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 | Nick Leeson Nick Leeson interview with Evan Davis for BBC2 series, The City Uncovered; speaking to Nyenrode Business University, Netherlands; BBC News Exclusive with Hugh Edwards; interview with Twan Huys for Dutch news programme, Nova College Tour. |
 | Rogue Trader Probably the best scene in the movie "Rogue Trader"...starring Ewan McGregor as Nick Leeson, derivatives broker whose unauthorized transactions caused the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995. |
 | Nick Leeson - Rogue Trader Trailer |
 | Jerome Kerviel Crushes Bank Societe Generale (Part4) st0ckman.blogspot.com http this will cost cost the group 4.9 billion euros ($7.16 billion) and announced plans to raise 5.5 billion euros through a capital increase to shore up its balance sheet, also reeling from a crisis in global credit markets. The fraud disclosure brought back memories of Nick Leeson, the British trader who in 1995 brought down blue-blooded merchant bank Barings after racking up huge losses. SocGen said it was in the process of dismissing the Paris-based trader, who it did not name, and added that the trader's managers would leave the company. It added that its board had rejected an offer by Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Bouton to resign. SocGen shares were suspended. The Bank of France announced an inquiry by the Banking Commission and said no further comment was necessary after Societe Generale took steps to strengthen its balance sheet. French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde will make a statement during the day on the issue, her office said. "The most serious thing is that this puts into doubt the risk management systems at some banks," said Fortis analyst Carlos Garcia. A source at SocGen said the trader was "not one of its stars" and was relatively young. SocGen said the trader had been handling plain vanilla futures contracts on European stock market indices, betting on broad share market movements. It was not immediately clear what role French police were taking in the investigation. The French prosecutor's office was not available ... |
 | Day One Trader Day One Trader is the exclusive story of John Sussex on his journey from son of a Basildon factory worker, leaving school at 16, to successful City financier and member of the Liffe board. Providing a unique insight to this competitive and often brutal industry, readers will discover the tactics used by dealers to survive the jungle of the pits in a story that chronicles the floor banter and characters that made Liffe a global derivatives powerhouse. Packed full of exclusive until now unreported stories, Day One Trader sheds new light on what motivated characters such as Nick Leeson, and provides insight to Liffe floors star traders. Financial experts and novices alike will be gripped by Sussexs account of the highs and lows of a career that spanned almost three decades in the history of the financial markets. Buy Now from Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk |
 | Rogue Trader - 1999 - UK15 - Part 1/7. British drama based on a true story, starring Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel. Ambitious, wide-boy Nick Leeson is determined to rise in the world and be more than a simple bank clerk. When his employers, Barings Bank, offer him the opportunity to go to Jakarta to sort out a problem that nobody else wants, he seizes the opportunity with both hands. In Jakarta he meets and marries Lisa and together they go to Singapore when the bank offers him the job of setting up their future options trading operation. To save money the bank allows Nick to operate both the floor trading and the back office facilities and force him to employ cheap, unskilled staff. His first year of trading is a big success and he makes large profits for the bank even though he has illegally broken trading rules and secretly covered up losses. Given more freedom, even more money and continuing unchecked, Nick starts to make losses and again attempts to trade out of them but this time he comes unstuck as his illegal trading generates even bigger losses... |
 | Adam Curtis Documentary Intros & Links Links Updated 18th May 2011 (google videos is ending, ill try to up date all links soon) Adam Curtis Documentary Intros Intros from the Docs - The Mayfair Set - Pandora's Box - The Power of Nightmares - The Trap Adam Curtis Info - en.wikipedia.org The Mayfair Set (4parts) @ youtbe Part 1: www.youtube.com Part 2: www.youtube.com Part 3: www.youtube.com Part 4: www.youtube.com The program looked at how buccaneer capitalists of Hot money who were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel David Stirling, Jim Slater, James Goldsmith, and Tiny Rowland, all members of The Clermont club in the 1960s. Pandora's Box 6parts Part 1: video.google.com Part 2: video.google.com Part 3: video.google.com Part 4: video.google.com Part 5: video.google.com Part 6: A is for Atom www.youtube.com documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The Power of Nightmares (3parts) Part 1: video.google.com Part 2: video.google.com Part 3: video.google.com The films compare the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and noting strong similarities between the two. The Trap (3parts) Part 1: video.google.com Part 2: video.google.com Part 3: video.google.com The series consists of three, one-hour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically "how a simplistic model ... |
 | Rogue Trader - 1999 - UK15 - Part 2/7. British drama based on a true story, starring Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel. Ambitious, wide-boy Nick Leeson is determined to rise in the world and be more than a simple bank clerk. When his employers, Barings Bank, offer him the opportunity to go to Jakarta to sort out a problem that nobody else wants, he seizes the opportunity with both hands. In Jakarta he meets and marries Lisa and together they go to Singapore when the bank offers him the job of setting up their future options trading operation. To save money the bank allows Nick to operate both the floor trading and the back office facilities and force him to employ cheap, unskilled staff. His first year of trading is a big success and he makes large profits for the bank even though he has illegally broken trading rules and secretly covered up losses. Given more freedom, even more money and continuing unchecked, Nick starts to make losses and again attempts to trade out of them but this time he comes unstuck as his illegal trading generates even bigger losses... |
 | Rogue Trader - 1999 - UK15 - Part 3/7. British drama based on a true story, starring Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel. Ambitious, wide-boy Nick Leeson is determined to rise in the world and be more than a simple bank clerk. When his employers, Barings Bank, offer him the opportunity to go to Jakarta to sort out a problem that nobody else wants, he seizes the opportunity with both hands. In Jakarta he meets and marries Lisa and together they go to Singapore when the bank offers him the job of setting up their future options trading operation. To save money the bank allows Nick to operate both the floor trading and the back office facilities and force him to employ cheap, unskilled staff. His first year of trading is a big success and he makes large profits for the bank even though he has illegally broken trading rules and secretly covered up losses. Given more freedom, even more money and continuing unchecked, Nick starts to make losses and again attempts to trade out of them but this time he comes unstuck as his illegal trading generates even bigger losses... |
 | Rogue Trader - 1999 - UK15 - Part 5/7. British drama based on a true story, starring Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel. Ambitious, wide-boy Nick Leeson is determined to rise in the world and be more than a simple bank clerk. When his employers, Barings Bank, offer him the opportunity to go to Jakarta to sort out a problem that nobody else wants, he seizes the opportunity with both hands. In Jakarta he meets and marries Lisa and together they go to Singapore when the bank offers him the job of setting up their future options trading operation. To save money the bank allows Nick to operate both the floor trading and the back office facilities and force him to employ cheap, unskilled staff. His first year of trading is a big success and he makes large profits for the bank even though he has illegally broken trading rules and secretly covered up losses. Given more freedom, even more money and continuing unchecked, Nick starts to make losses and again attempts to trade out of them but this time he comes unstuck as his illegal trading generates even bigger losses... |
