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Meet the Original Rogue Trader – Nick Leeson

Meet the Original Rogue Trader - Nick Leeson

For those of you in the UK, I found this event which maybe of interest to you.... an opportunity to meet the original Rogue Trader, Nick Leeson. You read about these rogue traders in the news all the time with the recent one being the UBS guy,  Kweku Adoboli and previous chap, Kerviel from Societe Generale. Nick, however, was the original Rogue Trader losing over £800 million in 1995 and bankrupt Barings bank. He was sent to jail for 6 years in Singapore. A film starrring Ewan McGreg

November 1, 2011 2 Comments Full Story