August 2023
Intermediate to advanced
818 pages
28h 27m
English
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was founded by Royal Charter in 1727, and as with many traditional financial institutions took a conservative, prudent path through the centuries. Until the heady days of the early 2000s presented a radically different strategic scenario buttressed by a dramatic change in prudential values. The RBS crisis saga is one of over-reaching ambition and excessive hubris from the CEO and his senior executives in a context where the financial institutions had become highly acquisitive with an appetite for risk that was almost insatiable. In rapid succession RBS took over a range of other financial institutions including Citizens Bank, Royal Insurance, ...
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