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Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance [EPUB ebook]

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In 1995, the Baring Brothers collapsed over a weekend, brought down by the “rogue trader“ Nick Leeson. Utilizing British and American archives, this work charts Baring Brothers development from wool merchants to one of the most powerful global financial institutions. It also analyses the errors which led to its downfall.

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Format EPUB ● Seiten 288 ● ISBN 9781317314707 ● Verlag Taylor and Francis ● Erscheinungsjahr 2015 ● herunterladbar 3 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 4427502 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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