The workshop has been cancelled.

The haute banque emerged as an elite or sub-category of private banks in France during the Restauration (1815 – 1830) and reached its climax in the 1850s and 1860s. These institutions were well respected and dealt with major international businesses which also had business with the State....

The conference will explore all aspects of multinational financial institutions in a broad sense of the expression and their relations with host economies in general and governments in particular.

The topic of the 2011 EABH annual conference - corporate governance in financial institutions - intends to evoke discussion about the historical antecedents and evolution of the management, control, ownership and regulation in financial institutions. In particular, the conference will focus on...