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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139366603321

Autore

Goldmann Peter <1953->

Titolo

Fraud in the markets [[electronic resource] ] : why it happens and how to fight it / / Peter Goldmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

0-470-60838-2

1-119-20564-6

1-282-54892-1

9786612548925

0-470-60836-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

364.163

Soggetti

Capital market

Corporations - Corrupt practices

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fraud in the Markets: Why It Happens and How to Fight It; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Brief History of Fraud in Financial Markets; Chapter 1: The Fraud Culture; Chapter 2: The Politics of Banking Fraud; Chapter 3: Modern Day Financial Services Fraud (1980-2010); Chapter 4: Reform, Re-Regulation, and the Persistence of Fraud; Chapter 5: Real Estate Bubble and Bust: The Fraud Factor; Chapter 6: The Makings of a Meltdown; Chapter 7: Beginning of the End: Death by Derivatives; Chapter 8: Can the Circle Be Broken?; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A dramatic look at fraud's role in our financial markets-and how you can protect yourself Fraud In the Markets reveals the critical role fraud played in the global financial crisis-even as many of the perpetrators continue to go unpunished. Shedding light on the reckless conduct of the former senior executives at major Wall Street firms such as Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and others just before their collapse, this timely book shows how the culture of ""anything goes"" on Wall Street fueled the innovation of exotic but deadly asset-backed



securities. A frank