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Going Rogue : Big Banks, Murky Finance, and Reckless Trading
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It wasn't a hostile takeover or a run on the bank that destroyed Barings, one of Britain's most solid financial institutions. All it took was Nick Leeson, a 20-something trader operating in Singapo...
It wasn't a hostile takeover or a run on the bank that destroyed Barings, one of Britain's most solid financial institutions. All it took was Nick Leeson, a 20-something trader operating in Singapore, to burn through more than a billion dollars and bring the company down. Of course, that was in 1995. Today, with increased regulations and super-sophisticated monitoring systems, Leeson's transgressions would never be allowed to happen. Right? Wrong-as recently as the fall of 2011, a rogue trader was nabbed for gambling away 2.3 billion dollars at the giant European bank UBS. This program shows how such egregious offenses continue to plague the global financial system thanks to a pervasive culture of greed, risk addiction, and criminality. Interviews with Leeson and other industry insiders clearly illustrate the institutional problems while a trader-turned-neuroscientist discusses the psychology behind out-of-control investing.
Details
- Creator
- ABC International
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 min.)) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn842541533
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 06, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Protests Against Banks (3:13) -- Bank on the Brink of Disaster (2:29) -- Man Who Brought Down the Bank (2:54) -- More Than One Rogue (2:31) -- French Bank: Biggest Trading Loss (3:30) -- Testosterone and Market Volatility (3:30) -- Bank Fraud (3:06) -- From Rogue Trader to Bank Adviser (3:07) -- Credits: Going Rogue: Big Banks, Murky Finance, and Reckless Trading (0:35)