羅斯柴爾德家族分支爲爭奪姓氏打官司
More than two centuries after the first Rothschild made his fortune in European banking, two branches of the dynasty are set to do battle in the French courts — over the family name.
兩個多世紀前，第一個羅斯柴爾德(Rothschild)在歐洲銀行業發跡。兩百多年後的今天，羅斯柴爾德王朝的兩個分支準備在法國的法庭上爭奪家族姓氏。Edmond de Rothschild Group, a Franco-Swiss private bank and asset manager, is about to issue a cease-and-desist order to the French financial adviser Rothschild & Cie, insiders have disclosed.
據內部人士透露，法國-瑞士私人銀行和資產管理公司愛德蒙德羅斯柴爾德（Edmond de Rothschild，又稱愛德蒙德洛希爾）集團即將向法國財務顧問公司Rothschild & Cie發出禁止令。
The Swiss-based group says the parent company of the French business unfairly refers to itself as “parent of the Rothschild group” — implying that they have sole claim to the banking dynasty name.
總部位於瑞士的愛德蒙德羅斯柴爾德集團表示，這家法國公司的母公司不誠實地稱自己爲“羅斯柴爾德集團的母公司”，暗示只有他們纔有資格擁有這個銀行業王朝的名字。
“No entity has the right to lay sole claim to the Rothschild name,” said a person close to Edmond de Rothschild Group.
接近愛德蒙德羅斯柴爾德集團的一名人士說：“任何實體都無權宣稱只有自己纔有資格擁有羅斯柴爾德這一姓氏。”Rothschild & Cie’s parent company, Paris-Orléans, declined to comment but a person familiar with the situation said it had not received any documents relating to the case and remained “extremely relaxed” about any challenge.
Rothschild & Cie的母公司Paris-Orléans拒絕置評，但一名知情人士透露，該公司尚未收到本案的任何文件，並對任何挑戰保持“非常放鬆”的態度。News of the impending cease-and-desist order reflects an escalation of hostilities between two sides of the family, and represents one of the first acts of Ariane de Rothschild, who took over as chief executive of Edmond de Rothschild at the end of January.
禁止令即將出爐的消息，反映了羅斯柴爾德家族兩個分支之間敵意的升級，也代表了阿里亞納•德•羅斯柴爾德(Ariane de Rothschild)上任後的首批行動之一。阿里亞納於今年1月底接任愛德蒙德羅斯柴爾德首席執行官。Almost three years ago, Lord David de Rothschild brought together the French and British arms of the two centuries old banking dynasty, under the Paris Orléans parent group.
近三年前，大衛•德•羅斯柴爾德勳爵(Lord David de Rothschild)將這間有兩百年曆史的銀行業王朝的法國與英國分支集合到一起，併入Paris Orléans母公司旗下。This put Rothschild & Cie of France and NM Rothschild of the UK into a unified structure, ending years of cross-Channel rivalry between the pair.
此舉將法國的Rothschild & Cie公司和英國的NM Rothschild納入一個統一架構，結束了英吉利海峽兩岸的這兩家公司的多年角力。But there remain offshoots of the Rothschild dynasty outside the unified group — the biggest of which is Edmond de Rothschild Group, which owns almost 8 per cent of Paris-Orléans.
但在這個統一的集團以外，還有一些羅斯柴爾德王朝的分支——其中最大的一支是愛德蒙德羅斯柴爾德集團，該集團擁有Paris-Orléans近8%的股份。
