Hermes CEO Nusseibeh: The single, simple lesson from 2008

The takeaways from Lehmans' collapse

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In thinking about the events of 2008, and the extraordinary financial environment that followed, there may be a temptation to try to find complex lessons that would justify the cost to our society of the GFC, writes Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Hermes Investment Management.

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