Losing your Barings - Lessons from the original rogue trader Nick Leeson

In trading and markets, pain is a great teacher. So what does it feel like to lose everything? To bring down a two-centuries old Merchant bank? The Artful Trader's Michael McCarthy sat down with Nick Leeson, the original rogue trader, whose unchecked risk taking caused the collapse of Barings Bank in the biggest financial scandal of the 20th Century. In this episode, Nick Leeson describes the process of soul searching while in prison, rebuilding his life and how he now shares lessons about risk management to banks and corporations. www.theartfultraderpodcast.com Nick Leeson website: https://www.nickleeson.com/ Nick Leeson Twitter: @TheNickLeeson

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