Kidder, Peabody & Co.
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Kidder, Peabody & Co. was a prominent American investment bank and brokerage firm that played a significant role on Wall Street from the 19th century until its decline in the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kidder, Peabody & Co. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2103407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kidder, Peabody & Co. Context triple: [William E. Simon, employer, Kidder, Peabody & Co.]
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A.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was a prominent New York investment bank of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influential in U.S. railroad finance and the development of modern American banking.
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B.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a long-established American private investment bank and financial services firm known for its influential role in U.S. and global finance.
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C.
Allen & Company
Allen & Company is a private investment bank and financial advisory firm known for its work with media, technology, and entertainment companies, as well as its exclusive annual Sun Valley Conference.
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D.
Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for its influential Brutalist designs and major civic projects.
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E.
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kidder, Peabody & Co. Target entity description: Kidder, Peabody & Co. was a prominent American investment bank and brokerage firm that played a significant role on Wall Street from the 19th century until its decline in the late 20th century.
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A.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was a prominent New York investment bank of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influential in U.S. railroad finance and the development of modern American banking.
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B.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a long-established American private investment bank and financial services firm known for its influential role in U.S. and global finance.
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C.
Allen & Company
Allen & Company is a private investment bank and financial advisory firm known for its work with media, technology, and entertainment companies, as well as its exclusive annual Sun Valley Conference.
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D.
Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for its influential Brutalist designs and major civic projects.
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E.
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brokerage firm
ⓘ
financial services company ⓘ investment bank ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
General Electric
ⓘ
PaineWebber ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate |
1986
ⓘ
1994 ⓘ |
| clientele |
corporate issuers
ⓘ
institutional investors ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declinePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1994 ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ post-World War II period ⓘ |
| fate | acquired and absorbed ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Francis H. Peabody
ⓘ
Henry P. Kidder NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver W. Peabody ⓘ |
| hadMajorScandal | trading scandal in early 1990s ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | one of the oldest U.S. investment banks ⓘ |
| inception | 1865 ⓘ |
| industry |
brokerage
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ investment banking ⓘ |
| locationCity |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
New York City ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| movedHeadquartersTo | New York City ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fixed-income trading operations
ⓘ
mortgage-backed securities trading ⓘ prominent Wall Street presence ⓘ role in development of American investment banking ⓘ |
| operatedOn | Wall Street ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| ownedBy | General Electric ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
GE Capital
ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric Capital Corporation
|
| reasonForDecline | trading scandal and losses in early 1990s ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
international markets ⓘ |
| service |
brokerage services
ⓘ
investment advisory ⓘ securities underwriting ⓘ trading and market-making ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| successor | PaineWebber ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kidder, Peabody & Co. Description of subject: Kidder, Peabody & Co. was a prominent American investment bank and brokerage firm that played a significant role on Wall Street from the 19th century until its decline in the late 20th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William E. Simon