The novel spans three generations of the Wainsford family of Marblehead Massachusetts and their family business Newport Asset Management a mutual fund complex headquartered in Boston s financial district It tells how Jonathan Wainsford started the company in the 1950 s lnterwoven throughout is the history of important changes on Wall Street and how the company became America s largest mutual fund complex Th ...Full description
The novel spans three generations of the Wainsford family of Marblehead Massachusetts and their family business Newport Asset Management a mutual fund complex headquartered in Boston s financial district It tells how Jonathan Wainsford started the company in the 1950 s lnterwoven throughout is the history of important changes on Wall Street and how the company became America s largest mutual fund complex The story also tells of the methods organized crime used to infiltrate the U S financial industry using the fictional Marcello crime family as an example The book ends at the dawn of the 21st century after a struggle over strategy between the current Chairman and his son is resolved It s got mini history lessons politics blackmail murder interesting characters and a little sex thrown in There are a number of parallels to the real world The author has over thirty years experience working on Wall Street and Devonshire Street as well as being a banker U S Navy Lieutenant and African big game hunter