Blue Blood

Auteur

Robert Pickering joined Cazenove in 1985 and served as its Chief Executive from 2001 until 2008, playing a key role in the firm s development from a private stockbroking partnership into a leading investment bank and wealth manager. Since leaving Cazenove, he has acted as a consultant and board member. Blue Blood is his first book.

Texte du rabat

Blue Blood is a first-hand account by former Chief Executive Robert Pickering of how Cazenove & Co., the most prestigious stockbroking firm in the City of London, evolved from a private partnership into a modern investment bank. Pickering describes how it felt to manage an investment bank through a period of tumultuous change as he sought to define the firm s future in an industry which was becoming increasingly dominated by huge international banks.