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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 PDF ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781851965526 ● Publisher Pickering & Chatto Publishers ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2802872 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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