Reckless Brain Shot

Philip Augar

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Published by Vintage Digital, part of Vintage Publishing

Epub Digital Only

Format: ebook

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EAN: 9781407073651
Published: 2 Jul 2010

About the book

Synopsis

In 1997 it seemed that things in the City could only get better. For ten years everything went according to plan. Buoyed by a strong pound and cheered on by an excitable media, the bankers became the heroes of the age. And then in the summer of 2007 everything began to collapse. Barely a year later the City was in tatters.

Greed, guile and excess - this definitive insider's account charts an intoxicated decade and cogently reveals just how, and why, the City got it so badly wrong.

BRAIN SHOT: The definitive insider's history of Britain's financial services sector over the last decade, by one of our leading City commentators.

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What the critics say

Reveals the systemic and destructive way that British finance works... Understands both the people and the processes... His best book yet
- Guardian

A meticulously researched history of the City under New Labour. This is a good and eloquently written book...refreshingly non-judgemental
- Literary Review

On the money. The City's staggering fall from grace is neatly summed up by a former investment banker
- Sunday Times

Compelling... Exposes the dysfunctional management processes and ego-driven internal feuding
- Financial Times

Augar is a former city man with the rare ability to take the reader through the complexities of high finance.
- Observer

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About the Author

Philip Augar worked in investment banking for over twenty years. He led NatWest's global equity and bond business before becoming a Group Managing Director at Schroders. Since 2000 he has combined consulting and writing. This is his fifth book. He can be contacted at: www.philipaugar.com