The collapse of Barings
By: Stephen Fay.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Leeson, Nicholas William.; Barings Bank.; Bank failures -- Great Britain.; Merchant banks -- Great Britain.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [viii]) and index.