Lessons 10 years on from the global financial crisis
Northern Rock was eventually nationalised and the savers' deposits secured. But the global financial crisis, as it became known, had begun and it would unfold throughout 2008 and result in the collapse of major investment firms such as Bear Stearns and Lehmann Bros. Fast forward to 2017 and ask yourself this question: If your investment portfolio lost 20 per cent overnight, what would you do? Click here for some interesting statistics.