Uncontrolled risk
A risk advisor for top financial institutions explains how limitless risky behaviors toppled a 158-year-old institution, using the story to illuminate the interconnection of the global financial system, as well as broader policy implications.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill ,
c2010
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The inquisition
- 2. From humble roots to wall street contender
- 3. From private to public
- 4. History of investment banking
- 5. How the investment banking money machine works
- 6. The roller-coaster 1980s
- 7. The 1990s: rebuilding years
- 8. Lehman's near-death experience
- 9. Innovation, imitation, and increased risk
- 10. Lehman's risk management
- 11. The real estate bet and the race to the bottom
- 12. The bear mauling
- 13. Time runs out
- 14. The death of Lehman, regulation, and investment banking
- 15. The enablers and the deciders