Crossing Continents. A history of Standard Chartered Bank

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Scholarly commissioned narrative history written by a former financial journalist, banker, now corporate history writer. Deals with the history of the two chief historical constituents - Standard Bank of South Africa and Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China - to their merger in 1969 and the subsequently history and strategy of the merged bank which facilitated its survival as a London headquartered business with its activities in Asia. Chapters include: 'A double provenance'; 'Diamonds, silver and gold'; 'At the crest of the wave, 1893-1914'; 'Winners in a shaken world, 1914-29'; 'Holding fast, 1929-41'; 'Miracle and mirage, 1941-53'; 'Winds of change, 1953-69'; 'Trial and error, 1969-83'; 'A stymied transition, 1983-8'; 'Re-emerging markets, 1988-98'; 'Metamorphosis, 1998-2008'; 'Riders on the storm, 2008-12'. Appendices include Annual profits / losses per branch of Chartered Bank, 1895-1953; Standard Chartered's growth, 1992-2014; schedule of directors of Standard Chartered Group