Barings Bank Collapse . Nick Leeson has been described as a rogue trader, operating without supervision or oversight. At the time of his epic loss, ...

The collapse of Barings Bank remains one of the most infamous stories in financial history. At the center was Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old trader whose unchecked risk-taking led to the downfall of a ...

US exceptionalism is a little bit more questioned, investors are increasingly concerned about US economic policy,” Mike Best, ...

On February 24, 1995, Barings Bank received a fax from fugitive trader Nick Leeson. ... To be sure, financial regulation has tightened over the years, in response to the Barings collapse as well as ...

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the fastest failure since Barings failed in 1995 but the UK banking system is not in the same position as during the 2008 financial crisis, the head of the ...

We go back to 1995 and talk to those caught up in the collapse of Barings Bank, including Nick Leeson himself, the man whose £800m gamble went wrong.

He lost £800million and brought down Barings Bank. Now, 30 years on, ... In the last six weeks before the collapse, more than £400 million was sent from London. Eventually, ...

Three decades on from the collapse of Barings Bank the prospect of sweeping deregulation in the financial system risks paving the way for a repeat. That at least is the opinion of Nick Leeson, the ...

A drama exploring the collapse of Barings Bank and the man at the center of the scandal, trader Nick Leeson, is in the works at All3Media-backed Story Films.

Between 1992 and 1995, I ran up £862 million of losses from unauthorised trading for Barings Bank – which in today's money is the equivalent of £1.7 billion. It caused the collapse of the bank ...