Bache Group Inc. ( Became Prudential-Bache Securities) - Delaware 1980

Beautiful specimen warrant certificate from Bache Group Inc. printed in 1980. This historic document was printed by the Security - Columbian Company and has an ornate border around it with the company name centered on top. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s Chairman of the Board, and Secretary.


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The Bache Group Inc. was parent company of Bache Halsey Stuart Shields Inc..

Halsey, Stuart (later Bache Halsey Stuart Shields) was a Chicago-based investment bank founded in 1911.

In 1952, the firm made headlines when its managing partner, Harold L. Stuart, testified before the U.S. Supreme Court for the government's antitrust case against Morgan Stanley and 16 other major investment banks. The fact that Halsey, Stuart was a significant Wall Street player (responsible for the most IPOs in 1951) led some observers to suspect that they had provoked the government's antitrust suit.

The firm was purchased by Bache & Co. in 1974 to form Bache Halsey Stuart Shields & Co. The combined firm was acquired by Prudential Insurance in 1981, leading to the creation of Prudential-Bache Securities.

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