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Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings (1996 Video)

aka: £830,000,000: Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

Producer

Adam Curtis

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells how Nick Leeson and the executives of Barings, the oldest bank in Britain, lost £830 million. For over two years Leeson, working in Singapore, deceived everyone around him into believing he was a star...

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Barings Bank scandal (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview

Interview with Jonathan Stone, Barings Action Group, on Barings Bank scandal; involvement of Nick Leeson. Interviewer not heard.

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Report into Barings Bank collapse (1995)

Genre

Discussion; Interview

Alex Brummer, financial editor of The Guardian discusses the Bank of England report into the collapse of Barings Bank. Whether it says anything new; blame attributed to Barings management, trader Nick...

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Barings Bank reopens (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Report on the opening of Barings Bank Limited, after it’s previous downfall at the hands of Nick Leeson. Administrator Nigel Hamilton says the future is bright for Barings; ING Chairman Aad Jacobs...

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Report into Barings Bank collapse (1995)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown speaking in the House of Commons on the Bank of England report into the collapse of Barings Bank. He agrees with the charges made against trader Nick Leeson and Barings...

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Report into Barings Bank collapse (1995)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

Chancellor Kenneth Clarke, responding in the House of Commons, to the Bank of England report into the collapse of Barings Bank.

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Nick Leeson’s lawyer defends his client’s motives (1995)

Genre

Press conference; Speech

Statement by Stephen Pollard, the solicitor representing Nick Leeson, the man who singlehandedly brought down Barings Bank. Pollard reiterates that Leeson made no financial advantage out of the Barings...

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Fall of Barings (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Brian Ging reports on Barings Bank fall as former Barings trader Nick Leeson appears to have failed in his bid to be tried in Britain. The Serious Fraud Office is expected to announce it won’t try to...

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Report into Barings Bank collapse (1995)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

Chancellor Kenneth Clarke, responding in the House of Commons, to the Bank of England report into the collapse of Barings Bank. He criticises their auditors, Coopers and Lybrand.

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Report into Barings Bank collapse (1995)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

Chancellor Kenneth Clarke speaking in the Commons on the Bank of England report into the collapse of Barings Bank, blaming trader Nick Leeson.

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