Greed Can Be Good: Why Investment Banking May Be Broken, But Doesn't Need Fixing

By David Charters

The fallout of the global financial crisis - ongoing recessions, rising government debts, and record levels of unemployment - has lead many to fundamentally question the role the finance industry plays in economies worldwide, with the most stinging criticism levelled at the practices of investment bankers. Lord Hart, former chairman of Erste Frankfurter Grossbank, provides a timely insider's analysis of investment banking in the twenty-first century, offering no easy answers and several revelatory new perspectives on this hotly-debated subject, including: how YOU are responsible for the financial crisis; why bonuses are good for EVERYONE and why bankers will ALWAYS come out on top. Hart's no-holds-barred analysis will be sure to upset and dismay some and infuriate many others - but since when has that ever been a problem?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
• Release date: Apr 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781908739759

David Charters

David Charters worked five years in the British Foreign Office, and later became managing director of Deutsche Bank's Equity Capital Markets team, where he oversaw the flotation of Amazon.com and France Telecom. He is the author of The Insiders and Trust Me, I'm a Banker.   He is also the cofounder of The Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust. He is married, has six children, and lives in London.