Built on a Lie | The Rise and Fall of Neil Woodford and the Fate of Middle England's Money

Owen Walker

ISBN 10: 0241468213 / ISBN 13: 9780241468210

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 2023

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Built on a Lie | The Rise and Fall of Neil Woodford and the Fate of Middle England's Money | Owen Walker | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2023 | Penguin Books Ltd | EAN 9780241468210 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Built on a Lie | The Rise and Fall of Neil Woodford and the Fate of Middle England's Money
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241468213
• ISBN 13: 9780241468210
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 198W x 129H x 20D millimeters 198 millimeters width by 129 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 182 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The proud owner of a sprawling £ 14m estate in the Cotswolds, boasting a stable of eventing horses, a fleet of supercars and neighbouring the royal family, Neil Woodford was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation. He spent years beating the market; betting against the dot com bubble in the 1990s and the banks before the financial crash in 2008, making blockbuster returns for his investors and earning himself a reputation of 'the man who made Middle England rich'. But, in 2019, after a stream of poorly-judged investments, Woodford's asset management company collapsed, trapping hundreds of thousands of rainy-day savers in his flagship fund and hanging £ 3.6bn in the balance. In Built on a Lie, Financial Times reporter Owen Walker reveals the disastrous failings of Woodford, the greed at the heart of his operation, the flaws of an industry in thrall to its star performers and the dangers of limited regulation. With exclusive access to Woodford's inner circle, Walker will reveal the full, jaw-dropping story of Europe's biggest investment scandal in a decade.

About the Author

Owen Walker is an award-winning business journalist, covering European banks for the Financial Times. He was previously asset management correspondent at the newspaper and his reporting on Neil Woodford's downfall led to the FT winning business and finance team of the year at the 2019 Society of Editors' Press Awards. His first book, Barbarians in the Boardroom, covered activist investors and was published in 2016.