Banco Tornquist

• Banking History and Archives in Latin America

In recent years, business history has become a rich and varied terrain for research in Latin America. This article will present an overview of key aspects of banking history in the region, with an emphasis on the sources that are available in Argentina and Mexico. The extensive archives that have been built up in both countries offer historians the opportunity to study an array of topics: histories of individual banks; the evolution of banking systems; the relation between banking firms and industrial and agricultural development; the role of banks in government finance; the unique historical trajectories of central banks; the rise and relative decline of state-development banks; and the complex history of foreign banks in Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present. Most c...

...The Banco do Brasil was established in Rio de Janeiro in 180...The library of the now defunct Tornquist investment bank is another important depository of...

• Business History Review
• Vol. 82 Nbr. 3, October 2008

• Los 100 BANCOS de América Latina.

... Galicia y Buenos Aires (10%) 8,6 Banco Tornquist (50%)(*) 0,8 BOLIVIA Banco Santa Cruz (90%) 22,0 B...

• Revista Latin Trade
• Vol. 7 Nbr. 9, September 1999

• THE SPANISH ACQUISITION.

Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

... finally collapsed, all eyes turned to watch Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) and Banco Bilbao ... Galicia y Buenos Aires (10%) 8.6 Banco Tornquist (50%) [*] 0.8 BOLIVIA Banco Santa Cruz (90%) 22.0 ...

• Latin Trade
• Vol. 7 Nbr. 9, September 1999

• S&P Revises Banco Santiago Outlk to Stab; Affirms Rtgs.

... acquisition of majority stakes in Banco Tornquist S.A. (Argentina), Bancosur S.A. (Peru), and Banco ...

• Business Wire
• November 05, 1998

• Financing Manufacturing Innovation in Argentina, 1890-1930

Between 1890 and 1930, Argentina's manufacturers invested in imported machinery. Although they aligned with political allies to advance and protect their companies, their dependence on imported machinery, raw materials, fuel, and expensive skilled labor were obstacles to their success. Two factors slowed the progress of these entrepreneurs: their lack of technological capabilities and the absence of government policies to address the problems entailed in importing foreign machinery. Several political factions supported industry's efforts to reduce dependence on imported products and to diversify the economy. While these supporters hoped to promote industry through the passage of legislation to raise the tariff rate, their strategy represented a compromise that stifled the drive to innov...

... main business groups: the Bemberg and Tornquist groups. This data set traces company directors' af... compelling the national mortgage bank, Banco Hipotecario Nacional, to offer mortgage loans with...

• Business History Review
• Vol. 83 Nbr. 3, October 2009