| Main Title: |
Six months of panic : how the Global Financial Crisis hit Australia / Trevor Sykes. |
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| Author: |
Sykes, Trevor
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| Imprint: |
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010. |
| Collation: |
xvi, 464 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. portraits, notes, bib., index, hbk ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
The GFC was a crisis which was borne from an excess of greed, and immorality, and Sykes singles the Wall Street banks out for particular blame. He explains how the subprime phenomenon came about, and how the fall of Lehman brothers marked the beginning of the slide. Inevitably the crisis reached Australia, with Centro and MFS the first dominoes in the chain. |
| Subject: |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Economic conditions
Economic depressions
Depressions 2008-
Banks and banking
Financial crises
Financial institutions
Capitalists and financiers
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| ISBN: |
9781742373805 (hbk.) |
| Notes: |
Companies included: Includes: Penn Square Bank, Oaklahoma City p3. Gibson Greetings p14. Enron p20. Exxon Valdez; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) p41. J P Morgan p44. Citigroup p50. Goldman Sachs p53. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac p58. Northern Rock Bank, England p60. Bear Stearns Bank; Countrywide Mortgage Lenders p60. Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch p64. Dick Fuld p68. American International Group (AIG) p72. Basis Capital Fund; Absolute Capital Fund p83. Wingecarribee p89. Mahogony Capital; Perpetual Trustees p91. Lehman p97. National Australia Bank p103. Centro Property Group, Westfield Property Group, MFS Limited p109. Opes Prime Securities p148. Emini, Smith and Blumberg p167. Belousoff; Seckold; ANZ and Merrill Lynch p168. Elderslie p171. Hotel Nominees p178. ABC Learning Centres, Eddy Groves p190. ZYX Learning Centres Limited p228. Allco & Co. p229. Rubicon p260. Storm Financial Group p273. Emmanuel Cassimatis & MLC p275. Quentin and Sandra Bates p286. CBA p298. Babcock & Brown p312. Deloitte p337. Great Southern Ltd and Timbercorp Ltd p357.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-451) and index.
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