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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511796903321

Autore

Pym Hugh

Titolo

Inside the banking crisis : the untold story / / Hugh Pym

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4729-0289-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

330.9051

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Rock crumbles; Chapter 2: The Rock rescue; Chapter 3: Banks on the brink; Chapter 4: The Financial storm breaks; Chapter 5: Britain on the brink; Chapter 6: Britain stands alone; Chapter 7: Battle for banking survival; Chapter 8: Banks struggle to rebuild; Timeline; Postscript; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Since the Lehmans debacle and the bailout of Halifax/Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), there has been a Financial Services Authority report on the collapse of RBS but no equivalent enquiry into the drama at HBOS, and no comprehensive investigation into the whole banking crisis. This book is the definitive insider's guide to the UK banking crisis; the drama and characters involved in the astonishing collapse of some of the major pillars of British banking and the continuing impact on the economy. informed by those directly involved at Downing Street and the Bank of England. The