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The collapse of Barings

by Stephen Fay · 1996

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Examines the circumstances behind the downfall of Barings Bank in 1995, describing the closed network of privilege, greed, and incompetance that enabled rogue trader Nick Leeson to lose hundreds of millions of pounds speculating in the Far East.

Merchant banksBarings BankBank failuresBanks and banking, great britainNew York Times reviewed