When Leeson was arrested in 1995 for bringing Barings Bank to its knees,it initially seemed as if he had single-handedly crushed the company. Indeed,it was he alone who found himself in the dark confines of a Singapore jail,from where he wrote Rogue Trader. Now updated for the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of Barings,this is his story of a broken system; of a cast of characters blind to anything but profits - whatever the cost. Leeson's tale of boom and bust is an important reminder of the immense power the banking system held and,worryingly,still holds.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780751563399Number of pages: 384Weight: 285 gDimensions: 195 x 129 x 27 mm
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Hair-raising...as revealing a document about contemporary Britain as all 2,000 pages of the Scott Report - OBSERVER - The story of Leeson and his bride has it all:filthy lucre,brazen abuse of power,and boy-meets-girl romance - SUNDAY TIMES
Simultaneously entertaining and appalling - FINANCIAL TIMES -'When Nick Leeson was arrested in 1995 for bringing Barings Bank to its proverbial knees,it initially seemed as if he had single handedly crushed this most well-established and well-respected financial institution,and indeed it was he alone who found hiSusan Harrison,AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW
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