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Rogue Trader

By: Nick Leeson
Narrated by: Andy Cresswell
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This account describes how a 28-year-old from Watford, Nick Leeson, plunged Barings Bank into ruin. In 1994, Leeson seemed to be making the company millions of pounds a week, but he explains how the cover-up of a colleague's small error led to the crash of Britain's oldest merchant bank.

©2018 Nick Leeson (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Banks & Banking Business Professionals & Academics True Crime White Collar & Corporate Crime Crime Banking
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Having lived through the news stories of this in my younger days, and recently watched Nick Leeson on Big Brother, I was looking forwards to hearing about the after effects, his time in prison and how he put his life back together. Big problem, the book stop just as he is arrested. Obviously leaving enough to tell for a second book which is a bit annoying really.

The book is ok, but far to much technical financial language that I understood about 10% of!

Only half the story

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Disliked narration. The false female voices sounded childish and ruined this for me. Otherwise great story.

Great story

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Leeson ,gambled recklessly. He went chasing his losses. Not the best strategy for a trader.

Leeson

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It's an amazing story, well written and superbly narrated...I could not stop listening! I am French and had absolutely no difficulties in listening and understanding this incredible take.

Could not stop listening!

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Made for easy listening (but I am a Finance person so understood all of the jargon). Easy to get caught up in that and not understand the broader picture, which was the more interesting part of the story. Pity it stops where it does - feels like there’s more to tell.

Easy Listen for a Finance Person

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