Title: The collapse of Barings
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Merchant banks, Barings Bank, Bank failures, Banks and banking, great britain, New York Times reviewed
Places: Great Britain
People: Nicholas William Leeson