Salomon Brothers

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Salomon Brothers was a prominent Wall Street investment bank known for its influential role in the bond market and its aggressive trading culture in the late 20th century.

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Salomon Smith Barney 3
Salomon Brothers canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financial services company
investment bank
acquiredBy Citigroup
Travelers Group
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedIn Liar's Poker
dissolved 1990s
1998
foundedBy Arthur Salomon
Herbert Salomon
Percy Straus
hasCulture aggressive trading environment
risk-taking culture
hasReputation dominant bond trading house in the 1980s
major Wall Street firm
headquartersLocation New York City
inception 1910
1910s
industry bond trading
investment banking
securities trading
involvedIn U.S. Treasury securities market
corporate bond market
mortgage-backed securities market
proprietary trading
keyBusinessUnit fixed income trading
proprietary trading desk
keyProduct U.S. Treasury securities
corporate bonds
mortgage-backed securities
location New York City
notableEmployee Henry Paulson
John Meriwether
Lewis Ranieri
Meredith Whitney
Michael Lewis
Warren Buffett
notableEvent 1991 U.S. Treasury auction bidding scandal
notableFor aggressive trading culture
mortgage-backed securities innovation
role in the U.S. bond market
parentOrganization Citigroup
Travelers Group
partOf Salomon Brothers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Salomon Smith Barney
regulatoryIssue sanctions related to Treasury auction violations
successor Salomon Brothers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Salomon Smith Barney
timePeriodOfProminence 1970s
1980s
early 1990s

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William Simon employer Salomon Brothers
subject surface form: William E. Simon
Salomon Brothers successor Salomon Brothers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Salomon Smith Barney
Salomon Brothers partOf Salomon Brothers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Salomon Smith Barney
Travelers Group hadSubsidiary Salomon Brothers
this entity surface form: Salomon Smith Barney