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The Politics of Financial Risk, Audit and Regulation

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The biggest corporate failure ever in British history occurred in 2008 with very little forewarning. The management of HBOS, a major national bank with a long history of prudence prior to the merger in 2001, were allowed to act incompetently. Auditors and regulators failed to act, ignoring a key senior whistleblower, and the ‘competitive’ stock market failed to spot management failure in time. This book is the first academic study of this collapse, uncovering some surprising evidence on the power and politics of large financial institutions. It details the processes and degrees to which financial challenge and regulation are undermined by this power. The research exposes a pro-active process of regulatory risk management by these institutions; the ease with which auditors and regulators can be captured; and how politicians and investors can be all too happy to hop on the stock market and management spin ride – with other people’s money. The study questions the ideology and politics which supported and encouraged the management hubris, raising profound questions about the ‘politics’ of the academic disciplines of banking, finance and accounting today, and the theories they underpin. This account of management gone wrong is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals involved in banking, finance, credit infrastructure, economics and management studies.

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ISBN: 9781138714304
Publication date: 7th August 2017
Author: Atul (University College, Suffolk, UK) Shah
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 164 pages
Genres: Economic forecasting
Corporate finance
Investment and securities
Business strategy
Management accounting and bookkeeping
Financial accounting
Management of specific areas
Sales and marketing
International business
Banking