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Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance
Author(s): Peter E Austin (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: January 20, 2016
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1138663565
- ISBN-13: 9781138663565
Book Description
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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Austin, Peter E
