Hubris : how HBOS wrecked the best bank in Britain
Perman, Ray2012
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In 1995 Bank of Scotland celebrated 300 years as Britain's oldest commercial bank. Voted 'most admired bank', respected by competitors, applauded by investors and trusted by customers, it looked forward to the next 300. Less than 15 years later it was bust, reviled as part of the spectacular collapse of HBOS, the conglomerate it had joined. One of the high-profile victims of the credit crunch, its spectacular fall caused seismic shock waves throughout the financial world. What went wrong? Ray Perman, who has followed the Bank since the 1970s when he was a Financial Times journalist, has uncovered the story from documents and dozens of interviews with people at the top.
Main title:
Hubris : how HBOS wrecked the best bank in Britain / Ray Perman.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2012.
Collation:
xxi, 232 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780270517 (hbk)1780270518 (hbk)
Dewey class:
332.1'2'09411332.12332.1209
Language:
English
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BRN:
533136
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