00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Leeson, Nick aut Verfasser/-in Fearn, Susan Taschenbuch Trader Rogue Trader Nick Leeson. Susan Fearn Harlow Pearson Education Limited 2000 Penguin Readers ; Level 3 Pressure, pace, error: ROGUE TRADER grippingly tells the inside story of how the greatest gamble ever made rocked the City of London to its foundations. Crackling with tension, in a narrative as crisp as any thriller, Nick Leeson's autobiographical account reveals how he 'lost' GBP800 millions as General Manager of Baring Futures Singapore through foolhardy speculations on behalf of his employer, Barings Brothers - the world's first merchant bank. As Leeson's audacity escalated, so did his losses while London continued to pour money down the drain. ROGUE TRADER is a dazzlingly revealing story of a man shaped by events that proved beyond his control.<br/> 9780582430501 9780582430501 eng 0 56 S.