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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Enrich, David, 1979-     Subjects     Commercial crimes -- Great Britain -- Case studies.     Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Great Britain     Financial institutions, International -- Corrupt practices.     Interest rates -- Mathematical models.     LIBOR market model.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Enrich, David, 1979-       by title:      The spider network :...       by call number:      364.168 E59s     Search the Web     Enrich, David, 1979-     Commercial crimes -- Great Britain -- Case studies.     Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Great Britain     Financial institutions, International -- Corrupt practices.     Interest rates -- Mathematical models.     LIBOR market model.       MARC Display

The spider network : the wild story of a math genius, a gang of backstabbing bankers, and one of the greatest scams in financial history / David Enrich. by Enrich, David, 1979- Custom House, an imprint of William Morrow, [2017] Call #: 364.168 E59s Subjects Commercial crimes -- Great Britain -- Case studies.   Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Great Britain   Financial institutions, International -- Corrupt practices.   Interest rates -- Mathematical models.   LIBOR market model. ISBN:  9780062452993 (pbk.) 9780062452986 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xiii, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-483) and index. Contents:  Part I. The scam -- Watching the coronation -- The hall of mirrors -- Classy people -- Peak performance -- The lucky turnstile -- The sycophants -- Your name in print -- A yacht in Monaco -- Part II. Ascending -- What's a cabal? -- Entre nous -- Gods of the sea -- In the flag room -- A slap on the wrist -- Part III. The second scam -- He's the one -- Spiders -- A crook of the first order -- The unit cost of steak -- Charades -- Part IV. Victory -- Within the ark. Summary:  "In 2006, an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: Libor - the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions in loans worldwide - was set daily by a small group of easily manipulated functionaries, and that they could reap huge profits by nudging it to suit their trading portfolios. Tom Hayes, a brilliant but troubled mathematician, became the lynchpin of a this wild known as the "Spider Network" which generated untold riches until it all unraveled in spectacularly vicious, backstabbing fashion. A rollicking account of the scam and a provocative examination of a financial system that was crooked throughout, designed to promote envelope-pushing behavior while shielding higher-ups from the consequences of their subordinates' rapacious actions"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.168 E59s Adult books Checked out Jul 26, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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