Table of Contents

Preface

1 The biggest bank heist of all time

2 From showdown to lowdown

3 The trusting sleep of the innocent

4 The end of the other state banks

5 Reinventing the Bank

6 Management by committee

7 The Pricing Committee and bare-faced effrontery

8 From revered to reviled

9 A much-loved borrower

10 Funny Money

11 Once were customers

12 An element of the fantastic

13 Transfer pricing rules, OK

14 All go at Altco

15 Shades of Gray in Treasury

16 Give me the child and I'll give you the man

17 Show me the money

18 First State, First Rate

19 Going broke in broking

20 Bank for sale: highest bidders not welcome

21 Cash for comments

22 Cries from the heart

Endnotes

Index

About the Author

Graham Hand was Deputy Treasurer of the State Bank from 1988 to 1994, after eleven years at a major Australian bank. He became Managing Director of Treasury at NatWest Australia before retiring in 1996 to write full-time. He still acts as a consultant to the banking industry and writes for Euromoney magazine.