Barometer of Fear (eBook)

An Insider s Account of Rogue Trading and the Greatest Banking Scandal in History

Alexis Stenfors (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
336 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78360-931-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The LIBOR affair has been described as the 'biggest banking scandal in history', a deception affecting not only banks but also corporations, pension funds and ordinary people.But was this just the tip of the iceberg? Was the scandal the work of a few 'bad apples' or an inevitable result of a financial system rotten to its core? Labelled 'one of the world's most infamous rogue traders' in the wake of a mis-marking scandal, Alexis Stenfors went on to rebuild his life and now guides us through the shadowy world of modern banking, providing an insider's account of the secret practices including the manipulation of foreign exchange rates which have allowed banks to profit from systematic deception. Containing remarkable and often shocking insights derived from his own experiences in the dealing room, as well as his spectacular fall from grace at Merrill Lynch, Barometer of Fear draws back the curtain to a realm that for too long has remained hidden from public view.

Autor

Alexis Stenfors spent 15 years as a trader at HSBC, Citi, Crédit Agricole and Merrill Lynch. In 2009, he found himself at the centre of a ‘mispricing’ scandal which would eventually result in him being described as one of the ‘world’s most infamous rogue traders’. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance at Portsmouth Business School.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Themenwelt: Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
• Schlagworte: 1997: The Future that Never Happened • A Man for All Markets • Ann Pettifor • Black Edge • How Do We Fix This Mess? • Liar's Poker • Libor • The Big Short • The Fix: How Bankers Lied, Cheated and Colluded to Rig the World's Most Important Number • The LIBOR Market Model in Practice • The Production of Money • The Spider Network • The Wolf of Wall Street • Why Aren't They Shouting?
• ISBN-10: 1-78360-931-1 / 1783609311
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78360-931-4 / 9781783609314