A Financial Tale of Two Cities: Sydney and Melbourne's Remarkable Contest for Commercial Supremacy

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Jim Bain

A Financial Tale of Two Cities

Sydney and Melbourne's Remarkable Contest for Commercial Supremacy

Jim Bain

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English

New South Wales Univ Pres
01 April 2007

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Finance; Financial services industry

Describes the intense commercial rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne over a period of 150 years. While Sydney was established nearly 50 years before Melbourne, the great wealth generated by the Victorian goldfields soon gave Melbourne an unassailable position as the continent's richest centre of commerce. The story of this contest for commercial supremacy is based on Jim Bain's own long experience in the Australian financial-services industry, and particularly his exposure to the competition and fierce rivalry that existed between the leading Melbourne- and Sydney-based banks, merchant banks, fund managers and stockbrokers. Bain focuses on the roles played by several financial institutions

and key personalities

over many decades.

By: Jim Bain
Imprint: New South Wales Univ Pres
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780868409634
ISBN 10: 0868409634
Publication Date: 01 April 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword by Professor Warren Hogan; Author's note; Background to this story; Introduction; Part I: The stockbrokers; Chapter 1: The reign of JB Were & Son; Chapter 2: Melbourne challengers: Ian Potter and AC Goode; Chapter 3: Sydney fields major players; Chapter 4: Ord Minnett competes with Melbourne; Chapter 5: Bain & Company levels the playing field; Chapter 6: Specialist and family firms; Chapter 7: Melbourne and Sydney Stock Exchanges; Part II: The merchant banks; Chapter 8: Growth of the merchant banks; Chapter 9: Overseas banks and stockbrokers dominate; Part III: The banks and finance companies; Chapter 10: Trading with the banks: Sydney; Chapter 11: Trading with the banks: Melbourne; Chapter 12: New banks and finance companies; Chapter 13: Banking between the two cities; Part IV: Other influential players; Chapter 14: Fund managers; Chapter 15: Futures trading in Sydney; Chapter 16: State governments and power politics; Chapter 17: Regulators in the finance industry; Epilogue: Sydney versus Melbourne; Appendices; References; Notes; Index.