cover of episode Breaking Barings | Interview: John Gapper | 4

Breaking Barings | Interview: John Gapper | 4

2021/8/16
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The episode introduces the story of Nick Leeson, a trader who caused significant losses leading to the collapse of Barings Bank, and questions how such a distinguished institution could be destroyed by a single individual.

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How can one man bring down a bank? Financial Times journalist John Gapper covered the Nick Leeson story at the time and co-wrote All That Glitters: The Fall of Barings. He joins Alice and Matt to talk about the phenomenon of the Rogue Trader.

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