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SHORT-LISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR The term Libor is obscure but it determines a good deal of our financial lives-the interest rate on our credit card; our student loans; our mortgages; our car payments. How did a math genius a handful of outrageous confederates and a deeply corrupt banking system conspire to pickpocket you? They were in your wallet to already. 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 interest rates on trillions in loans worldwide--was set daily by a small group of easily manipulated functionaries. Tom Hayes a brilliant but troubled mathematician became the lynchpin of a shadowy team that used hook and crook to take over the process and set rates that made them a fortune no matter the cost to others. Among the motley crew was a French trader nicknamed Gollum ; the broker Abbo who liked to publicly strip naked when drinking; a Kazakh chicken farmer turned something short of financial whiz kid; an executive called Clumpy because of his patchwork hair loss; and a broker uncreatively nicknamed Big Nose. Eventually known as the Spider Network Hayes s circle generated untold riches --until it all unraveled in spectacularly vicious backstabbing fashion. Praised as reading like a fast-paced John le Carré thriller (New York Times) compelling (Washington Post) and jaw-dropping (Financial Times) The Spider Network is not only a rollicking account of the scam but a provocative examination of a financial system that was warped and shady throughout.
Harper Collins The Spider Network (Hardcover) Small
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR The term Libor is obscure but it determines a good deal of our financial lives-the interest rate on our credit card; our student loans; our mortgages; our car payments. How did a math genius a handful of outrageous confederates and a deeply corrupt banking system conspire to pickpocket you? They were in your wallet to already. 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 interest rates on trillions in loans worldwide--was set daily by a small group of easily manipulated functionaries. Tom Hayes a brilliant but troubled mathematician became the lynchpin of a shadowy team that used hook and crook to take over the process and set rates that made them a fortune no matter the cost to others. Among the motley crew was a French trader nicknamed Gollum ; the broker Abbo who liked to publicly strip naked when drinking; a Kazakh chicken farmer turned something short of financial whiz kid; an executive called Clumpy because of his patchwork hair loss; and a broker uncreatively nicknamed Big Nose. Eventually known as the Spider Network Hayes s circle generated untold riches --until it all unraveled in spectacularly vicious backstabbing fashion. Praised as reading like a fast-paced John le Carré thriller (New York Times) compelling (Washington Post) and jaw-dropping (Financial Times) The Spider Network is not only a rollicking account of the scam but a provocative examination of a financial system that was warped and shady throughout.
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