From Crisis to Crisis

Awarded the 2019 BAC Wadsworth Prize having made an outstanding contribution to the study of British business history
Fills a gap in the historiography of the evolution of the British banking system

Aims to uncover why so many merchant banks failed in the interwar period and what the survivors learned from the misfortune of their less successful competitors

Identifies almost 100 merchant banking firms during this period

Awarded the 2019 BAC Wadsworth Prize having made an outstanding contribution to the study of British business history Fills a gap in the historiography of the evolution of the British banking system Aims to uncover why so many merchant banks failed in the interwar period and what the survivors learned from the misfortune of their less successful competitors Identifies almost 100 merchant banking firms during this period

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Brian O'Sullivan is a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College, London, UK. He completed his PhD in 2015 at Birkbeck College, London, UK. He has spent most of his career in the asset management industry, including time with two merchant banks: Guinness Mahon and Schroders. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of Thomas Miller Investment. Previously he was a Senior Vice President at State Street Bank. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. End of the Golden Age.- Chapter 3. Thunderbolt from a Clear Sky.- Chapter 4. Favourable Treatment.- Chapter 5. Traditional Preserves.- Chapter 6. Unsound Practices.- Chapter 7. Road to Crisis.- Chapter 8. Domestic Finance.- Chapter 9. Insular Capitalism.- Chapter 10. Mercantile Roots.- Chapter 11. Endgame.- Chapter 12. Conclusion.