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- catalog abstract "Few news stories have grabbed the world's headlines quite like the collapse of Barings merchant bank in late February 1995. Trusted with the finances of royalty, aristocracy, and major corporations for more than two hundred years, Barings had apparently been brought down by the covert trading activities of just one man, leaving the bank with losses of over $1 billion. Rogue Trader takes us from Leeson's humble beginnings as the son of a plasterer to the very heart of the. cutthroat empire he made his own: SIMEX, the Singapore money market that witnessed both Leeson's phenomenal rise to prominence and his devastating fall from grace. It is a portrait of organized chaos, revealing not only the frenetic culture of the trading pit, but also the ways in which Leeson dealt with his losses, avoided detection, and became the object of an international manhunt that sparked the most extraordinary news story in recent years. Pressure, pace, error: Leeson reveals the inside story of this amazing chain of events. With a narrative as crisp as any thriller, Rogue Trader is the fascinating account of a man shaped by events that proved to be beyond his control.".
- catalog contributor b9282712.
- catalog contributor b9282713.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. The Watford gap: from Watford to Barings -- 2. Barings Bank -- 3. Singapore -- 4. 1993 to the 1994 internal audit -- 5. 1994: the losses mount -- 6. November and December 1994 -- 7. January to 6 February 1995 -- 8. Monday 6 to Friday 17 February -- 9. Monday 20 to Thursday 23 February -- 10. Monday 27 February to Thursday 2 March -- 11. Hochst prison -- Postscript -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- Picture credits.".
- catalog description "Few news stories have grabbed the world's headlines quite like the collapse of Barings merchant bank in late February 1995. Trusted with the finances of royalty, aristocracy, and major corporations for more than two hundred years, Barings had apparently been brought down by the covert trading activities of just one man, leaving the bank with losses of over $1 billion. Rogue Trader takes us from Leeson's humble beginnings as the son of a plasterer to the very heart of the.".
- catalog description "Leeson reveals the inside story of this amazing chain of events. With a narrative as crisp as any thriller, Rogue Trader is the fascinating account of a man shaped by events that proved to be beyond his control.".
- catalog description "cutthroat empire he made his own: SIMEX, the Singapore money market that witnessed both Leeson's phenomenal rise to prominence and his devastating fall from grace. It is a portrait of organized chaos, revealing not only the frenetic culture of the trading pit, but also the ways in which Leeson dealt with his losses, avoided detection, and became the object of an international manhunt that sparked the most extraordinary news story in recent years. Pressure, pace, error:".
- catalog extent "xi, 273 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0316518565".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Little, Brown,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Bank failures Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Barings Bank.".
- catalog subject "Derivative securities.".
- catalog subject "Fraud investigation.".
- catalog subject "HG2998.B35 L44x 1996".
- catalog subject "Leeson, Nicholas William.".
- catalog subject "Merchant banks Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Stockbrokers Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Watford gap: from Watford to Barings -- 2. Barings Bank -- 3. Singapore -- 4. 1993 to the 1994 internal audit -- 5. 1994: the losses mount -- 6. November and December 1994 -- 7. January to 6 February 1995 -- 8. Monday 6 to Friday 17 February -- 9. Monday 20 to Thursday 23 February -- 10. Monday 27 February to Thursday 2 March -- 11. Hochst prison -- Postscript -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- Picture credits.".
- catalog title "Rogue trader : how I brought down Barings Bank and shook the financial world / Nick Leeson, with Edward Whitley.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".