder Peabody, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Grenfell, Paine Webber, Peregrine Investments, Pierson, Heldring & Pierson, Robertson Stephens, Salomon Brothers, S.G. Warburg and Yamaichi Securities?
