The bank that lived a little

Contributor(s):

Augar, Philip [Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Penguin Books, 2019Description: xiv, 428 p. ill. 20 cm.ISBN:

9780141987538

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Contents:

Includes index. Part I The Rise and Fall of BZW, 1983-97-- 1 Lord Camoys' Dream, 1983 3-- 2 The Golden Ticket: BZW, 1985-95 20-- 3 The Scholar's Tale, 1986-93 31-- 4 The Changing of the Guard, 1994 40-- 5 A Dark Night in Essex, 1995 49-- 6 The Dumb Money, 1996 57-- 7 In Memoriam BZW, 1997 68-- Part II Groupthink, 1998-2007-- 8 Diamond's Halo Slips, 1998 81-- 9 Middleton's Law, 1998 95-- 10 Matt Barrett's Master Class, 1999 105-- 11 Diamond or Varley, 2003 127-- 12 The Big Vision, 2004 134-- 13 Dutch Courage, 2007 154-- Part III Coronation, 2008-11-- 14 Twilight of the Gods, 2008 177-- 15 Night Falls, 16 September-13 October 2008 199-- 16 When Amanda Met Roger, 2008 226-- 17 Antiques Roadshow, 2009 242-- 18 Crown of Thorns, 2010 257-- Part IV Humiliation, 2011-17-- 19 Thin Ice, 2011 279-- 20 A Boardroom Row, 2012 291-- 21 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, 2012 307-- 22 A Complete Mess, 2012 327-- 23 'Barclays is not the place for you,' 2015 337-- 24 The Second Coming of Jes Staley, 2016 359-- Epilogue: And Then 373-- Appendices-- i Barclays Board Members, 1986-2019 379-- ii Barclays Share Price, 2007-19 385--

Summary: Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britain's biggest financial institutions. In a tale of feuds, grandiose dreams and a struggle for supremacy between rival strategies and their adherents, Philip Augar gives a riveting account of Barclays' journey from an old Quaker bank to a full-throttle capitalist machine. The disagreement between those ambitious for Barclays to join the top table of global banks, and those preferring a smaller domestic role more in keeping with the bank's traditions, cost three chief executives their jobs and continues to divide opinion within Barclays, the City and beyond. ; ; This is an extraordinary corporate thriller, which among much else describes how Barclays came to buy Lehman Brothers for a bargain price in 2008, why it was so keen to avoid taking government funding during the financial crisis, and the price shareholders have paid for a decade of barely controlled ambition. But Augar also shows how Barclays' experiences are a paradigm for Britain's social and economic life over thirty years, which saw the City move from the edge of the economy to its very centre. These decades created unprecedented prosperity for a tiny number, and made the reputations of governments and individuals but then left many of them in tatters. ; ; The leveraged society, the winner-takes-all mentality and our present era of austerity can all be traced to the influence of banks such as Barclays. Augar's book tells this rollercoaster story from the perspective of many of its participants - and also of those affected by the grip they came to have on Britain.

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Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britain's biggest financial institutions. In a tale of feuds, grandiose dreams and a struggle for supremacy between rival strategies and their adherents, Philip Augar gives a riveting account of Barclays' journey from an old Quaker bank to a full-throttle capitalist machine. The disagreement between those ambitious for Barclays to join the top table of global banks, and those preferring a smaller domestic role more in keeping with the bank's traditions, cost three chief executives their jobs and continues to divide opinion within Barclays, the City and beyond. ; ; This is an extraordinary corporate thriller, which among much else describes how Barclays came to buy Lehman Brothers for a bargain price in 2008, why it was so keen to avoid taking government funding during the financial crisis, and the price shareholders have paid for a decade of barely controlled ambition. But Augar also shows how Barclays' experiences are a paradigm for Britain's social and economic life over thirty years, which saw the City move from the edge of the economy to its very centre. These decades created unprecedented prosperity for a tiny number, and made the reputations of governments and individuals but then left many of them in tatters. ; ; The leveraged society, the winner-takes-all mentality and our present era of austerity can all be traced to the influence of banks such as Barclays. Augar's book tells this rollercoaster story from the perspective of many of its participants - and also of those affected by the grip they came to have on Britain.