Recommended UK textbooks for PB/financial markets

Hi all,

I'm going into private banking in the UK.

I have rather limited private banking/financial markets knowledge. Could anyone recommend a textbook that would help get me up to speed on UK financial markets and other basics of private banking that would help me in my first years on the job?

Looking for something that would cover all the necessary basics first.

Cheers!

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