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Find out how nick leesons story was published in the best selling book rogue trader and turned into a hollywood movie of the same name, starring ewan. How i brought down barings bank and shook the financial world is a book by nick leeson, who served four years in prison for fraud after. While in prison, leeson wrote his book rogue trader detailing his time as a broker in singapore and how he racked up those fantastic losses. A former manager with englands barings bank, leeson became a rogue trader while heading up the companys singapore division. Nick leeson is a former derivates trader and broker who was responsible for the collapse of uks barings bank. The rogue trader, who was jailed for sixandahalf years after. Nick leesons rogue trader is a thrilling narrative of how trying hard to make money and to hide some minor losses led to insurmountable lossess which led to collapse of entire bankwhen greed undermines common sense its a classic example of that. He seemed an obvious choice because of his stellar record of producing enormous returns from his trading. Nick leeson, a young broker with barings bank, was sent to work as generalmanager at the singapore international monetary exchange. His unchecked risktaking and drive for success caused the collapse of barings bank.
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