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Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis
Ivan Fallon
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Description for Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis
Paperback. Ivan Fallon's critically acclaimed account of Lloyds TSB's doomed takeover of HBOS at the height of the economic crash. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
Longlisted for the FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015. In September 2008, HBOS, with assets larger than Britain's GDP, was on the edge of bankruptcy. Its collapse would have created the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s and a major political disaster for the Labour government. With the help and support of Gordon Brown, HBOS was rescued by Lloyds TSB, one of the country's strongest banks, in circumstances that have since become the stuff of City legend. In the highly acclaimed Black Horse Ride, veteran financial journalist Ivan Fallon brings together the accounts of all the ... Read more
Longlisted for the FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015. In September 2008, HBOS, with assets larger than Britain's GDP, was on the edge of bankruptcy. Its collapse would have created the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s and a major political disaster for the Labour government. With the help and support of Gordon Brown, HBOS was rescued by Lloyds TSB, one of the country's strongest banks, in circumstances that have since become the stuff of City legend. In the highly acclaimed Black Horse Ride, veteran financial journalist Ivan Fallon brings together the accounts of all the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785900235
SKU
V9781785900235
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Ivan Fallon
Ivan Fallon was for many years one of the leading financial journalists in Britain. He was City editor of the Sunday Telegraph and deputy editor and business editor of the Sunday Times, and was twice named Financial Journalist of the Year. He was CEO of Independent News & Media UK until 2010. His previous books have included the bestsellers Billionaire: ... Read more
Reviews for Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis
'Fallon's book is brave. It goes against the zeitgeist and accepted wisdom. An industry devoid of supporters should seize upon it. But politicians, too, should read it and remind themselves what actually occurred.' - Evening Standard; 'Riveting... Black Horse Ride gallops away, is faster paced than most thrillers, and should be read by everyone remotely interested in what happened to ... Read more