Английская Википедия:Banque d'Anvers
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Italics title Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox company The Banque d'Anvers (Шаблон:Lit) was a Belgian based bank that acted as the affiliate of the Société Générale de Belgique in Antwerp. It started activity as a branch in 1823, became a fully-fledged bank in 1827, and was eventually merged into the Générale de Banque in 1965. In the 1920s, it was described as one of the most powerful banks in Belgium.[1]
Name
Even though the bank was primarily active in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, for most of its existence it was generally referred to by its French name including in Dutch-speaking or English-speaking contexts.[2][3][4]
History
One year after its establishment in 1822, the Société Générale de Belgique (at that time known as the Шаблон:Lang) opened a branch in Antwerp. A few years later, it decided to convert it into a legally separate bank (subsidiary), which became effective on Шаблон:Date. At the time, the Шаблон:Lang was a note-issuing bank, and issued special banknotes that could only be redeemed at the Banque d'Anvers. During its first decades of activity, the bank had no capital of its own, until it was reorganized and capitalized in 1870, when the Société Générale de Belgique took up half of the shareholders' equity.[6]Шаблон:Rp
In 1919,Шаблон:R the Banque d'Anvers absorbed the Шаблон:Lang (est. 1910) and the Шаблон:Lang (est. 1900 as the Шаблон:Lang, changed name in July 1914[4]Шаблон:Rp),[5] which it fully merged into itself in 1924.Шаблон:R In 1934-1935, the Société Générale de Belgique consolidated all its other local affiliates into the newly formed Générale de Banque, but the family shareholders of the Banque d'Anvers rejected that option and the bank thus remained as the SGB's only autonomous local affiliate bank in Belgium.Шаблон:R The Banque d'Anvers only had to divest its relatively small portfolio of industrial participations, for which it formed a separate holding entity, the Шаблон:Lang, whose equity it distributed to its own shareholders.[7]Шаблон:Rp
Following World War II, the Banque d'Anvers absorbed other local banks, the Шаблон:Lang in 1957, and the venerable Banque J. J. Le Grelle (est. 1792) in 1962.Шаблон:R Even so, the Banque d'Anvers lacked critical mass in the context of 1960s Belgium. On Шаблон:Date, it was merged into the Générale de Banque,[3] simultaneously as the Société Belge de Banque. As a consequence, it returned to the status it had in its origin years as a mere local branch of the Шаблон:Lang. In subsequent years, its head office building on Antwerp's Meir thoroughfare featured a sign that read "Generale Bankmaatschappij v/h Bank van Antwerpen", Шаблон:Lit.Шаблон:R
Leadership
- Шаблон:Ill, chairman 1827-1866?Шаблон:R
- Charles Gréban de Saint-Germain, chairman 1870-?Шаблон:R
- Шаблон:Ill, chairman ca. 1890
- Philippe Dulait, chairmen 1964?-1965Шаблон:R
Hector Carlier, founder of Petrofina, started his career at the Banque d'Anvers, in which his father held a significant equity stake.
See also
References
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