The Bank of England in their recent Quarterly Bulletin have a great primer on investment banking which should be read by anyone who wants to understand modern finance - click here. The article explains the role played by investment banks, the systemic financial stability issues posed by them, and the role of the regulatory authorities in addressing these systemic stability issues. A video interview with the article's author is below.
Michael Aldous and I had our book The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain's Captains of Industry published a few weeks ago. You can find out more about it and buy it at Cambridge University Press's website . It is also available at Amazon , Waterstones , and Barnes & Noble . The CEO has already been reviewed in The Sunday Times , The Observer and Financial Times .