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A reallife thriller nick leeson s own account of how a rogue trader rocked the city to its foundations in 1995. How i brought down barings bank and shook the financial world by leeson, nick. Buy rogue trader first edition by nick leeson isbn. Published in 1996, the book quickly became a best seller and is available to purchase through amazon. Now updated for the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of barings, this is his. Nick leeson, a young broker with barings bank, was sent to work as generalmanager at the singapore international monetary exchange. Former broker nick leeson has reportedly claimed he is doing very well by dealing on the stock market amid the coronavirus crisis. Nick leeson is a former derivates trader and broker who was responsible for the collapse of uks barings bank. Nick leeson biography facts, childhood, family life. In 1996, leeson published an autobiography, rogue trader, detailing his acts. He seemed an obvious choice because of his stellar record of producing enormous returns from his trading. It launched a product called unauthorized trading cover. The rogue trader, who was jailed for sixandahalf years after. Read this biography to know his birthday, childhood, career, family life and timeline.
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