Report into Barings Bank collapse

Title

Report into Barings Bank collapse

Genre

Interview; Discussion

TX Date

18 Jul 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:31

Description

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 Leeson, and the Bank of England; government handling of the affair; need for more regulation of the industry in the future. Interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Alex Brummer

Keywords

Economics; Stock exchanges; Nick Leeson; Barings Bank

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